Sustainable SME Action Agenda

This Sustainable SME Action Agenda outlines future pathways for critical actions to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is intended for key SME stakeholders, such as policy makers, intermediaries, financers and SMEs. Its main objective is to offer insights and critical next steps for action to scale the support to SMEs, a key stakeholder and driver of sustainable development and the Agenda 2030. To do so, it analyses the SME Ecosystem and – through an elaborate global consultation process with key SME stakeholders – develops concrete recommendations to close the gaps and maximise SME contributions to the SDGs.

Through the lens of five key action areas

To scale Green SME Support for 2030, SEED, GO4SDGs and UNEP jointly build on their collective experiences to formulate lessons learned and critical next steps to inform this Sustainable SME Action Agenda. This Action Agenda targets key SME Stakeholders from the public and private sector, including policy makers, financers, intermediaries and SMEs.

The Action Agenda invites all stakeholders to contribute through their experiences to the process of further developing and implementing the proposed future-proof Green SME Support Actions. These concrete support actions are designed through the lens of five key action areas of Green SME support such as Innovation, Non-Financial Support, Finance, Policy and Market.

Coalition for Innovation, Circularity and Entrepreneurship (CICE)

The Sustainable SME Action Agenda marks the next step towards better tailored and more accessible Green SME Support for 2030. To realise this, SEED, GO4SDGs and UNEP move forward jointly with our partners to establish the Coalition for Innovation, Circularity and Entrepreneurship (CICE), a catalyst for collective action to empower SMEs everywhere. The Coalition aims to bring us one step closer to realising the promise of thinking globally, while acting locally.