Japanese securities industry and the JSDA are committed to promoting sustainability and sustainable finance, including the advancement of the SDGs. Below are examples of their initiatives.

• Established Council and Subcommittees for Promoting SDGs (September 19, 2017)
• Declaration in Support of SDGs (March 22, 2018)
• Report: The Role of Securities Industry for SDGs (April 6, 2018)
• JSDA Invests in JICA Social Bonds (June 28, 2018)
• JSDA Signs the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) (October 17, 2018)
• Asia Securities Forum adopted the Bali Declaration on Commitment to SDGs (November 2, 2018)
• JSDA Endorses the Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) (February 22, 2019)
• JSDA Establishes the “Shareholders Incentives Endowment Fund for the SDGs” (March 20, 2019)
• Preliminary Report of the Subcommittee on Ending Poverty/Starvation and Protecting the Global Environment (March 29, 2019)
• Report: Within Reach - What We Can Do to Achieve a Sustainable Society (April 1, 2019)
• Entity to be supported by the Shareholders Incentives Endowment Fund Selected for FY2019 (April 16, 2019)
• Guidebook on Financial Instruments Contributing to the SDGs (April 25, 2019)
• ASF Survey on the Status of ESG Finance in the Asia-Pacific Region (August 2019)
• ASF Survey on ASF Member Initiatives for the SDGs (January 2021)
• Declaration on Promoting Sustainable Finance (July 20, 2022)