Nepali SME landscape has seen much activity in the past five years with investors like Business Oxygen, Nepal’s first climate-focused PE fund, providing financing thereby opening up new sources of finance for SMEs. The SME world will also witness opportunities that are emerging from the discussions held at COP26.
With this background, Nepal Economic Forum (NEF) conducted a neftalk titled "Green SME Financing in Nepal: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities post COP26" to understand the current state of green financing for SMEs in Nepal. The neftalk aimed to delve deeper into the hurdles and challenges faced by Nepal in the green investment landscape as well as to identify green SME financing opportunities and provide possible solutions that can serve as a way forward.