Banyan Tree Global Foundation is launching for the first time in its 11-year history the "Greater Good Grants", which aims to support innovative and impactful projects across six areas that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Group's core ethos of "Embracing The Environment, Empowering People".
Since earning the 1992 Environmental Award from American Express and the International Hotel Association for the remediation of a former tin mining site into the Laguna Phuket resort, Asia's first destination resort, Banyan Tree has championed sustainability as a top priority.
This year, the global hospitality group is opening up its grant-giving foundation to external projects further afield from its immediate operating communities. The new approach is inviting NGOs and academics to apply so that the Group can support more projects which benefits people and the planet.
The grants are open to projects that contribute to at least one or more six focal areas -- Biodiversity and Conservation; Resource Use and Waste Management; Climate Change and Resilience; Education and Empowerment; Health and Protection; and Culture and Livelihood.
Project grants are worth up to US$10,000 (302,000 baht), open to all individuals of any nationality over the age of 18, who have an organisational affiliation. Submissions will be reviewed by the board of directors of the Banyan Tree Global Foundation and an internal panel of stakeholders. Successful project grantees will be notified by the first quarter of next year.
Banyan Tree Global Foundation promotes shark conservation. photo courtesy of Banyan Tree Global Foundation
Submissions should be made by Dec 31. Visit bit.ly/36pVEKZ.
