This UNDP grant for media organizations in Malaysia aims at furthering for issue-based reporting. The proposals should focus on producing high-quality communications content on critical issues related to corporate accountability to the environment and/or climate change.

Non-governmental and independent media-focused civil society organizations registered in Malaysia can apply.

Priority areas for proposals are:

* Production of a 3-part data storytelling series highlighting critical human rights and environmental issues. This series should cover covering corporate accountability to the environment and/or climate change in Malaysia, with a focus on successful BHR+E initiatives, policies, or community-led actions.
* Highlighting the perspectives of underrepresented communities disproportionately affected by climate/environmental-linked challenges caused by impacts of businesses.
* Employment of innovative new media approaches to storytelling in media outputs, such as long-form “scrollytelling”, visual storytelling (e.g. short documentary/ video series), and/or data-driven journalism/storytelling.
* Topics directly related to Business and Human Rights, with a focus on themes in the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (2025-2030).