Call for Business and Climate Media Initiative Seed Grants 2025 is open now!!!
The Asia region accounts for over half of global greenhouse gas emissions, largely credited to its role as a global supply chain hub, growing population and rapid industrialization over recent decades. Businesses and the private sector are major contributors to the climate crisis, and so must be at the heart of climate action in order to bring about meaningful impact. It is also important that the transition to net zero is just, fair and equitable for the workers involved, a process that also makes companies more resilient for the long term. Media coverage of business engagement with the climate crisis—and the action needed by governments and multilateral development banks to facilitate this—must ramp up to improve accountability, highlight solutions and inform public demand for change.
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With this in mind, EJN is offering seed grants of up to 8,000 EUR for media outlets in Thailand and Indonesia to launch new and innovative reporting initiatives that will increase awareness of these topics. This round of grants is awarded as part of EJN’s Business and Climate Media Initiative project. The objective of these grants is to increase the capacity of the media in Thailand and Indonesia to provide innovative and solutions-oriented information on business and private sector engagement with climate change to the public and policymakers. The grants are intended to seed new programs, columns or sections that focus on these issues. Over the grant period, they expect that selected media outlets will each design and pilot a new program, producing at least five stories or episodes as proof of concept. An expectation of this funding is for activities to continue beyond the lifetime of the project—applicants should outline how work could be incorporated into existing programming in the future.
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The core reporting themes sought by the EJN grant focus on the intersection of the private sector and climate action, specifically covering solutions like climate financing, carbon trading, and innovations in renewable energy, circular economy, and green technology. Applications should also address accountability by exposing greenwashing and examining the enforcement and effectiveness of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks. Furthermore, the grant aims to support coverage of industry-specific challenges in sectors such as food and agriculture, transportation, construction, and energy, with a particular emphasis on amplifying the voices of marginalized and minority communities to create dialogue and intensify public pressure on policymakers.
The review process involves a panel of international judges, including Internews staff and environmental journalism experts, who will evaluate applications based on several criteria: they will assess the overall quality of the proposal and its relevance in contributing to the grant’s objectives. They will also determine the potential impact and the quality and effectiveness of the project design, alongside the innovative characteristics of the planned activities. Final evaluation factors include the financial viability and cost-effectiveness, the sustainability of the activities once the supported work is completed, and the proven ability of the applicant to successfully carry out the project.
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- Grant of up to €8,000 per organization to cover production and piloting costs for the new media program.
- Financial and logistical support to successfully develop and launch a new editorial product focused on business and climate change.
- Enhance the media outlet’s capacity to undertake complex, solutions-oriented reporting on climate finance, ESG, and private sector accountability.
- Resources to produce a minimum of five high-quality, impactful stories or episodes.
- Assistance in developing a strategy to integrate and sustain the new programming within the organization after the grant period ends.
- Association with the reputable Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and Internews, enhancing the outlet’s profile in environmental journalism.
Eligibilities
- Must be a media outlet including newspaper, online media, radio, TV, multimedia, and social media channel.
- Applications must propose one new media programming idea on the themes outlined above and include the production of at least five episodes or stories.
- Applications must be submitted in English, Thai, or Bahasa Indonesia.
- Applicants must have a working understanding of English or a translator for communication with Internews staff.
- Applicants are required to be transparent about the use of generative AI in the proposal. Plagiarism and submitting AI-generated content as one’s own will lead to disqualification.
Application Process
- If you have an existing account, you’ll need to log in. Since they recently updated their website, you might have to reset your password by clicking the “Forgot password?” link in the log in page.
- If you don’t have an account, you must register by clicking “Log in” on the top right of the page and click the “Sign up” link at the bottom of the page that opens.
- If you start the application and want to come back and complete it later, you can click ‘Save Draft.’ To return to the draft, you’ll need to go back to the opportunity and click ‘Apply now’ again to finalize the application.
- Applications should provide a detailed budget in an Excel spreadsheet with justification for the amount requested. Download the budget template from their official website.
- Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Application Deadline: November 10, 2025 (3 Days Remaining)
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