New research by the Fair Finance Guide Netherlands shows that banks, insurance companies and pension funds in the Netherlands are contributing to rampant deforestation in one of the world's most threatened eco-systems. Major banks, including ING...

Dutch banks fall seriously short in their approach to inequality between men and women. Four of the seven banks surveyed by Fair Finance Netherlands - ABN Amro, ING, NIBC and Van Lanschot - do not meet the legal target of at least 30 percent women...

Almost 80% of the bananas in Japanese supermarkets are grown on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. However, there is a distasteful reality behind this trade which Fair Finance Guide Japan has uncovered. These plantations are using...

Japan - The collapse of a saddle dam in the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower dam under construction inAttapeu Province in southern Laos on July 23, 2018, caused severe damage to the villagesdownstream, leaving at least 48 people dead, 23 missing, and...

Sweden - Swedish banks are part owners of fashion chains whose clothes are made by workers who cannot live on their full-time salaries. The banks do not use their influence to put pressure on the clothing companies to take greater responsibility...

Japan - Bananas have become one of the most accessible nutritious fruits in Japan surpassing apples and citruses. Roughly 80 per cent of bananas that come to Japan are those from the Philippines, and hidden beneath the skin are the grim realities...