In partnership with Student Energy and the Global Green Growth Institute, we harnessed young people's natural innovative capacity by creating opportunities for them to develop solutions, and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Greenpreneurs is a twelve week, global green entrepreneurship incubator and competition open to youth between the ages of 17 and 35. Participants submit their idea for a solution that positively impacts the future of sustainable energy; water and sanitation; sustainable landscapes (forestry and agriculture); or green city development. These priority themes reflect the urgent issues impeding growth in developing countries, in the context of green growth, climate change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their intentional broadness ensures the maximum inclusion of creative ideas from around the world.

Key features of the program include a series of online learning modules and webinars, access to mentorship and expertise from subject matter experts, and a business plan competition in which winning teams can access small-scale seed funding to take their ideas beyond the planning stage to create tangible impact. In its first year, 2018, we supported ten youth-led teams in designing their own social enterprise. The recurring program has continued to grow, supporting fifteen teams in 2019 and 2020.