14/06/2026
Green finance cannot scale without a credible way to identify, assess, and improve green enterprises.
Over the past two years, CapeC., in partnership with Oxfam in Bangladesh, has worked to address this challenge through the development of the Green Business Assessment Toolkit (GBAT).
This journey reached an important milestone with the National Validation Workshop, where policymakers, financial institutions, private sector leaders, academia, and development partners came together to validate the methodology, review field evidence, and shape the future direction of the framework.
GBAT is not intended to be another checklist.
It is designed as a practical decision-support framework that helps environmentally responsible cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises demonstrate their green practices while creating pathways toward market access, finance readiness, and long-term competitiveness.
Its development has been informed by stakeholder consultations, extensive research, methodology design, field piloting across five locations, and continuous refinement based on evidence and practitioner feedback.
For CapeC., this milestone represents more than the completion of a project. It reflects our belief that complex development challenges require solutions that combine systems thinking, rigorous research, digital innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
We are grateful to Oxfam in Bangladesh and the many institutions and experts whose insights strengthened this work.
As Bangladesh accelerates its green transition, an important question remains:
How can assessment frameworks evolve beyond measuring sustainability to actually unlocking finance, market access, and competitiveness for enterprises?
We welcome perspectives from financial institutions, development partners, policymakers, corporates, and ecosystem builders working at this intersection.
