Workshop Financiamento Sustentável- OCDE

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27/02/2024 - 15:00

As pequenas e médias empresas (PME) desempenham um papel central no processo de transição verde, sendo responsáveis por uma parte muito significativa da atividade económica e do emprego, com o consequente impacto ambiental. Neste contexto, promover o financiamento verde é determinante para apoiar as PME a investir em projetos e iniciativas sustentáveis, que lhes permitam reduzir custos, melhorar a eficiência e aumentar a competitividade, enquanto contribuem para o cumprimento dos compromissos ambientais assumidos por Portugal.

A Direção-Geral das Atividades Económicas, a OCDE e a Comissão Europeia, em parceria com a Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda e o Banco Português de Fomento, organizam na manhã do dia 27 de fevereiro de 2024, na Biblioteca da Imprensa Nacional, em Lisboa, o workshop “Fostering Green Finance for Portugal’s SME”, em formato presencial.

O evento tem por objetivo a partilha de experiências internacionais, europeias e nacionais, sobre os desafios e oportunidades que as PME enfrentam no acesso ao financiamento verde.

Trata-se do segundo workshop organizado no âmbito do projeto “Supporting industrial ecosystems in Portugal through fostering the green transition of SMEs, green entrepreneurship and business incubation and acceleration systems”, que decorre do Instrumento de Assistência Técnica da Comissão Europeia.

As conclusões do debate serão um importante contributo para os trabalhos em curso no âmbito do projeto mencionado, cujos resultados serão apresentados no início de 2025.

O evento será conduzido em inglês. A participação é gratuita, mas de registo obrigatório.

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Programa

Welcome coffee and registration (09:00-09:15)

Introduction

09:15-09:25 I Opening remarks I

Marta Lima Basto, Deputy Director for Economic Activities, Ministry of Economy and Maritime Affairs, Portugal

Zinovia Tsikilaki, Policy Officer, DG REFORM (or representative from Brussels)

Marco Marchese, Project Coordinator, OECD

Scene-setting presentation

09:25-09:40 I Financing SMEs for Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities I Marija Kuzmanovic, Policy Analyst (Moderator of the workshop), OECD

Q&A (5 minutes)

What are the key issues for the provision and uptake of green finance for SMEs?

09:45-10:00 I How can EU banks finance SME greening in the emerging regulatory context (taxonomy, sustainability reporting requirements, etc.)? I Burçak Inel, Director of Financing Sustainable Growth, European Banking Federation

10:00—10:15 I How can we bolster SME demand for green finance and investment? Lizzie Knight, Digital Project Manager, SME Climate Hub

Q&A (10 min)

10:15-10:30 I How can digital solutions be deployed to facilitate the transmission of SME sustainability data to financial institutions? I Heather Buchanan, CEO, Bankers for Net Zero

Open discussion (15 min)

Coffee break (10:45-11.00)

How can we mobilize SME green finance and boost SME access to it?

11:00-11:15 I How can the diverse SME population be mobilised to take greening actions and what is being done to support SME greening in Denmark? I Michael Zöllner, Chief Commercial Officer SME, Denmark Export and Investment Fund, Denmark

11:15-11:30 I What kind of public financial and non-financial support has been put in place to foster Greek SME access to and uptake of green finance? I Vasiliki Georga OKkopoulou, Chief Operating Officer, Hellenic Development Bank, Greece

11:30-11:45 I How is BGK supporting Polish SMEs in the manufacturing sector and beyond to green their business models? I Przemysław Kulik, Head of CSR, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Poland (tbc)

Open discussion (15 minutes)

Financing SMEs for Sustainability in Portugal

12:00-12:30 I Roundtable on key challenges and opportunities in financing SMEs’ sustainability pathways in Portugal.

The roundtable will be driven by the following questions:

What are the key challenges that you see in financing SMEs and entrepreneurs for greening in the current policy and regulatory context?
What are the key priorities for policy and regulatory action?
What does the private sector (private Fis, corporations, ESG intermediaries, consulting service providers, accountants, etc.) need to do to help accelerate SMEs’ green transition and foster green entrepreneurship?

Participants

Banco Português de Fomento, Manuel Queiroz, Corporate Director
Bank of Portugal, Marta Abreu, Head of Governor's Office
EIB Group, João Santos, Head of EIB Group Office in Portugal
Portuguese Banking Association, João Tomaz, Head of Prudential, Financial Markets and Sustainability
Portugal’s Industry Confederation (CIP)