• Who We Are and What We Do
• Mission - Strategy
• Strategic Areas
• AVINA Services
• AVINA in Numbers
• Management Overview
• Learning Cycle
• Balanced Scorecard
• Board of Directors
• AVINA Evaluates Itself
• Organizational Chart
• Founder
• VIVA Trust
• AVINA STIFTUNG
• Partners
• Initiatives
• Equity
• Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law
• Sustainable Economic Development
• Conservation and Natural Resource Management
• Collective Construction of Shared Agendas for Action
• Cooperation with GrupoNueva
• International bridge-building
• Private Sector and Civil Society Alliances
• Institutional Alliances
• Knowledge Management
• Communication for Development
• Inclusive Businesses
• AVINA and Inclusive Businesses
• Introduction of the Concept
• Casos de Negocios Inclusivos
• Materiales de referencia
• Video
• Notas destacadas
• Evolución conceptual de AVINA en el tema de Negocios Inclusivos
• Links
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• Publications
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FAQs

What is AVINA?

Who is Stephan Schmidheiny?

What does AVINA look for in its partners?

Posicionamiento AVINA - Agua y Saneamiento en América Latina

Who selects the social and business leaders with whom AVINA works? What are the selection criteria and processes?

What does AVINA offer the leaders whom it associates with?

What types of initiatives does AVINA finance?

What do we mean by inter-sectoral alliances?

What do shared agendas for action refer to?

What is social transformation for AVINA?

Who does AVINA report to?

Where does AVINA’s financing come from?

Why did Stephan Schmidheiny donate his businesses to the VIVA Trust?

Why would a businessman want to step back from his companies and donate them?

How much was the total that he donated when the companies were transferred?

How is VIVA Trust structured?

What is the relationship between GrupoNueva and AVINA?

What is the relationship between AVINA Stiftung and Fundación AVINA?

What is AVINA’s approach to inter-culturalism, particularly with respect to the originating peoples of Latin America?

AVINA was founded in 1994 by the Swiss entrepreneur Stephan Schmidheiny, who inspired the vision and values that guide the organization. AVINA is maintained by VIVA Trust, a trust created by Stephan Schmidheiny to further sustainable development through alliances between successful and responsible businesses and philanthropic organizations that promote leadership and innovation.