New Ventures is a global program that provides services for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) whose main goal is to generate a positive environmental or social change within their own communities.
New Venture's reach varies in each country, but every Center offers free development services that provide SMEs with management tools and access to capital in order to make them grow and increase their positive impact.
Its development program focuses on enterprises that aim for energy conservation, emission reduction and low carbon consumption, and it assists them by means of workshops and forums.
In 2009 it received the support of Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, which allowed the centre to establish itself as the first accelerator of sustainable enterprises in Colombia.
New Ventures Indonesia was created in 2005 in an alliance with Yayasan Bina Usaha Lingkungan, a local NGO that focuses on providing renewable energy to low income communities.
The forum gathers businessmen and investors from Latin America in order to achieve investment and strategic alliances to support the sector.
In 2008 they created "Las Páginas Verdes" ("The Green Pages"), a directory of sustainable products and services, with the aim of promoting responsible consumption and to encourage economic growth.