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Introducing: Fossil Free Funds
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Fossil free investing made easy
Fossil fuel investments carry real financial risks. Over the past years, a growing divestment movement of institutional and individual investors representing trillions in assets under management have responded to this climate risk by divesting all or some of their fossil fuel investments.
Fossil Free Funds analyzes the fossil fuel exposure and carbon footprint of thousands of U.S. mutual funds and ETFs. We make it easy to know what you own, so you can align your investments with your values.
How to invest fossil free
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Search for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by name, ticker, or asset manager. Our database covers 3,000 stock funds available in the U.S.
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See your results. We track fund exposure to fossil fuel companies, fossil finance and insurance, and clean energy leaders.
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Look for greener options. Sort and compare to find funds that fit your needs.


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Index funds
Passively managed investment funds that track market indexes have seen significant fund inflows over the past decade. These indexes, from firms like from S&P Global Ratings, Russell/FTSE, and MSCI, are increasingly setting our economy on autopilot and pumping capital into unsustainable business models. Below are the fossil fuel grades for 10 common index funds.
IndexRated asFossil fuel grade
S&P 500IVVD
Russell 1000IWBD
Russell 2000IWMF
Russell 3000IWVD
S&P 100OEFD
Russell Top 200IWLD
MSCI ACWIACWIF
MSCI EAFEEFAF
MSCI Emerging MarketsEEMF
MSCI ACWI ex U.S.ACWXF


Target date funds
Target date funds are groups of funds, where each fund in the series targets a different mix of stocks and bonds for investors with different retirement time horizons. The default option in employer-offered retirement plans is often a target date fund series. Below are 19 of the largest target date fund series, rated using the 2050 fund.

If you care about climate change, your money can help shrink your carbon footprint... Now there is a tool, the website Fossil Free Funds, that helps pinpoint funds and E.T.F.s focused on companies with smaller carbon footprints.

Funds That Can Put Your Investments on a Low-Carbon Diet
New York Times - Funds That Can Put Your Investments on a Low-Carbon Diet
Read more about us in:
The Guardian - The carbon bubble: why investors can no longer ignore climate risksBloomberg BNA - GE, Microsoft Urged to Offer Fossil-Fuel-Free 401(k)sFastCompany - How To Convince Your Employer To Divest Your 401(k) From Fossil FuelsThinkProgress - There’s Now A Way To Find Out How Much Of Your Retirement Is Invested In Fossil Fuels
Fund managers have trillions of dollars invested in the stocks of fossil fuel companies
Major asset managers handle the retirement savings of millions of Americans.  Their mission is to help people save for the future - but they're directing trillions of dollars of capital to the carbon polluters maintaining and expanding the fossil fuel infrastructure that threatens our future.
Are your savings invested with one of these financial giants?  Find out just how much they have invested in the top owners of carbon reserves, the largest coal-fired utilities, and other fossil fuel companies. Then, share to spread the word: business as usual is killing the climate.
Tracking trillions in fossil fuel investments
Top carbon reserve ownersCoal industryOil/gas industryTop coal-fired utilitiesFossil-fired utilities

Fossil Free Funds is a search platform that looks at the climate impact of popular mutual funds and shows you if your money is being invested in fossil fuel companies, or companies with high carbon footprints.

Investing in coal companies, oil/gas producers, and coal-fired utilities isn’t just a moral question. Fossil fuel investments carry real financial risks. When emissions are constrained, fossil fuel companies will have their carbon assets stranded. Over the past years, a growing divestment movement of institutional and individual investors representing more than $6tn in assets under management have responded to this risk by divesting all or some of their fossil fuel investments.

Fossil Free Funds empowers you to know exactly what you own, to see if your savings are invested in dirty energy sources, and to find investment options that support a cleaner, greener future.

Search for mutual funds and see if they’re invested in fossil fuel companies. If they are, you can use our database to find comparable options that meet your specific needs.

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