Inclusive Green Finance for Small Companies: Learning from Pilot Cities in China’s Zheijiang Province
16 April 2025 | 9.00 CET | Online | Co-hosted with AMRO Monetary,
Webinar | Tags:
China,
Entrepreneurship,
Financial Inclusion,
Green Finance The webinar will distill lessons learned in Zhejiang province and explore the conditions under which new standards and digital platforms can bolster climate finance for small companies across ASEAN+3 countries and beyond.
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Wang’s Café Goes Green: Innovative Finance Solutions for Small Companies
Peter Knaack | 27 March 2025
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
China,
Entrepreneurship,
Financial Inclusion,
Green Finance Financial markets have mobilized a large and growing amount of money for climate action – but most of it goes to large firms. Small companies (micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises or MSMEs in the jargon) struggle to access the finance needed to green their activities.
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Inclusive Green Finance for Small Companies: A Case Study of Pilot Cities in China’s Zheijiang Province
Jingyi Zhang,
Peter Knaack and
Danqing Shao | 21 February 2025
Monetary,
Discussion Notes | Tags:
China,
Entrepreneurship,
Financial Inclusion,
Green Finance Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial for the transition to a sustainable economy. However, they face major challenges in accessing financing for sustainable investments.
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Financial Resilience in an Age of Environmental Change: Central Banks and Financial Regulators Feel the Heat
Sunil Sharma | 16 October 2024
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Governance,
Financial Supervision,
Green Finance,
Systemic Risks In an era of chronic and acute disruptions, durable price and financial stability will require not just accounting for financial hazards, but also engaging in promoting a structural transition. With time running out and the world approaching critical ecological thresholds, central banks and financial regulators
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Inclusive Green Finance: a New Agenda for Central Banks and Financial Supervisors
Ulrich Volz and
Peter Knaack | 23 June 2023
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Financial Inclusion,
Green Finance Through an integrated inclusive green finance (IGF) approach, central banks and financial supervisors can enable a just transition to an environmentally sustainable economy and avoid potential adverse effects on economically vulnerable groups.
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