Consultant Services for Developing Guideline on Business Actions to Tackle Inequality

Consultant Services for Developing Guideline on Business Actions to Tackle Inequality

A. Background

The Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) is a CEO-led association of companies operating in Indonesia that share the commitment of promoting sustainable development through sustainable economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. The key aims of IBCSD is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change towards sustainable development and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.

The IBCSD participates in the implementation of Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI) Phase 2, a collaborative initiative under the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) with the support of the UK FCDO. This initiative aims to reduce carbon emissions while simultaneously promoting economic growth and enhancing social resilience. This goal will be achieved through main interventions, which include low-emission development activities and efforts to minimize natural resource exploitation.

The IBCSD’s role for this LCDI Phase 2 project focuses more on private sector engagement. Inequality together with climate change and nature loss are three major global challenges that the private sector has to deal with. Inequality is also seen as a systemic risk for the business sector, in terms of operational, reputational, regulatory and financial risks. Meanwhile, the business sector can play a crucial role in addressing inequality as important investments for sustainable business success themselves and unlock potential market opportunities. For this purpose, IBCSD searches for competent service providers to develop guidelines to promote business actions to tackle the inequality agenda using global best practices for supporting low carbon and equitable development growth in Indonesia.

B. Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of this activity is to develop guidelines using global business frameworks and best practices on business actions to tackle inequality to support low carbon development initiatives towards green and equitable growth in Indonesia.

The consultant is expected to do the following tasks :

• Desk research and assessment on existing global frameworks and best practices on business actions to tackle inequality.
• Collect data (desk research, interviews) and analysis on the current initiatives, regulation, gaps and potential opportunities on business actions to tackle inequality in the context of Indonesia that can support low carbon development initiatives.
• Based on the results of tasks 1 and 2, develop a draft guideline on business actions to tackle inequality that can support low carbon and equitable growth in Indonesia.
• Discuss the draft guideline with relevant stakeholders and finalize the guideline based on the available feedback.

C. Scope of Works

The primary objective of this consultancy is to provide services to produce guidelines using global business frameworks and best practices on business actions to tackle inequality to support low carbon development initiatives towards green and equitable growth in Indonesia.

Focus areas include :

D. Tasks, Deliverables, and Level of Effort (LOE)

The tasks, outcomes and products, as well as expected schedule to be delivered by the consultant are as follows :

It is expected that the consultant is able to deliver their best results within 1 month since the signing of the contract. The consultant is expected to submit their own timeline of program plan in accordance with the outlined activities under this term of reference.

E. Division of Responsibility

Following is the division of responsibility for the activities to be executed under this term of reference :

F. Proposal Submission

Following are the documents to be submitted by the consultant as proposal submission :

Procurement Process Timeline

Details Timeline Remark

Procurement Notice : (IBCSD Website & Invitation) 21st – 26th January 2025. The proposal submission document shall be submitted at the latest of : Sunday, January 26th, 2025.

Process Selection : 27th – 31st January 2025 (1 week)

Kick-off meeting with Consultant : 3rd – 10th February 2025 (1 week)

Published on : January 22, 2025

By : IBCSD Editor

Content type : Vacancy

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