GOAL 2Sustainable impact investment

Foreign direct investment is crucial for building back better and stronger from the COVID-19 crisis as well as achieving the ASEAN Vision 2025 and SDGs. Goal 2 aims to promote well-planned and responsible direct investment from Japan to ASEAN Member States through the combination of traditional investment approaches with environmental, social, and governance insights, which can create quality jobs in all the member states including for young people and women and contribute to realization of ASEAN Vision 2025 and SDGs, drawing special attention to combating climate change and environmental degradation. Goal 2 also aims to support ASEAN domestic firms, particularly SMEs, to access international markets and integrate into global value chains.

Program 2.1: Promotion of sustainable impact investment from Japan to ASEAN
Program 2.2: Multidisciplinary research on impact investment to support ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF)