About Us
Vision and Values
Vision
Assuring that the cooperation between a business group and a foundation is creating synergies between the two worlds, generating a visible impact as it helps create a more sustainable development of society and business profitability, and establishing a new model of business management geared toward the triple bottom line.
Mission
Promoting a new, more sustainable development paradigm in Latin America through the long-term creation of financial, environmental, human, and social capital.
Strategic Objectives
The following strategic objectives have been established by the Trust in order to support its vision and its mission:
- Promoting social, environmental, and productive changes in the region through the identification, strengthening, and support of leaders and leader networks in businesses and civil society.
- Achieving greater understanding and cooperation between businesses and civil society in order to encourage novel solutions to the challenges of sustainable development.
- Positioning the VIVA Trust as a leading institution in its field to interest others in its model of linked industrial productivity and sustainable philanthropy.
- Establishing criteria, values, and control mechanisms that allow VIVA to evaluate its investments and philanthropic activities in accordance with sustainability and transparency principles.
- Preserving or increasing the Trust's assets over the long term through the successful performance of its productive and philanthropic activities.
Values
The VIVA Trust wishes to promote the following values, which Stephan Schmidheiny embraced in all his business and philanthropic activities throughout his career:
- Leadership for sustainable development.
- Innovation and experimentation for the promotion of change.
- Enterprising spirit in all investments, activities, and projects.
- Ethical and responsible behavior, emphasizing the integrity of both GrupoNueva and the Fundación AVINA.
- Evaluation, accountability, and transparency in order to achieve a more fluid process and a more enriching learning experience.
- Development of a culture of mutual challenges.
- Successful and sustainable performance in all its organizations, in productive, economic, environmental, and social terms.
