The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission has launched its 2025 Sustainability Week, opening with a capacity-building programme on sustainable finance intended to expand capital market participants’ understanding and application of green finance frameworks. The week began with a focused training session on the Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Guidelines at the SEC Headquarters in Makati City on 23 June. The taxonomy session, co-organised with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank Group, and the International Finance Corporation, covered taxonomy design and interoperability and included practical exercises applying the guidelines to assess sustainable finance transactions and map bank investments. A subsequent panel featured contributions from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Sustainable Banking Network Asia, and BDO Unibank. On the second day, the SEC and the United Nations Development Programme hosted a session on sustainable investments for non-bank financial institutions, drawing on a UNDP-led capacity assessment that found nearly half of surveyed NBFIs were “Cautious Practitioners” and using a panel discussion to explore ways to unlock investment in nature-based solutions and bridge gaps between investors and investees.

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