The Bank of Ghana has launched a sustainable finance roadmap that for the first time sets a common framework for Ghana's financial regulators to address sustainability in a coordinated way across banking, insurance, securities and pensions. Presented in remarks by Governor Johnson Pandit Asiama, the roadmap is designed to move sustainable finance from separate initiatives under different mandates into a systemwide approach centered on three pillars: Environmental, Social, and Governance integration, climate-related risk management, and financing sustainability. The framework sets out practical actions for the relevant regulators under each pillar, with a focus on embedding sustainability into financial sector decision-making, strengthening the management of emerging risks and expanding financing opportunities. In particular, the financing sustainability pillar is intended to mobilise private and institutional capital, support green and blended finance and help position Ghana as a regional sustainable finance hub. The launch builds on earlier Bank of Ghana measures, including the 2019 Sustainable Banking Principles and Sector Guidance Notes endorsed by all 23 commercial bank chief executives, a 2021 compliance measurement framework that showed industry average compliance of 73% as of September 2025, and the 2024-2028 strategic plan on sustainability and climate-related risks alongside the Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive.

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