Pzena | Fossil Free Funds

Jul 14, 2025

This video explores how your retirement savings might be financing arms manufacturers making nuclear missiles, cluster bombs, and other controversial military weapons used in wars and armed conflicts all over the world. In less than 4 minutes, Grant Bradski walks you through As You Sow’s Weapon Free Funds tool.

Google’s fossil free fund option, by the numbers

Jun 24, 2025

When the Google 401(k) added a fossil-free fund, it didn’t just give employees a climate-conscious sustainable investment option with comparable returns. It gave employees a way to directly reduce their fossil fuel investments, as well as their financed emissions.

Bankrolling Bombs

May 22, 2025

How Your 401(k) Funds the War Machine and What You Can Do About It

The Humanitarian Impacts and Investment Risks of Conventional Weapons

Apr 5, 2025

Conventional weapons cause immense human suffering, particularly when they are used with excessive force or indiscriminately against civilians, in violation of international human rights law.

The Ethical and Financial Risks of Investing in Controversial Weapons

Mar 12, 2025

Many military weapons are considered controversial weapons due to the indiscriminate harm they cause to civilians, violating international humanitarian principles. Investing in controversial weapons makers doesn’t just threaten global peace – it also threatens your savings.

University Retirement Plans are Funding the Destruction of their Students’ Future

Feb 6, 2025

We analyzed 10 defined contribution plans offered by five large universities: Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Princeton, and Notre Dame. We found that billions of dollars in university employee retirement savings are invested in companies with significant environmental and social risks.

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