Be clever with your strategic capital and partner with a green initiative

Specializing in the outsourced management of water services for municipal or industrial clients, Paris listed company Veolia (VIE.PA), is one of the world leaders in engineering, design and construction projects for environmental facilities and water treatment plants.

In a world of investments more and more of us are seeking to place our strategic capital in companies that will not only leave us with a better, cleaner, healthier planet, but will also return a good profit on our portfolios and our investment dollars ... or Euros in the case of Veolia.

Established for more than 150 years, Veolia can rightly claim to be one of the world leading environmental companies. They have recently been selected to supply 3 million inhabitants with drinking water in Tianjin, one of China's most rapidly growing and important economic cities. The contract, for a period of 30 years, is worth an estimated cumulated turnover of around 2,65 billion Euros for Veolia Water, and involves a participation of 49% in the Tianjin Shibei Water Company Ltd.

Investment into the company? Well, if you had placed €1000 euros in January 2006 and sold it today, you would walk away with €1,769. Not a bad return for helping save the planet.

Another Parisian listed company that you might want to turn your investment eye upon as you seek to save the world, is Alstom (ALO.PA), a global leader in equipment and services for power generation and rail transport.

Interesting, but green? Well yes. Set to become a major player in the world of wind turbines, the company claims a ‘reputation for setting the benchmark in innovative and environmentally friendly technologies to meet the growing demand for clean and efficient electricity and rail transport technologies.’

Great, but what about the investment? Well, our €1000 invested in January of 2006 would now be worth an incredible €3,846!

Both these companies appear to be worth continued interest and if we had invested in January 2006? Well a little profit taking is never a bad thing but the outlook continues to be solid for both allowing us continued expectations of profit, and a good nights sleep while we save the planet at the same time.