Komsan Chiyadis
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Now you can support more green projects through the Grab app
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May 7, 2025
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As a triple bottom line company, Grab takes thoughtful steps to tackle climate risks and ease environmental and social challenges across Southeast Asia.
That includes our priority in reducing our own carbon footprint and air pollution emissions by supporting driver-partners’ transition to electric vehicles, and helping merchant-partners cut down on single use packaging. We’ve just released Grab’s latest ESG report to share how we’re tracking on these goals.
But there’s more: Our consumer action initiative is being refreshed with a broader scope and stronger focus on local impact. We’re enabling Grab users to directly contribute to more environmental and social impact projects in Southeast Asia—including some in their own communities—right from the app.
Green Programme: How it works
As a Grab user, you may already be familiar with the toggle you can switch on to make a small financial contribution (less than US 10 cents) with each ride or delivery.
These funds go directly to vetted, high-impact environmental projects across Southeast Asia focused on carbon avoidance and removal. Carbon Dioxide and equivalent gasses (CO2e) are greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
What’s new is the programme’s scale and reach: We’ve unified it across all Grab markets under one name—Green Programme—and expanded the types of projects we support—focusing on local impact and beyond nature-based carbon projects.
This way, we leverage the power of our digital platform to empower millions of consumers across Southeast Asia, so everyone can participate in sustainable environmental impact beyond Grab’s value chain.
Impact at scale along three themes
Nature based
One milestone we’ve achieved since launching our support for various nature-based solutions in Southeast Asia since 2021 is the planting of 1.2 million trees in the region. The trees have been, or are in the process of being planted in phases across Southeast Asia, for example at Thailand’s Khao Phanom Bencha National Park, but also at forests in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
[Also read: How Grab users helped plant 200,000 trees in Thailand]
We have also been supporting some highly accredited forest carbon projects, such as:
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
A 290,000-hectare natural ecosystem and home to over 80 threatened species in Cambodia.
The Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary Project in Cambodia combats deforestation while supporting local Indigenous communities. It delivers verified benefits under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards.
Katingan Mentaya
149,800 hectares of crucial peatland in Central Kalimantan.
The Katingan Mentaya Project, located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, is a forest preservation and protection project that is home to 44 critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable species. Carbon credits are purchased to help fund the project, with their credits independently verified according to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), and Climate Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards.
Green technology
In addition, the Green Programme now also supports local green tech solutions with positive environmental impacts beyond reducing CO₂ emissions.
Examples in Thailand include two biochar projects (Biochar Life in Chiang Mai and Wongphai Bamboo Biochar in Prachinburi). These initiatives turn agricultural waste, such as longan tree prunings and bamboo, into carbon-locking biochar that reduces air pollution, improves soil health, and benefits smallholder farmers. Both projects are independently verified by Global C-sink International Standards.
Community impact
The third theme we support are community-based environmental impact programmes.
One example from Indonesia is a rural electrification project that aims to rehabilitate the Ciganas I Microhydro Power Plant, boosting its capacity from 80 kW to 100 kW of renewable energy, ultimately providing stable electricity to indigenous communities in the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park.
These are just a few highlights from the Green Programme’s expanded portfolio.
Find out more fun facts about the impactful initiatives Grab supports by clicking on each country!
What’s next
We’re excited to use the scale of our digital platform in Southeast Asia to build awareness around responsible consumption and make it easy for everyone to support green initiatives.
Beyond financial contributions per trip, we’ve given consumers the choice to request single-use cutlery with their food deliveries only if they really need it to reduce unnecessary waste.
In some countries, consumers can also opt for an electric vehicle when booking a Grab ride! The Grab app has a feature for passengers to indicate their preference. And we also have strategic partnerships with EV manufacturers to help driver-partners upgrade to EVs, accelerating the region’s shift to cleaner transport.
We’ll also keep growing the Green Programme’s impact and share updates on our progress.
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Komsan Chiyadis
GrabFood delivery-partner, Thailand
COVID-19 has dealt an unprecedented blow to the tourism industry, affecting the livelihoods of millions of workers. One of them was Komsan, an assistant chef in a luxury hotel based in the Srinakarin area.
As the number of tourists at the hotel plunged, he decided to sign up as a GrabFood delivery-partner to earn an alternative income. Soon after, the hotel ceased operations.
Komsan has viewed this change through an optimistic lens, calling it the perfect opportunity for him to embark on a fresh journey after his previous job. Aside from GrabFood deliveries, he now also picks up GrabExpress jobs. It can get tiring, having to shuttle between different locations, but Komsan finds it exciting. And mostly, he’s glad to get his income back on track.
