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 U.S. mutual funds and ETFs 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.

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Fund managers have trillions of dollars invested 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 triillions 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. Share to spread the word: business as usual is killing the climate.

101 funds analyzed

7% fossil fuel exposure

$247 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

310 funds analyzed

7% fossil fuel exposure

$95 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

289 funds analyzed

5% fossil fuel exposure

$76 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

20 funds analyzed

6% fossil fuel exposure

$97 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

55 funds analyzed

7% fossil fuel exposure

$23 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

67 funds analyzed

5% fossil fuel exposure

$24 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

100 funds analyzed

10% fossil fuel exposure

$56 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

210 funds analyzed

6% fossil fuel exposure

$22 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

35 funds analyzed

5% fossil fuel exposure

$11 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

63 funds analyzed

7% fossil fuel exposure

$8 BILLION in fossil fuel stocks

Recent blog posts

Finding the right fossil free fund for you

Jun 24, 2020

Fossil Free Funds has added some new features - now you can search for funds based on what grades they get across six different environmental and social issues. Using the new search options you can create complex searches like "Show me all the funds that earn a B or above on each issue." And stay tuned, because we've got more improvements on the way.

Now you can compare fossil free funds to index funds

May 21, 2020

There are two things that generally matter most to people interested in fossil free investing: investing less in fossil fuels and other environmentally and socially harmful business models, and financial returns. So how do you know which funds check both boxes? You use Fossil Free Funds.

Webinar: Opportunities and Risks of Fossil Free Investing

Apr 9, 2020

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic brought on a sudden economic slowdown and the price of oil collapsed to a nearly two-decade low, fossil fuel companies have been the most volatile and weakest financially performing sector in the U.S. Join us for a webinar exploring fossil free investing, and how aligning investing with your values may be your safest path to a secure retirement portfolio.

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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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