Scaling Up Public Financial and Non-Financial Support for SME Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are central to the green transition. As innovators they create new sustainable technologies and solutions. They also enable the dissemination of environmentally friendly products and practices throughout the economy and integrate cleaner practices into their own operations. However many SMEs face persistent barriers to greening such as limited access to external finance insufficient internal capacity and perceived high risks of sustainability investments.