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.
Member
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
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance Publishes Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance unveiled its Sustainable Taxonomy, a financial public policy tool that seeks to encourage investment in economic activities that protect the environment and reduce social and gender gaps.
Union of Banks of Armenia joins SBFN
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) welcomes the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) as its newest member. UBA is a banking union bringing together all 18 commercial banks operating in the Republic of Armenia.
Azerbaijan Banks Association joins SBFN
SBFN welcomes Azerbaijan Banks Association as our newest member.
Azerbaijan Banks Association’s (ABA) membership covers all 25 banks in the country, 2 non-banking credit organizations, 2 processing centers, and the Azerbaijan Credit Bureau.
Members
76 financial sector regulators and industry associations
from 62 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
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance Publishes Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Mexico’s Ministry of Finance unveiled its Sustainable Taxonomy, a financial public policy tool that seeks to encourage investment in economic activities that protect the environment and reduce social and gender gaps.
Union of Banks of Armenia joins SBFN
The Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN) welcomes the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) as its newest member. UBA is a banking union bringing together all 18 commercial banks operating in the Republic of Armenia.
Azerbaijan Banks Association joins SBFN
SBFN welcomes Azerbaijan Banks Association as our newest member.
Azerbaijan Banks Association’s (ABA) membership covers all 25 banks in the country, 2 non-banking credit organizations, 2 processing centers, and the Azerbaijan Credit Bureau.
Members
76 financial sector regulators and industry associations from 62 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