Greening Supply Chains in the Thai Automotive Industry Improving the Economic, Environmental, and Social Performance of SMEs in Automotive Supply Chains in Thailand Thailand has long been recognised as a highly competitive Asian base for vehicle production. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent a large proportion of the auto and automotive parts sector in Thailand. The industry has experienced rapid growth over the past decades, leading to environmental consequences. Additionally, Thai industries are facing increasing competition from other Asian countries, such as Malaysia and China. Environmental management and sustainable supply chain management are seen as key components for improving the industry’s future competitiveness through reduced production costs, increased profitability, capacity to meet increasingly stringent international standards, and by reducing environmental supply chain risks. Four key interventions for sustainable development in the automotive sector The objective of the project was to improve sustainable production among SMEs in the Thai auto and automotive parts supply chains. The project had four key components: Productivity and environmental improvement in Thai automotive industry clusters SME-specific financial support packages Strengthening SCP related services Dissemination of examples of good-practice and policy recommendations The project aimed to: Increase the productivity and quality for 250 SMEs partners and reduce the environmental impacts Increase the number of SMEs that are in compliance with international environmental regulations Provide new financial mechanisms for SMEs to make investments in established technologies for sustainability Enhance alliances to facilitate a greening of the supply chain of Thai automotive industry Promote best practices and related policy As an international partner, the CSCP provided methodological, technical, and policy advice based on global best practice, especially in the phases of developing materials and defining effective communication mechanisms. Furthermore, the CSCP contributed to the effective implementation of training courses and multi-stakeholder processes. The project was funded by the EU SWITCH-Asia Program. Project partners were the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Thailand Automotive Institute (TAI), the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank).