The sheer volume of complaints to various grievance mechanisms brought against Japan’s megabanks, MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho, can no longer be considered a set of isolated incidents. It represents a systemic failure. Over the past decade, civil society organizations,...
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繰り返される「機能不全」 ― 増加するESG関連の異議申立てが浮き彫りにする日本のメガバンクのリスク管理の欠陥
三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ（MUFG）、三井住友フィナンシャルグループ（SMBCグループ）、みずほフィナンシャルグループ（みずほ）の3メガバンクに対し、各種の異議申立メカニズム（グリーバンス・メカニズム）を通じて提起された申立ての件数は、もはや個別・偶発的な事案の集積とみなすことはできません。構造的な機能不全を示すものと考えられます。...
Japan’s 2026 AGMs Reveal Shift in Directors’ Accountability on Climate Risk
TOKYO, 3 July 2026 — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has suffered one of the biggest ever votes against a Japanese bank director when 21.47% of shareholder votes were cast against SMFG Board Chair, signalling growing investor scrutiny and dissatisfaction with...
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Bangladesh at crossroads: renewables or imported fuel chaos
The energy crisis is hitting Bangladesh’s 177 million people hard, but experts have been urging to end dependence on imported coal and gas in favour of reliable renewables. The Strait of Hormuz is all anyone is talking about and safe passage of energy tankers is at...
計29の金融機関がトタルエナジーズによるパプアLNG事業から撤退
CELCORMarket ForcesJubilee Australia Research CenterAsian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and DevelopmentJACSESReclaim Finance 2026年2月10日...
We’re all paying the price of banks and pension funds fuelling climate disasters
By Kyle Robertson, Head of Research, Market Forces. People across Asia and Australia are experiencing another scorching season of deadly and terrifying wildfires, heatwaves and floods. The world has just endured the three hottest years on record according to the World...
NGOs submit first formal Equator Principles complaint against MUFG and potential financiers of the Papua LNG project
Port Moresby/Melbourne/Tokyo/Paris/London. Wednesday 10 December - Today, six organisations have submitted the first formal complaint to the Equator Principles detailing urgent concerns about the potential climate, biodiversity and human rights impacts of the proposed...
NGOら、パプアLNG事業の潜在的な資金提供者であるMUFGに対し世界初のエクエーター原則に基づく異議申立を提出
2025年12月10日 環境法・地域権利センター（CELCOR, PNG）ジュビリー・オーストラリアアジア債務・開発人民運動（APMDD）JACSESMarket ForcesReclaim Finance 本日、6つの団体が、パプアニューギニアで計画されているパプアLNG事業について、その潜在的な気候・生物多様性・人権への影響に関する重大な懸念を示す、初の正式な「エクエーター原則」に関する異議申立を提出した。同プロジェクトは TotalEnergies が主導し、共同事業者として...
Ditching net zero is a dangerous gamble for Japan’s megabanks
MUFG and SMBC's UN climate exit signals a troubling retreat from sustainability Eri Watanabe is a senior Japan energy finance campaigner at Market Forces, a clean energy finance advocacy group working across Asia and Australia. Japan's two largest banks, MUFG and...