Ant Int’l launches digital sustainability scorecard for MSMEs

The scorecard offers actionable insights for MSMEs to enhance ESG credibility.

Ant International, along with its industry partners, introduced the MSME Sustainability Impact Scorecard (MSME S-Card) for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Asia to track their environmental and social impact.

MSMEs account for 90% of businesses and over half of Asia’s workforce yet often face obstacles in adopting sustainable practices, including lack of knowledge, limited resources, and scarcity of tailored financial products.

The MSME S-Card automates the collection of key data from business processes and digital wallets to validate MSMEs' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials.

By integrating ESG metrics, the scorecard offers actionable insights for MSMEs to enhance their ESG credibility, attract impact-focused investors, and support long-term sustainable growth.

Pilot participant GCash, a Philippine mobile payment platform, will further customise the scorecard benchmarks based on local needs by next year.

Through its GForest initiative, GCash has mobilised 17 million users to plant over 2.8 million trees, reducing carbon emissions by 138,000 metric tons. This reforestation effort also provided livelihoods for over 8,600 farmers.