Vanguard Utilities Index Fund
Shareclass
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU)
Type
Exchange-traded fund
Manager
Investments in major fossil fuel companies
Top 50 coal-fired power$576.17 MILLION
Top 50 coal-fired power$358.54 MILLION
PPL Corp
Top 50 coal-fired power$164.96 MILLION
Top 50 coal-fired power$135.94 MILLION
Top 200 carbon reserves$134.75 MILLION
Evergy Inc
Top 50 coal-fired power$100.61 MILLION
Fossil fuel holdings
Energy sector
Top 200 owners of carbon reserves
Carbon Underground 200
4
holdings
$227.85M
invested
2.7%
of portfolio
Coal industry
Coal miners, coal services, owners of coal reserves
16
holdings
$1.54B
invested
18%
of portfolio
Oil/gas industry
Oil/gas producers and refiners, oil field services and equipment companies, pipeline operators
19
holdings
$4.66B
invested
55%
of portfolio
Utility sector
Top 50 coal-fired utilities
Macroclimate 50
5
holdings
$1.34B
invested
16%
of portfolio
Fossil-fired utilities
Utilities burning fossil fuels or distributing gas
52
holdings
$8.03B
invested
95%
of portfolio
When calculating a portfolio's screen exposure, we only consider long investments, ignoring any shorts or liabilities.
All fossil fuel companies
53 holdings
53 holdings
- 1. NextEra Energy Inc
$916.04M11% - 2. Southern Co$624.56M7.41%
- 3. Duke Energy Corp$576.17M6.83%
- 4. Constellation Energy Corp$497.58M5.9%
- 5. American Electric Power Co Inc
$358.54M4.25%
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Vanguard Utilities Index Fund $VPU is 96% ($8.07 BILLION) invested in fossil fuel stocks
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