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1. February 2011
Cheryl Hicks
SustainabilityInvestment Partner
Quadia SA Impact Finance | 34 Rue de Candolle | CH-1205 Geneva | T +41 22 888 1200 | F +41 22 888 1201 | www.quadia.ch

2. Our Investment Themes
Smart water use Education
Energy-efficient water purification and Education can be improved with
smart irrigation development can improve the provision of accessible formal
water management. or informal education. Providing
loans to university level students
can be a way to democratise
Organic nutrition
higher education.
Organic agriculture and aquaculture
development and other types of Smart Water
sustainable food production such as Education
Use Inequality
responsible fishery are drivers of Appropriate economic integration of the
sustainable food production. base of the socio-economic pyramid can
Organic
Inequality be achieved through provision of high
Nutrition
Healthcare access quality financial goods and services. Social
Investments aiming to provide healthcare inequalities related to gender, origin or
access will concentrate on the provision belief system can be addressed through
of affordable goods and services to the Healthcare Clean Energy specific projects.
Access Supply
base of the socio-economic pyramid.
Clean energy supply
Biodiversity Energy production infrastructure can be
Responsible
Preservation of biodiversity is achieved Biodiversity improved with implementation of
Goods
through conservation of ecosystem Social centralised or decentralized renewable
services and ecosystem restoration. Housing energy production units.
Social housing Responsible consumer goods
Development of social and green Production and distribution of
buildings and the provision of affordable quality goods specifically
and resource-efficient housing solutions designed to have a reduced
for the base of the pyramid contribute to impact on the environment.
sustainability.
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3. ImpactInvestments in Energy
Windfall Windmill Parks
SICSA
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