October 28, 2024
Sustainable Development&Aid Program
The aim of SDAP is to avoid/minimize social and environmental impacts and to protect human rights and livelihood of affected peoples in development projects funded by Japanese finance institutions.
Reforming of Social and Environmental Policies of Financial Institutions
- JACSES is working for ending Japan’s public finance for new fossil fuel projects through Stop Japanese Fossil Finance Project, which is a joint initiative with other NGOs. JACSES is calling on JBIC and JICA bondholders to engage with JBIC and JICA. as well as divest from, in order to stop them from supporting new fossil fuel projects.
- JACSES is a leading organization of Fair Finance Guide Japan (only in Japanese), which is an research and advocacy activities for improving social and environmental policies of private banks. Fair Finance Guide Japan is a national coalition under the Fair Finance Guide International.
- JACSES is a member of Insure Our Future Campaign which is a global coalition of NGO’s and social movements that is pressuring insurance companies to get out of the coal business and support the transition to clean energy. Please see “Advocacy for ending Japanese non-life insurance companies’ underwritings for new coal-fired power plants.”
- Monitoring on ADB’s Safeguard Policy, Accountability Mechanism, Information Disclosure and its updates
Project Monitoring
- Matarbari Coal-fired power project (Bangladesh)
- Thabametsi Coal-fired Power project (South Africa)(PDF)
- Morupule B Coal-fired power project (Botswana)(PDF)
Empowerment and Information Distribution
Recent activities
October 01, 2024
Letter to 50 major JBIC bondholders requesting to engage with JBIC to stop financing new fossil fuel projects
September 06, 2024
Joint Statement: Local company official and others arrested for corruption in ODA coal-fired power project in Bangladesh
August 28, 2024
“Request to engage with SOMPO to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects” was submitted to SOMPO’s 50 shareholders
June 04, 2024
Joint Statement: NGOs strongly condemn decision by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to finance Woodside Energy, the Australian gas extraction giant
April 01, 2024
Joint Statement: NGOs Strongly Condemn Decision by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Citibank to finance two gas-fired power projects in Mexico
March 28, 2024
Joint Statement: NGOs urge Japanese financial institutions to stop developing/supporting the Scarborough gas field in Australia
January 30, 2024
Joint Statement: JBIC financing for two gas power projects in Mexico would violate the G7 agreement
October 05, 2023
Briefing Paper: JICA supported energy master plan in Bangladesh, soaked in fossil fuels and not aligned with the Paris Agreement
August 02, 2023