Business-Led Blended Finance

Today, the global annual financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) exceeds $4 trillion, yet blended finance deployment reached just $24 billion in 2024—highlighting a significant opportunity to mobilize capital for sustainable development.
 

Despite growing interest, many companies face barriers to engagement, including complex transaction structures, misaligned risk-return expectations, limited visibility into partnership models and challenges in measuring impact.

Developed by the United Nations Global Compact's CFO Coalition for the SDGs, the Business-Led Blended Finance Playbook provides a practical roadmap for businesses to overcome these challenges. Drawing on data from Convergence, real-world case studies and insights from CFO Coalition companies and blended funds, it helps organizations move from passive participants to active architects of blended finance transactions.

Download the Playbook to learn how your company can:

• Move from participant to architect in blended finance transactions
• Unlock capital and improve financing terms through innovative structures
• Navigate risk, due diligence and partnership complexities with confidence
• Explore replicable financing structures across sectors and regions
• Engage governments, catalytic philanthropy and investors more effectively

 
About the UN Global Compact
 

 
As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the vision of the UN Global Compact is clear: to mobilize business to transform sustainability ambition into action at the scale the world demands. With more than 25,000 participants and a presence in over 100 countries through 5 Regional Hubs and more than 70 Country Networks and expansion territories, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.To learn more, visit our website at unglobalcompact.org.