This position is a limited-term position for ten months located in Vietnam.

Summary:

World Resources Institute (WRI) intends to award a consultant a ten-month reimbursable contract for supporting WRI Global, and HSBC Vietnam to support financial sector stakeholders in Vietnam, including bank and bankers’ associations, in identifying and developing investment opportunities for industrial clean energy solutions.

Program Overview:

In pursuing a transition to clean energy for large-scale energy consumers, WRI works with businesses to advance decarbonization in their operational and supply chains, accelerating a just transition toward net zero emissions while balancing the need for economic development. By doing so, we aim to increase Southeast Asian industries’ competitiveness through stronger standards and climate mitigation/adaptation measures that significantly contribute to regional emissions reduction. WRI believes that sustainable development requires integrated approaches to achieving interlinked economic, social and environmental goals.

The Climate Solutions Partnership is a multi-year collaboration among HSBC, WRI, and local partners to support energy transition plans in several countries, including Vietnam. Through this project, we provide technical assistance to businesses in planning and implementing their decarbonization journeys, provide policy analysis and recommendations to key ministries, and work together with utilities to develop efficient and sustainable electricity products accessible to businesses. As an important part of our technical assistance, we identify and facilitate financing opportunities for clean energy solutions in industrial facilities. This includes quantifying the demand for clean energy in selected industrial sectors and/or industrial parks, carrying out technology and financial solutions gap assessments and matchmaking, and increasing the capacity of the financial institutions in Vietnam to invest in industrial clean energy solutions.

Scope of Work (SoW):

  1. Lead compilation of financial data related to clean energy solutions to be deployed in target industrial parks in Vietnam.

    • Obtain financial (Capex, Opex, and other country-specific financial metrics) data for a suite of clean energy solutions from credible and up-to-date primary and secondary sources.
    • Assess financial viability and overall project feasibility of proposed clean energy solutions.
    • Recommend practical and implementable solutions and/or recommendations to strengthen the financial viability of proposed clean energy solutions.

      1. Facilitate the planning and organization of financial sector stakeholder consultations in Vietnam to explore investment opportunities, financial instruments, and innovative business models for industrial clean energy investment, as agreed jointly with the WRI team and partners.
        • Act as a local liaison to reach out and engage with the local financial sector and other stakeholders to identify key participants in the stakeholder consultation meetings.
        • Plan and help host stakeholder consultation meetings (in person or virtual) with local and international financial institutions, government and utility officials, technology manufacturers and suppliers, renewable energy developers, and private investors.
        • Prepare findings from the consultation meetings in formats specified by the WRI team. Incorporate feedback from WRI, HSBC, and the Project Advisory Committee into the final version of the findings.
        • Draft the Report “Findings from Consultations on Industrial Clean Energy Investment Opportunities.”

          1. Facilitate engagement with Vietnamese policymakers and Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) partners to share project findings.

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