Mutual fund
BlackRock LifePath ESG Index 2050 Fund
TickerLEPKX
Fund manager
Tobacco grade: Fund is invested in tobacco producers, below the threshold of 0.5%. Assigned a grade of C.
How we track tobacco investments
How we track tobacco investments
C
$39,618
INVESTED IN
TOBACCO-PROMOTING
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES
TOBACCO-PROMOTING
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES
Tobacco producers
that produce or manufacture tobacco products
Tobacco-promoting entertainment companies
that show smoking in movies marketed to kids
14
holdings flagged
1%
of assets flagged
Tobacco companies
6 holdings
<0.01% of assets
$183 invested
Tobacco-promoting entertainment companies
8 holdings
0.99% of assets
$39,434 invested
Why entertainment companies?
“R”-rating future movies with smoking will prevent one million tobacco deaths in this generation of U.S. kids. Hollywood studios and their parent companies, the nation’s best-known entertainment companies, are well aware of the public health risk, but continue to intentionally expose millions of kids.
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14 investments in tobacco producers and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies
Tobacco companies
6 HOLDINGS
6 holdings
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Tobacco-promoting entertainment companies
8 HOLDINGS
8 holdings
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Are entertainment companies rated the same as tobacco companies?
No - tobacco companies bear greater responsibility to the tobacco epidemic, and our grading methodology reflects this. However, the scientific consensus is that tobacco depictions in movies cause kids to begin smoking. Public health impacts can damage a company’s reputation and brand value, decreasing long-term shareholder value. Asset managers should be engaging entertainment companies by signing investor letters, supporting shareholder resolutions, or otherwise pressing entertainment companies to remove smoking from youth-rated movies.
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