SBFN Toolkit: 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
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Evidence of Policy Innovations and Market Actions for Sustainable Finance across 62 Emerging Markets
What's New
National Bank of Moldova joins SBFN
As the central bank of the Republic of Moldova, NBM is committed to fostering green and sustainable finance in the country by developing regulatory and supervisory environment and by guiding the country’s banking sector and other financial institutions on matters related to environmental, including climate, social, and governance risks.
Tanzania Bankers Association joins SBFN
TBA was formed in 1995 as an association of banks and financial institutions in Tanzania. TBA together with its members act as a main contributor and facilitator of economic growth in the country ensuring the sustainability of the banking sector in the country. TBA supports the development of sustainable finance in the country by formulating and implementing sustainable finance policies with clear environmental, social, and governance (ESG) guidelines.
OJK and Bank Indonesia Advance Sustainable Finance Policies
During a recent 39th Chairs’ meeting of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum hosted by the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK) focusing on sustainable capital markets, several key actions were taken to enhance sustainability practices in the financial sector. The meeting attendees endorsed the ASEAN Transition Finance Guidance, establishing a common standard for transparent and inclusive transition finance. Additionally, they approved the revised ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard, aligning it with the updated G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, emphasizing sustainability-related governance.
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
National Bank of Moldova joins SBFN
As the central bank of the Republic of Moldova, NBM is committed to fostering green and sustainable finance in the country by developing regulatory and supervisory environment and by guiding the country’s banking sector and other financial institutions on matters related to environmental, including climate, social, and governance risks.
Tanzania Bankers Association joins SBFN
TBA was formed in 1995 as an association of banks and financial institutions in Tanzania. TBA together with its members act as a main contributor and facilitator of economic growth in the country ensuring the sustainability of the banking sector in the country. TBA supports the development of sustainable finance in the country by formulating and implementing sustainable finance policies with clear environmental, social, and governance (ESG) guidelines.
OJK and Bank Indonesia Advance Sustainable Finance Policies
During a recent 39th Chairs’ meeting of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum hosted by the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (OJK) focusing on sustainable capital markets, several key actions were taken to enhance sustainability practices in the financial sector. The meeting attendees endorsed the ASEAN Transition Finance Guidance, establishing a common standard for transparent and inclusive transition finance. Additionally, they approved the revised ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard, aligning it with the updated G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, emphasizing sustainability-related governance.
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