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

The Guardian

The Carbon Bubble: Why Investors Can No Longer Ignore Climate Risks

The Dodo

Here Are Some Easy Ways To Protect Animals From Climate Change

Bill Moyers and Company

Climate Action Is Up to the Rest of Us Now

ThinkProgress

The World Agreed To Not Burn Most Fossil Fuels. Why Aren’t These Banks Listening?

TriplePundit

5 Ways Your Personal Investments Can Help Solve Climate Change

Co.Exist

How To Convince Your Employer To Divest Your 401(k) From Fossil Fuels

Bloomberg BNA

GE, Microsoft Urged to Offer Fossil-Fuel-Free 401(k)s

ThinkProgress

There’s Now A Way To Find Out How Much Of Your Retirement Is Invested In Fossil Fuels

Grist

Looking for a Fossil Free Investment Fund? Check the Fine Print

Earth Island Journal

Follow the Money: The Fossil Fuels Divestment Movement is Making Big Strides, But Individual Investors Have Little Way of Knowing What They Own

Financial Advisor

Unearthing The Fossil Fuels In Mutual Funds

EcoWatch

Is Your Retirement Invested in Fossil Fuels?

Mother Nature Network

Are You Invested in Fossil Fuels? A New Web Tool Helps Investors Figure Out Exactly Where Their Money Is

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$11 Trillion in Fund Holdings Screened for 50 Largest Coal-Fired Utilities

Apr. 24, 2017 — As You Sow's Fossil Free Funds partners with Macroclimate® to expose hidden investments in coal power plants

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New Web Tool Shows Unexpectedly High Carbon Exposure of Funds

Oct. 13, 2016 — As You Sow, YourSRI.com team up to carbon footprint $11 trillion in funds utilizing data from South Pole Group and exposing carbon risk – available now at fossilfreefunds.org

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More than 20,000 Individual and 401(k) Investors Call for Fossil Free Retirement Options

Apr. 18, 2016 — Many Americans are increasingly worried about the financial risk of owning fossil fuel companies in their 401(k) plans

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New Web Tool Reveals Fossil Fuel Companies Hidden in Mutual Funds

Sep. 15, 2015 — New, free-to-the-public web tool reveals where fossil fuel holdings are hiding in the most commonly-owned mutual funds

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Turning Retirement Savings into a Force for Workplace Equity

Nov 24, 2025

Companies that fail to disclose workforce demographics, hiring practices, promotion pathways, and retention outcomes leave investors in the dark about how they responsibly and effectively manage a healthy workforce. This is where Social Justice Funds plays an essential role.

Advancing Racial Justice with Social Justice Funds

Nov 10, 2025

Most people think of retirement savings as a safe, neutral part of life planning. But the truth is, every dollar invested tells a story. Social Justice Funds helps investors see not just the financial performance of funds, but also the racial justice implications behind them.

The Diversity Dividend in Your 401(k) Funds

Oct 30, 2025

As we worked on Social Justice Funds, our newest Invest Your Values tool, we wondered: How do the returns of mutual funds correlate with their gender equality, diversity disclosures, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ equity ratings? Our results suggest that DEI and financial returns have a positive correlation.

Introducing Social Justice Funds

Oct 30, 2025

You believe in justice. You show up, speak out, and push for change in your community and workplace. But what if your retirement savings are silently working against everything you stand for? There’s a new way to align your retirement savings with social justice: Social Justice Funds.

ICE is in your 401(k)

Oct 17, 2025

There’s a hidden connection between your savings and the business of immigrant incarceration. Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by private companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group. If you have a 401(k) from your employer, it’s likely investing your savings in these private prison operators.

Employees are already keeping billions out of fossil fuels via their 401(k)s

Sep 17, 2025

Workers are already taking action to protect their savings by choosing sustainable investment options in their 401(k) plans. Our new analysis estimates that by choosing a green 401(k) fund, U.S. employees are keeping a lot of money from being invested in fossil fuel companies.

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