Titled “Ghana’s Green Finance and Sustainable Industrialization,” the forum served as a critical platform for strengthening dialogue around climate finance, investment readiness, and the policy frameworks needed to embed ESG standards into Ghana’s growth model.
“The green finance agenda is about more than environmental responsibility — it is about economic transformation, national resilience, and generational equity,” said Paul Frimpong, Executive Director of ACCPA. “Through partnerships like this, we can turn finance into a powerful tool for sustainable development.”
The workshop featured keynote presentations on Ghana’s evolving green finance landscape, including an analysis of policy gaps and investment opportunities within the sustainable industrialization agenda. Participants explored case-based scenarios and implementation strategies across three primary stakeholder clusters: Policymakers, Financial Institutions and Investors, and Private Businesses.
Representatives from the Bank of Ghana, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Ministry of Finance, Development Bank Ghana, and the World Bank Group joined financial leaders and manufacturers to address real-world barriers to green finance deployment. The cross-sector collaboration aimed to identify practical tools to de-risk climate-aligned investments and scale private sector participation.
One key focus of the event was improving Ghana’s investment readiness in the green economy through robust ESG integration and innovative financial instruments. With an emphasis on financial literacy and cross-sector capacity-building, the workshop explored how institutions can align financial flows with national climate goals—particularly in sectors such as clean energy, circular manufacturing, and sustainable agriculture.
Interactive working sessions challenged participants to design financing frameworks that balance economic growth with ecological responsibility, emphasizing scalable models such as green bonds, blended finance, and public-private partnerships.
The workshop concluded with a call to action for strengthening regulatory coherence, building institutional capacity, and developing new channels for climate-smart financing. The event reinforced the importance of integrating climate risk and resilience into national planning frameworks and underscored the strategic value of China-Africa cooperation in delivering long-term investment aligned with global climate goals.
