iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

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Ticker: ACWI

Fossil fuel holdings

For each fossil fuel category, we show the fund's exposure, if we found any. Click a category to see the breakdown of companies. When calculating a portfolio's exposure to a screen list, we only consider long investments, ignoring any shorts or liabilities.

Producers energy sector

Top 200 owners of carbon reserves

Carbon Underground 200

holdings

$416.02M

invested

2.92%

of portfolio

Coal industry

Coal miners and owners of coal reserves

holdings

$158.94M

invested

1.12%

of portfolio

Oil/gas industry

Oil/gas producers and refiners, oil field services and equipment companies, pipeline operators

holdings

$451.93M

invested

3.17%

of portfolio

Consumers utility sector

Top 30 coal-fired utilities

Macroclimate 30

holdings

$158.97M

invested

1.12%

of portfolio

Fossil-fired utilities

Electric utilities powered by coal and natural gas

109

holdings

$458.1M

invested

3.21%

of portfolio

Investments in major fossil fuel companies:

Top 30 coal-fired power

$77.7M invested

Top 200 carbon reserves

$41.5M invested

Top 200 carbon reserves

$38.73M invested

Top 200 carbon reserves

$25.73M invested

Top 200 carbon reserves

$22.51M invested

Top 200 carbon reserves

$16.83M invested

All fossil fuel companies

205 holdings

1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B
$77.7M
0.55%
2. Exxon Mobil Corp
$41.5M
0.29%
3. Chevron Corp
$38.73M
0.27%
4. Nextera Energy Inc
$36.5M
0.26%
5. Total SE
$25.73M
0.18%

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iShares MSCI ACWI ETF $ACWI is 6.81% invested in fossil fuel stocks, with $970.28 MILLION invested across 205 equity holdings

ACWI

Carbon footprint

Sustainability report card

As You Sow’s Invest Your Values report card grades mutual funds on environmental and social issues, including climate change, gender equality, and weapon investments. Click through to get more details on each issue.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF [ACWI]

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Expanded

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers and gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Financial performance

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Current fund

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

World Large Stock

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Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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Category

Foreign Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 12/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher

10-yr returns

4.51% more in annualized returns

Less invested in fossil fuels

1.63% less invested

Lower carbon footprint

63 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD lower

Less invested in Clean200

1.86% less invested

Current fund

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

World Large Stock

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Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 12/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher

10-yr returns

4.51% more in annualized returns

Less invested in fossil fuels

1.63% less invested

Lower carbon footprint

63 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD lower

Less invested in Clean200

1.86% less invested

Current fund

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Family

BlackRock/iShares

Category

World Large Stock

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 12/31/20

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher

10-yr returns

4.51% more in annualized returns

Less invested in fossil fuels

1.63% less invested

Lower carbon footprint

63 tonnes CO2e/$1M USD lower

Less invested in Clean200

1.86% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 12/31/20

Morningstar suggested benchmark: MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD

Annualized returns

Climate analysis

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

16%

10%

13%

9.26%

6.81%

Benchmark

10%

4.78%

8.8%

4.75%

8.44%

Fund compared to benchmark

5.9%

5.45%

3.71%

4.51%

1.63% lower

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