Chase - stop profiting off dirty energy

Dear Green American,

The Trump Administration is doing everything it can to prop up fossil fuel companies and block our work together to create a greener world.

You’ve heard about many of these actions – rolling back regulations against climate pollution, undermining the ability of shareholders to file social and environmental resolutions with Corporate America, issuing executive orders to support the fossil fuel industry, and opposing tax credits for renewable energy, to name a few. 

And the latest? 

Challenging our ability to invest our retirement plans in socially responsible investments (SRI)!

We can hardly believe it either! That’s right, through the Department of Labor, there is a new proposal to undermine the ability of 401(k) and other employee retirement and pension plans to invest in funds that consider social and environmental criteria.    

Of course, this has nothing to do with “protecting investors” -- it’s about protecting Big Oil and corporations that trample on people and the planet. SRI funds perform financially as well or better than funds that invest in fossil fuels and other destructive industries. 

We have until July 30th for public comment and hope you’ll take action with us today. We need to preserve retirement plans that include options with strong performance – like SRI funds!  

Or, if you prefer, send your own, personal comment to the Department of Labor.

If anything, the Department of Labor should be requiring, not questioning, the inclusion of SRI options in employer retirement plans. That’s what will promote the strongest returns over time! 

Thank you for taking action by July 30! 

For a green economy, 

Fran

Fran Teplitz
Executive Co-Director for Business, Investing & Policy, Director of the Green Business Network®
Green America 

 

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