April 01, 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
- Advocacy for ending Japanese public financing for fossil fuel projects
- 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.
- 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
Empowerment and Information Distribution
Recent activities
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
Joint statement: Three major Japanese non-life insurers left NZIA and failed to disclose the intermediate targets by deadline
January 18, 2023
Request Letter to Engage with MS&AD to stop underwriting Fossil Fuel Projects
July 27, 2022
“Request to Engage with Tokio Marine to Stop Underwriting Fossil Fuel Projects” was sent to 50 major investors
June 24, 2022
Joint Statement: Victory for local people and civil society! Japanese government announced to halt its supports for Matarbari 2 and Indramayu coal plants – Conversion to the false solutions, such as ammonia co-firing and gas-fired power, should be avoided –
April 14, 2022
An open letter regarding an investment policy toward the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) providing support for new fossil fuel projects was submitted to 33 JBIC bondholders
March 30, 2022
