Sustainable Investment Pathways: Playbook

The Sustainable Investment Pathways (SIP) playbook, developed by the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), outlines a multistakeholder framework to bridge the SDG investment gap in developing and emerging markets. It transitions from the previous 'Country Financing Roadmap' (CFR) model to a more flexible approach focusing on specific sectors or value chains. The guide details a three-step implementation process—agreeing on the destination, identifying obstacles, and defining required actions—and provides a recommended governance structure comprising a project management team, an advisory committee, and technical experts. The document draws on pilot projects in Ghana and Saint Lucia to offer lessons on the importance of demand-driven, sector-specific focus to ensure commercial viability and scalability.

• The Sustainable Investment Pathways (SIP) initiative is designed as an impartial platform to unlock sustainable investment by aligning diverse players and reducing inefficiencies to meet the SDGs. It specifically aims to help nascent or subsidy-dependent markets "graduate into commercially viable markets" or enable mature markets to scale.
• The SIP process follows a three-step methodology: first, identifying priority sectors or value chains with private-sector interest; second, determining the risks, barriers, and potential financing mechanisms; and third, defining the specific actions and actors needed for an actionable plan.
• Lessons from pilot projects in Ghana and Saint Lucia indicate that the initiative is most effective when it is demand-driven and focused on a limited number of sectors—ideally one or two—to ensure analytics are targeted and results-driven.
• The recommended governance for a SIP project includes a project management team for day-to-day coordination, a technical expertise component, and an advisory committee of no more than 10 representatives from public and private sectors, DFIs, MDBs, donors, and philanthropists.
• In Ghana, the application of this framework led to specific actions, including the identification of investable projects in sustainable infrastructure (specifically affordable housing) and the design of a private-sector-led Fund of Funds to mobilize national pension funds for small and growing businesses (SGBs).
• In Saint Lucia, the initiative was used to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on labour reskilling and renewable energy, while serving as a potential blueprint for other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean.

APA

World Economic Forum (2022). Sustainable Investment Pathways: Playbook. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Sustainable_Investment_Pathways_Playbook_2022.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Sustainable Investment Pathways: Playbook. 2022. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Sustainable_Investment_Pathways_Playbook_2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2022sustainable, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Sustainable Investment Pathways: Playbook}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Sustainable_Investment_Pathways_Playbook_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }