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...

Germany - Green technologies such as wind power, solar energy and electro-mobility are the basis for achieving the international community's goal of limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius. However, low-carbon technologies require...

Netherlands -Three years after the Paris Climate Agreement, Dutch banks still fund fossil energy much more fanatically than renewable energy. This appears from a new investigation by the Fair Bank Guide. The percentage of fossil energy loans is...

Japan - “Visualisation” of the Impact of Financial Institutions on Climate Change    Read the full report here (Japanese)