Solution for Future in the Islands of Palawan, Northern Leyte, and Siargao Islands Project

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (“WWF”) together with the Philippine Red Cross (“Red Cross”) is implementing a three-year Nature-Based Solution (NbS) Project entitled “Solutions for the Future in the Islands of Palawan, Northern Leyte and Siargao, the Philippines” (the “Project”). This Project is part of a global program which aims to establish safe and climate resilient communities and nature positive landscapes, through leveraging finance for climate adaptation, mainstreaming NbS approaches, and guiding governments to prioritize NbS in their adaptation strategies.

Outcome 3 of the Project includes the identification and leveraging of financial opportunities from the public and private sector to support and/or upscale NbS projects. These identified financial opportunities and revenue streams should lead to investments from private sector and public-private partnerships (“PPP”) geared toward climate resiliency and NbS.

Achieving Outcome 3 will involve strategic thinking, market analysis, and a deep understanding of the environmental, social and economic landscape, through the formulation of feasibility studies and business plans. Additionally, the Project will support partner local government units by providing information on how to access existing financial structures or opportunities for NbS, and coordinate with the private sector to explore potential PPP for NbS.

To achieve Outcome 3, the Project is in need of a Sustainable Finance Advisor/Consultant (“the SusFin Consultant” or “Consultant”) who will lead in the delivery of Outcome 3, as well as provide timely guidance to the management team for achieving the project objectives related to Outcome 3.

The Consultant will be expected to perform a combination of on-site visits and remote work, as required by the project’s needs.

The contract will be from September 2025 to November 30, 2026 (15 months).

Task 1: Identification of New Revenue Streams and Financial Opportunities

The Consultant, through a mix of remote research, on-site visits, and networking, develop a list of potential revenue streams and financial opportunities that could lead to investments in climate resiliency and NbS. To encourage investments through these opportunities, the Consultant will create business plans and/or feasibility studies (as appropriate) for the shortlisted opportunities.

Deliverables:
• Shortlist of potential revenue/financial opportunities (at least two)
• Business plans or feasibility studies for each shortlisted opportunity

Task 2: Improvement of Cost Savings and Efficiency for Government/Private Spending

The Consultant, in partnership with the Project team, will organize fora and dialogues to share information, learning opportunities, and best practices for both the private sector and local government (“LGU”) to spend more efficiently on NbS and climate resiliency. This will include supporting LGU access to existing financial structures for NbS.

Deliverables:
• Fora and dialogues held with public and private sector (at least two)
• Financial structures for NbS presented as opportunities to LGUs

Task 3: Initiation of PPP through a Memorandum of Agreement or Understanding ("MOA” or “MOU”)

The Consultant, in partnership with the project team, will explore opportunities for a NbS PPP between private stakeholders and the LGU. This includes facilitation of meetings, feasibility and design of the potential PPP, and guidance toward signing of at least one MOA or MOU between the parties.

Deliverables:
• Exploratory meetings between potential partners (private sector and LGU)
• Proposed design of the PPP
• Executed MOA or MOU

Other Tasks

• The Consultant will also create market linkages in support of the financial opportunities/investments and the PPP.

• The Consultant will meet with the Project Team and WWF management to discuss strategies and provide guidance on sustainable finance matters relating to the Project.

The Consultant’s primary point-of-contact (“POC”) with the Project Team will be Joeffrey Maglinte.

While the Consultant is in charge of leading the tasks listed above, the Project Team will provide support in the following ways:

1. Coordinate with stakeholders (private partners, community leaders, local government) to schedule meetings and collect data, with exemptions to be discussed between the Consultant and POC

2. Provide information relating to pre-existing or potential NbS projects already identified by the team, which could be tied together with the Consultant’s tasks

3. Arrange the logistics (such as transportation, accommodations, meetings etc.) of site visits for the Consultant, as agreed upon in planning meetings

4. For scheduled fora and dialogues under Outcome 3, provide necessary manpower and logistics support, as agreed upon in planning meetings

5. Assist in the networking and negotiations with potential private partners and the local government, especially for seeking investments and initiating a PPP.

Presented below is an initial timeline for the expected submissions of deliverables. The Consultant and the Project team recognize that the work entailed is unpredictable and that major changes may be necessary to the timeline during the course of the project.

Interested applicants can submit an e-mail to Joeffrey Maglinte (jmaglinte@wwf.org.ph) with the subject line: ‘SUSTAINABLE FINANCE CONSULTANT’ no later than October 8, 2025 with the following documents:

1) Cover letter
2) Profile
3) Previous work
4) Proposal with budget