Following an extensive public consultation process involving numerous stakeholders, the Sustainability Dialogue between SMEs and Banks document was published today by the MoF Platform on Sustainable Finance, chaired by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and involving the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Banca d'Italia, the Italian Companies and Stock Exchange Commission (CONSOB), the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (IVASS), and the Italian Pension Fund Supervisory Authority (COVIP).
The document aims to support SMEs in gathering and producing information on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts, facilitating dialogue with banks on sustainability issues and improving access to financing. The version released today incorporates feedback from the consultation process initiated last June, streamlining the initial framework by reducing the number of indicators and introducing qualitative estimates for certain data.
