I recently discovered a new investment company: www.robinia-invest.com, which is based in Germany and promotes ecologically, socially and economically responsible ‘robina’ tree plantations in eastern Germany. Term is 10 years with a ROI of about 10-14% per year. Instead of cultivating trees to be processed in to planks or veneer, Robinia Invest cultivates trees to make poles. They calculate only about £ 8,50 per tree after 10 years, so nothing shocking about that. £ 8,50 per tree that’s 10 years old is not all that much.

Here are some earmarks of their participations 10 year investment Minimum investment £ 10,000. Four guarantees offered: (1) Legal ownership of plot; (2) Maintenance Guarantee; (3) Replacement guarantee (1st year replacement if plot suffers 20% loss) ; (4) commercially insured against fire and storm damage. Robinia-Invest’s plantations will be FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. The main differences with a Robinia investment instead of an investment in lets say Teakplantations are the following; This is a welcome change from the familiar teak companies who are all based in central or south America. There are ofcourse a few advantages to investing in Germany instead of south or central America: trade is in strong euro, not weak US dollar land value in Germany is much higher then that of south or central America the plantations in Germany are insured against fire and storm damage, which the Teak companies cannot offer. Germany is ofcourse part of the EU and politically a economically very strong and stabile. That ofcourse cannot be said of the countries in south and central America. Look what happened in Honduras recently? The investment term is much shorter then Teak, only 10 years, instead of the usually 20 year term with Teak. Anyway, you might want to check this site out if you want to invest your money in something which is both for the environment and for your financial future