Countries are increasingly taking more strategic approaches to scaling sustainable finance, often in the form of sustainable finance “roadmaps.” These roadmaps help prioritize actions and coordinate activities among stakeholders. 

In September 2022, the Green Finance Platform (GFP) and UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) launched its Sustainable Finance Diagnostic Toolkit to support policymakers take a coordinated approach to the development of a national sustainable finance roadmap. 

The toolkit is a 10-step online questionnaire that provides practical guidance for policymakers to improve their understanding of actions to enhance mobilization of financing for sustainable development. Each step of the toolkit represents the core components to examine the sustainable finance status of a country.

Through the toolkit, countries will be able to surface necessary information and measures to unlock sustainable finance, which will feed into the development of national, or potentially regional, sustainable finance roadmaps.