Welcome to the GoldTeak blog.

Hi! I am glad you are here. I'm Stacy, the Managing Director of GoldTeak. I look forward to sharing with you our project by writing about exciting news at the GoldTeak plantation and sharing with you all a little history, philosophy and experiences in creating and running a ''3P: People, Planet and Profit'' business in Indonesia.

Now for a little history. My business partner Jon and I started this project back in 2004 -- gosh how time flies!!-- well actually, Jon had planted 2.3 ha of teak trees a few years before 2004 but it was on our first trip to Indonesia together that we started to dream of how we could incorporate 3P ideas into a real business.

In our six years of building this project we have learned a lot, some of which I will share with you here in this blog. We saw and opportunity to build a business that would not only provide us with a nice profit in the distant future, but also build a community in an area of a developing nation that had no prospects for development. I must say it has been amazing to see how our presence has brought stronger economic situation for the village and its inhabitants.

Our hopes are that we are building a model that businesses and responsible investment groups will want to use in their CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility sectors and retirement plans. An investment that really adheres to 3P concepts.

Until next post, Stacy