Sustainability Platform · Bangladesh

Building future green
leaders

NextGen Green equips young people, women entrepreneurs, and communities across Bangladesh with the skills, finance, and policy support needed for a just and sustainable green transition.

"Empowering future green leaders, financing sustainable enterprises, and driving Bangladesh's clean energy transition."

Vision & Mission

What drives us forward

VISION

A just, green Bangladesh

To become Bangladesh's leading catalyst for empowering youth, women entrepreneurs, and communities in driving a just, inclusive, and sustainable green transition.

MISSION

Skills, finance & policy

To accelerate green economic transformation by strengthening green skills, expanding access to sustainable finance, promoting renewable energy adoption, and fostering evidence-based policy advocacy.

Strategic Focus Areas

Four pillars of the green transition

Everything we build sits under one of these pillars — from classroom to boardroom to policy table.

Youth Green Skills Development

Equipping young people for green jobs through training, certification, and career readiness — while fostering climate-smart entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation.

Green Finance Access for Women-led CSMEs

Helping women-led businesses access sustainable finance through readiness support, financial coaching, and investor linkages — while strengthening ESG compliance and green refinance access.

Energy Change Agents Initiative

Building a network of youth and community champions who promote renewable energy and energy efficiency, driving awareness, outreach, and grassroots climate action.

Renewable Energy Policy Advocacy

Advancing renewable energy adoption through policy dialogue, advocacy, and evidence-based recommendations, convening policymakers, regulators, and private sector actors.

Core Services

How we support the ecosystem

Advisory & Technical Assistance

Green finance advisory, sustainability strategy development, climate-smart business planning, partnership engagement, and ESG reporting.

Capacity Building

Training design and facilitation, green skills curricula, youth leadership programs, women's entrepreneurship, and renewable energy campaigns.

Research & Knowledge Management

Green market assessments, renewable energy sector studies, climate resilience assessments, and policy research.

Advocacy & Communications

Strategic communication campaigns, public awareness initiatives, policy dialogue facilitation, and thought leadership content.

Who We Serve

A diverse ecosystem of partners

NextGen Green works across Bangladesh — from youth and women entrepreneurs to financial institutions, development partners, government agencies, and industry associations.

Youth & young professionals
Women-led Cottage, Micro & Small Enterprises
Climate-vulnerable communities
Renewable energy entrepreneurs
Financial institutions
Development partners
Government agencies
Industry associations
Leadership Profile

Meet the founder

Erica Shuvra Halder
FOUNDER, CEO & LEAD EXPERT

Erica Shuvra Halder

Founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Lead Expert at NextGen Green

Erica Shuvra Halder is a sustainability and green finance leader with 14+ years of experience in climate resilience, private sector engagement, market systems development, women's economic empowerment, and sustainable finance. She has led multi-stakeholder initiatives connecting communities, enterprises, financial institutions, and development partners to deliver practical solutions for inclusive green growth.

As Founder and CEO of NextGen Green, she leads the organization's mission to empower future green leaders, expand finance for women-led enterprises, accelerate renewable energy adoption, and advance evidence-based policy advocacy for Bangladesh's green transition.

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