SEEDS OF CHANGE: Summer 2019
From Invest Your Values, a project of As You Sow
The nation's leading shareholder advocate, changing corporations for good.

Do you know what's lurking in your mutual funds? You may be shocked to find out what you actually own—especially if you have a company-managed retirement account. We certainly were! Even though our mission is fighting fossil fuels and climate change, it turned out staff all owned oil & gas companies, pipeline companies, coal-fired utilities⁠—like Exxon, Chevron, and Duke. And it took weeks of digging just to figure that out.
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Won't my returns take a hit?
Probably not. There's a lot of research showing that investments screened on environmental and social criteria can perform as well, or even better.
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Note: As You Sow is not an investment advisor, nor do we provide financial planning, legal or tax advice.

Fossil Free Funds empowers you to know whether your money is being used to extract and burn fossil fuels.
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Gender Equality Funds enables all investors, for the first time ever, to apply a gender lens to mutual fund and ETF investments.
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Weapon Free Funds shows you whether your money is invested in guns and weapons of war.
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Deforestation Free Funds lets you know if you own shares of palm oil producers and the banks that fund rainforest destruction.
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Tobacco Free Funds highlights tobacco producers and companies promoting tobacco to kids.
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More Details:
The Invest Your Values interactive scorecards analyze the holdings of 5,000+ of the most commonly-held U.S. mutual funds and ETFs, the backbone of America's 401 (k)s, IRAs, and general investment portfolios. Each score-card is updated monthly and screens funds' current holdings, then analyzes and ranks performance on the specific environmental/ social issue. Holdings data is in partnership with Morningstar. Scorecards include an array of deep-dive information and an action toolkit.
Questions? We're here to help - [email protected] will always reach us, and we'll get right back to you.


Profiting from Mass Incarceration?
The idea of a company working to put more people in prison, for longer, for the express purpose of profiting off them, is horrific. If you own mutual funds, you easily could be profiting from prisons.
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