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.

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How to invest fossil free

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.

See your results. We track fund exposure to fossil fuel companies, fossil finance and insurance, and clean energy leaders.

Look for greener options. Sort and compare to find funds that fit your needs.

Talk to your financial advisor or retirement plan manager about fossil free investing.

Your retirement plan may be fueling the climate crisis. But it doesn't have to.

Select a company retirement plan

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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.

Index	Rated as	Fossil fuel grade
S&P 500	IVV	D
Russell 1000	IWB	D
Russell 2000	IWM	D
Russell 3000	IWV	D
S&P 100	OEF	D
Russell Top 200	IWL	D
MSCI ACWI	ACWI	D
MSCI EAFE	EFA	F
MSCI Emerging Markets	EEM	F
MSCI ACWI ex U.S.	ACWX	F

More funds

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

Read more about us in:

The Guardian - The carbon bubble: why investors can no longer ignore climate risks

Bloomberg BNA - GE, Microsoft Urged to Offer Fossil-Fuel-Free 401(k)s

FastCompany - How To Convince Your Employer To Divest Your 401(k) From Fossil Fuels

ThinkProgress - 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.

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9% fossil fuel exposure

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7% fossil fuel exposure

$146 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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$135 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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7% fossil fuel exposure

$42 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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10% fossil fuel exposure

$56 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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8% fossil fuel exposure

$41 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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9% fossil fuel exposure

$48 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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8% fossil fuel exposure

$33 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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8% fossil fuel exposure

$32 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

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