Building Supply Chain Resilience: Insights Into Greening Value Chains for ASEAN—A Collective Intelligence Playbook

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute more than 99% of enterprises across member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), driving employment, local innovation, and regional supply chains. As various ASEAN member states progress toward net-zero targets, there is broad consensus that decarbonizing SMEs is essential to sustaining regional competitiveness and meeting global environmental commitments. Yet, many SMEs face cost pressures, differing guidance, and limited market incentives, which together hinder meaningful climate action.

This report highlights ways to enable businesses to measure, track, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions, to help build low-carbon competitiveness and supply chain resilience in export-oriented markets. It discusses tools, training, and financing, and how such arrangements can be scaled in other jurisdictions.

The publication harnesses the collective intelligence of multiple stakeholder groups and draws on lessons from the Greening Value Chain Program of Malaysia’s Joint Committee on Climate Change, providing valuable insights for other developing economies.

Contents

• Executive Summary
• Motivating and Enabling Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises’ Transition to Low-Carbon Practices
• Stakeholder Perspectives: Collective Intelligence
• Case Study: Lessons from the Greening Value Chain Program
• Recommendations: Driving Successful Implementation
• Conclusion
• Appendix