Fossil Free Funds

Invest your values

Fossil fuel investments carry real financial risks. 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 climate risk by divesting all or some of their fossil fuel investments.

Fossil Free Funds analyzes the climate impact of thousands of common mutual funds and shows you if your money is being invested in fossil fuel companies, or companies with high carbon footprints. We make it easy to know what you own, so you can align your investments with your values.

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Introducing: Fossil Free Funds

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How to make your investments match your values

Search for mutual funds and ETFs by name, ticker, or asset manager. We have thousands of U.S. equity funds in our database.

See your results. For each fund, we track fossil fuel investments, carbon footprints, and clean energy investments.

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

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

The largest mutual fund managers have billions invested in fossil fuel stocks

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 billions in funding 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. Share to spread the word: business as usual is killing the climate.

Vanguard

100 funds analyzed

10% fossil fuel exposure

$339 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

American Funds

18 funds analyzed

11% fossil fuel exposure

$151 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

Fidelity Investments

262 funds analyzed

8% fossil fuel exposure

$108 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

iShares

227 funds analyzed

10% fossil fuel exposure

$115 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

SPDR State Street Global Advisors

100 funds analyzed

13% fossil fuel exposure

$71 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

T. Rowe Price

71 funds analyzed

6% fossil fuel exposure

$31 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

Dimensional Fund Advisors

57 funds analyzed

11% fossil fuel exposure

$40 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

Invesco

218 funds analyzed

9% fossil fuel exposure

$25 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

JPMorgan

71 funds analyzed

9% fossil fuel exposure

$20 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

Recent blog posts

Carbon polluting coal plants? In my retirement savings?!

Aug 27, 2018

Rapid cost declines have made clean renewable energy the United States’ cheapest available source of new electricity. That’s reason to be skeptical of putting your savings in coal-related stocks. Coal-fired power companies could be at risk of “stranded assets”.

Measure the clean energy impact of your savings

May 14, 2018

Divestment isn’t the end - there’s a way to double your impact. You can make sure the money you’ve taken out of fossil fuels is working towards a clean energy future. See how much of your savings are helping build wind turbines, solar panels, and other clean technologies.

Vanguard's quarter-trillion in fossil fuel investments

Dec 12, 2017

Vanguard is one of the world’s largest asset managers, handling the retirement savings of millions of Americans. Its mission is to help people save for the future. At the same time, it’s playing a major role directing billions in funding to carbon polluters.

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In the news

New York Times - Funds That Can Put Your Investments on a Low-Carbon Diet

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.

More press coverage:

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

Tracking trillions in fossil fuel investments

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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