In addition to the financial and environmental returns, the local rural population by creating long-term and socially secure jobs benefits from CacaoInvest. Around 50 people are permanently employed currently for CacaoInvest in Panama, much of it are members of the local indigenous population. The salaries and working conditions of Panamanian employees exceed the statutory minimum wage. In addition to the country-specific benefits, ForestFinance completes an additional accident insurance, as well as a life insurance policy for the protection of the family for each employee. Species-rich forests are permanently preserved due to the afforestation. This rain forests will be protected and climate-damaging CO2 for decades bound. On the CacaoInvest surfaces are also receive nature relics and in addition about unoccupied natural forest cells ten percent re-created. The environmental magazine nature + Cosmos together with a panel of experts CacaoInvest 2011 to certain “Future project”.
CacaoInvest is an exemplary project, “which both meets ecological, economic and social criteria” according to the jury. It combines environmental and social commitment with the demands of a financial return for investors. For more information, see CacaoInvest in numbers: minimum: 7,750 euro / distributions: from year 2. possible / predicted yield: up to 8.5 per cent (after IRR). / Runtime: 25 years / type of investment: direct investment / of ForestFinance: the Bonner ForestFinance Group specializes on forest investments, which combine a lucrative return on investment with environmental and social sustainability. Interested parties can choose between several sustainable Choose forest investment products. From 33 per month a private forest is already possible with the BaumSparVertrag, see through the afforestation of ForestFinance forests are rainforests spared, CO2 for decades bound and newly created species-rich forests.