Request for Proposal: Enhancing Commercial Bank Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy

The Asia Foundation’s office in Thailand seeks the services of a qualified and reputable firm to support the Mekong Safeguards on a mission to accelerate the sustainable infrastructure transition in the Mekong Region by reducing the negative environmental and social impacts of large-scale infrastructure project development. The activity under this request for proposal is to strengthen environmental, social, and corporate governance standards (ESG) at the implementation level by engaging with the leading local commercial bank in Thailand (the Bank) to enhance its ESG standard in relation to its infrastructure lending process with direct technical assistance and capacity building to the bank itself as well as its clients under infrastructure-related sector.

The activity will require highly specialized advisory capacity, with sectorial, national, and international experience, to develop a training program to support implementing the Bank’s ESG initiatives regarding sustainability knowledge training for internal and external stakeholders. Interested applicants must read the request for proposal carefully to prepare the necessary documents.