By Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces Pick up any major Southeast Asian bank's sustainability report and you will find a coal funding commitment. The language is confident. The dates are specific. But banks from Jakarta to Kuala...
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Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal power
By Binbin Mariana, Senior Asia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy organisation working across Asia and Australia. Southeast Asia’s biggest banks have made public commitments to sustainability and phasing out financing for coal,...
Funding coal-powered nickel in Indonesia is a climate disaster
By: Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner, Market Forces Indonesia’s ambition to dominate the global nickel market is a key driver of its ambitious target to lead Southeast Asia with an economic growth rate of eight per cent. The world is going into...
Adaro’s climate destruction journey
A recap of the mounting pressures and reputational risks linked with Adaro’s controversial coal activities In 2023, Adaro published a “decarbonization journey” that supposedly would carry the company towards a green transformation. Although it has recently...
Banks and regulators must smell the smoke: Coal is not a transition fuel
OPINION | Binbin Mariana, Energy Finance Campaigner at Market Forces in Jakarta, Indonesia. A former banker, Ms Mariana believes financial institutions have a duty to prevent the climate crisis. Indonesia is at a crossroads on climate change. Extreme disasters are...
Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition must be transparent and green
OPINION | Andri Prasetiyo, Senior Researcher at Senik Centre Asia and Nabilla Gunawan, Indonesia Energy Finance Campaigner at Market Forces The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) between Indonesia and its major trading partners is at risk of stifling...
Malaysian banks need to dump coal for a safer climate
OPINION | Nabilla Gunawan, Indonesia Campaigner Everyday, I see thick, grey smog across Jakarta’s skyline. I see this coal pollution that kills people in my city, Jakarta. The climate crisis is much more than a distant concern on the horizon. Millions of people across...
Major UK bank cuts ties with Indonesian mega coal producer
Jakarta, 14 July 2022 - One of the largest United Kingdom banks, Standard Chartered, has confirmed that it is ending investment in Indonesia’s second largest coal producer, PT Adaro Indonesia and other banks need to follow suit in line with their energy and fossil...
Cancellation of Bangladesh coal fired power project must be first step to decarbonise
MEDIA RELEASE: 23 June 2022 - for immediate release In a major victory for climate action, Japan has announced an end to funding of two major coal power projects, Indramayu in Indonesia and Matarbari 2 in Bangladesh. Following the announcement, the Bangladesh...
Japan threatens communities and climate by backing Indramayu and Matarbari coal power projects
UPDATE: June 2022 On 22 June 2022, in a major victory for climate action and years of opposition by a global movement, Japan announced an end to funding of Matarbari Phase 2 coal power plant in Bangladesh. Following the announcement, the Bangladesh Government...