Webinar: Developing Sustainable Finance Roadmaps
Featured SBFN Member Stories
Watch our members share inspiring insights with the SBFN community on their sustainable finance journey, their key achievements, as well as their vision for the future of the network and sustainable finance in their countries, regions, and globally.
In the latest testimony, Mr Koba Gvenetadze, the outgoing Governor of the National Bank of Georgia shares his organization’s journey in transforming ideas into measurable outcomes, guided by the sustainable finance roadmap and in partnership with SBFN and IFC.
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) is a platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building on sustainable finance for financial sector regulators and industry associations across emerging markets.
Facilitated by IFC as secretariat, and supported by the World Bank Group, SBFN helps mobilize information, resources, and practical support for members to design and implement national initiatives that advance sustainable finance at national, regional, and global levels.
Members are committed to moving their financial sectors towards sustainability, with the twin goals to:
Improve the management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks – including climate risks – across the financial sector.
Increase capital flows to activities with positive environmental and social impacts, including climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Countries
Member
Institutions
Banking Assets
Supervised
SBFN celebrated 10 years and 7th Global Meeting — 26-28, April 2022
Featuring H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development; IFC’s Managing Director Makhtar Diop, and 30 distinguished speakers
SBFN 2021 Global Progress Report and Country Reports
and
Evidence of Policy Innovations and Market Actions for Sustainable Finance across 62 Emerging Markets
What's New
Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan discusses sustainable finance during 8th annual Bishkek International Financial Forum
On May 25, 2023, the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan organized the 8th annual Bishkek International Financial Forum (BIFF) with the theme “Technologies, Opportunities, Sustainable Development.” The forum aimed to facilitate professional communication, partnership, and growth within the financial sector. Co-organized by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the event featured speakers from various countries.
Mongolia Sustainable Finance Week Spotlights Partnerships, Structured Guidance and Capacity Building as Keys to Unlock Transformative Progress for a Green and SDG-Aligned Future
Sustainable Finance Week 2023 was held in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia from 13 to 16 June in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Initiative, a globally recognized example of public-private partnership to scale up sustainable finance. The event was hosted by the Office of the President of Mongolia in partnership with the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association, Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS), and Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia (TDBM).
SBFN welcomes the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) of Mongolia as its newest member
Established in 2006, FRC is one of Mongolia’s two financial regulators; supervising and regulating the non-bank sector. Regulated areas include insurance and securities markets, non-bank financial institutions, savings and credit cooperatives, real estate agents, precious metals and stones, and virtual asset service providers.
Members
80 financial sector regulators and industry associations
from 63 countries in emerging markets.
Working Groups
Currently four member-led thematic working groups are established within SBFN
Member-led Research
2021
Global Progress
Report
2020
Necessary
Ambition
2018
Green Bond
Markets Report
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network
Evidence of Policy Innovations and
Market Actions across 62 Emerging Markets.
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) is a platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building on sustainable finance for financial sector regulators and industry associations across emerging markets.
Facilitated by IFC as secretariat, and supported by the World Bank Group, SBFN helps mobilize information, resources, and practical support for members to design and implement national initiatives that advance sustainable finance at national, regional, and global levels.
Member
Countries
Member
Institutions
Banking Assets
Supervised
What's New
Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan discusses sustainable finance during 8th annual Bishkek International Financial Forum
On May 25, 2023, the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan organized the 8th annual Bishkek International Financial Forum (BIFF) with the theme “Technologies, Opportunities, Sustainable Development.” The forum aimed to facilitate professional communication, partnership, and growth within the financial sector. Co-organized by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the event featured speakers from various countries.
Mongolia Sustainable Finance Week Spotlights Partnerships, Structured Guidance and Capacity Building as Keys to Unlock Transformative Progress for a Green and SDG-Aligned Future
Sustainable Finance Week 2023 was held in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia from 13 to 16 June in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Initiative, a globally recognized example of public-private partnership to scale up sustainable finance. The event was hosted by the Office of the President of Mongolia in partnership with the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association, Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS), and Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia (TDBM).
SBFN welcomes the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC) of Mongolia as its newest member
Established in 2006, FRC is one of Mongolia’s two financial regulators; supervising and regulating the non-bank sector. Regulated areas include insurance and securities markets, non-bank financial institutions, savings and credit cooperatives, real estate agents, precious metals and stones, and virtual asset service providers.
Members
80 financial sector regulators and industry associations from 63 countries in emerging markets
Working Groups
Currently four member-led thematic working groups are established within SBFN
Member-led Research
2021
Global Progress report
2020
Necessary Ambition
2018
Green Bonds Market Report