This report analyses good practices in the provision of public financial and non-financial support to facilitate SME greening. By exploring both financing instruments and complementary policy support mechanisms implemented in different countries around the world, the report aims to provide actionable insights for policymakers, including public development banks, SME agencies, multilateral development banks and other stakeholders with similar mandates of providing financial and non-financial support for the green transition of SMEs.
Through a mapping of different types of public financial and non-financial support relevant for SME innovators, enablers and adopters, and a detailed review of case studies, the report showcases practical examples of successful and/or innovative instruments and programmes, including aspects of their design, implementation, and outcomes, as relevant and available. Furthermore, the report synthesises lessons learned from these initiatives aiming to provide insights and guidance for adopting and scaling effective interventions in different country contexts.
This report is part of the OECD Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (CSMEE) Programme of Work and Budget for 2025-26. It advances the work of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability by identifying good practices to enhance provision and uptake of sustainable finance for SMEs. It builds on and deepens previous CSMEE work on this topic, including the 2022 policy paper on Financing SMEs for Sustainability Drivers, Constraints and Policies, as well as the 2023 survey report on Financial institution strategies and approaches, which identified the types of financial and non-financial support instruments being deployed for SMEs. It also contributes to the work of the OECD Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs Scoreboard and to the OECD Horizontal Project on Net Zero+. The report was submitted for comments to the CSMEE on 29 September 2025, under cote CFE/SME(2025)5/REV1.