In May 2001, we launched our first alternative investment share offering.  This investment, and subsequent offerings made by QUADRIS Environmental Fund PLC invests directly in sustainable forestry plantations which are managed by a forestry management company called Floresteca SA, or corporate bonds issued, to finance their operations.  Floresteca SA is a large-scale sustainable teak forestry business, operating in accordance with leading international guidelines for sustainability.  Certification and ongoing monitoring of investment projects is crucial to QUADRIS, as it serves to assure our investors that their money is being invested in accordance with the strict ethical, social and ecological principles in which QUADRIS believes.

QUADRIS believes it has demonstrated that the common belief that investment in alternative, ethical or sustainable ventures reaps a lower financial reward than ‘traditional’ investments is not necessarily true. Through an ongoing commitment to the most stringent investment criteria, QUADRIS is able to show that compromises need never be made in striving to offer the most positively green investments in the market place.

Specifically, studies have shown that high standards of forestry management are beneficial both to commerce and the environment and this has been borne out through the success of the QUADRIS Environmental Fund.  Since the launch of this Fund in 2001, share prices have continued to steadily rise and will offer an anticipated return on investment that matches ‘best of class’.

Since QUADRIS was established, we have succeeded in creating and building on a solid investment vehicle which has risen in value month on month.  The powerful combination of forestry and strict, positively green and socially responsible investment criteria, enables us to offer our investors complete confidence and peace of mind that their investment is in the best possible hands both now and in the future.