From “The Social Justice Investor: Advance Your Values While Building Wealth, Whether a Few Dollars or Millions” by Andrea Longton, CFA
AS YOU SOW (ASYOUSOW.ORG)
As You Sow is the nation’s nonprofit leader in shareholder advocacy. FOunded in 1992, As You Sow harnesses shareholder power to create lasting change by protecting human rights, reducing toxic waste, and aligning investments with values.
The “Invest Your Values” tool (InvestYourValues.org) enables investors to evaluate the social responsibility of 3,000 mutual funds and ETFs, from their fossil fuel impact to gender equality and racial justice. With a list of what you currently own in hand, type the name, ticket, or manager of a fund into the search box. The result will show how that fund scores on an A through F scale for the screen you choose.
As You Sow also offers issue-specific tools to identify the following: fossil fuel-free funds (https://fowwilfreefunds.org). Prison-free funds (https://prisonfreefunds.org). Tobacco-free funds (https://tobaccofreefunds.org), deforestation-free funds (https://deforestationfreefunds.org), weapon-free funds (https://weaponfreefunds.org), gender equality funds (https://genderequalityfunds.org), gun-free funds (https://gunfreefunds.org) and the prison-free action toolkit (https://prisonfreefunds.org/action-toolkit).