Direct beneficiaries:

• 200 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (approx. 20% women-led/women focused)
• Financial Institutions
• Impact Investors

Indirect, but ultimate beneficiaries:

200’000 low income households beneficiaries will be served by these small and medium sized enterprises, including, but not limited to, clients and employees.

Outcome 1: Small and medium sized enterprises, in particular, women-focused enterprises better cope with and contribute to the consequences of climate change mitigation, reduce environmental degradation and enhance their business skills, improving access to finance and technology while enabling growth.

Outcome 2: Financial institutions and impact investors are equipped to provide targeted green financing and pragmatic risk management for high-impact small and medium sized enterprises.

Outcome 3: Regulators and policymakers integrate climate resilience and environmental considerations into policies and associated processes, improve provisions to incentivise green financing/investing and learn from global best practices in this regard.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

Output 1.1: Small and medium sized enterprises equipped with enhanced business and technical skills, including access to finance and technology, for sustainable growth.

Output 1.2: Empowered women-focused enterprises contributing to green solutions.

Output 2.1: Pragmatic risk management strategies and environmental, social and governance compliant instruments developed and adopted.

Output 2.2: Green financing resources mobilised.

Output 3.1: Policy makers and regulators have improved capacity and information to develop, supervise and enforce policy reforms as per best practices, guidance and instruments required to facilitate small and medium sized enterprises access to green finance.

Output 3.2: Policy makers and regulators engage with key stakeholders and the private sector to address market constraints and align objectives around enhancing green financing for small and medium sized enterprises.