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Tobacco Free Funds sources financial data from Morningstar, an investment research company. We use Morningstar’s mutual fund and stock data to analyze funds and find investments in tobacco and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies. Our database Covers thousands of the most popular mutual funds, the type of investments most common in retirement plans like employer-offered 401(k)s.
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Invest Your Values data is based on monthly updates to mutual fund holdings.
Apr 15, 2023
April 2023 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2023 Q1). Fossil Free Funds "fossil fuel finance" screen updated to use latest Banking on Climate Chaos data (2023).
Mar 9, 2023
March 2023 dataset. Screen list updates: Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2023 Q1).
Feb 24, 2023
February 2023 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Clean200™" screen updated to use latest Corporate Knights data (2023).
Jan 27, 2023
January 2023 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2022 Q4). Gun Free Funds civilian firearm manufacturer and civilian firearm retailer screens updated. Weapon Free Funds screens updated to remove several companies no longer included on SIPRI Arms Industry Database.
Dec 16, 2022
December 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds coal industry and fossil-fired utilities screens updated to use latest Global Coal Exit List data (2022). Fossil Free Funds oil/gas industry screen updated to use latest Global Oil/Gas Exit List data (2022). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2022 Q4).
Nov 9, 2022
November 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2022 Q3). Fossil Free Funds fossil fuel insurance screen updated to use latest Insure Our Future data (2022).
Sep 14, 2022
September 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil fuel finance and insurance screens added to Fossil Free Funds. Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2022 Q3). Tobacco Free Funds "Tobacco producers" screen updated to use latest Morningstar industry data.
Aug 8, 2022
August 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2022 Q2). Fossil Free Funds "Macroclimate 30" screen updated to use latest Macroclimate data (2022).
Jul 15, 2022
July 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Prison Free Funds prison industry and border industry screens updated to use latest American Friends Service Committee data (Jul 2022).
Jun 14, 2022
June 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2022 Q1). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2022 Q2).
May 11, 2022
May 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Prison Free Funds prison industry and border industry screens updated to use latest American Friends Service Committee data (Apr 2022).
Mar 16, 2022
March 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2022 Q1). Prison Free Funds prison industry and border industry screens updated to use latest American Friends Service Committee data (Jan 2022). Gun Free Funds civilian firearm manufacturer and civilian firearm retailer screens updated.
Feb 16, 2022
February 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Clean200™" screen updated to use latest Corporate Knights data (2022).
Feb 9, 2022
February 2022 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2021 Q4).
Dec 14, 2021
December 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds oil/gas industry screen updated to use latest Global Oil/Gas Exit List data (2021). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2021 Q4).
Nov 13, 2021
November 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2021 Q3).
Oct 29, 2021
October 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Additional updates to Prison Free Funds prison industry and border industry screens using use latest American Friends Service Committee data. Companies no longer on latest Global Coal Exit List data (2021) removed from Fossil Free Funds coal industry and fossil-fired utilities screens.
Oct 19, 2021
October 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds coal industry and fossil-fired utilities screens updated to use latest Global Coal Exit List data (2021). Prison Free Funds prison industry and border industry screens updated to use latest American Friends Service Committee data.
Sep 9, 2021
September 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2021 Q3).
Sep 2, 2021
August 2021 dataset. Target date funds added to dataset. Fossil Free Funds "Macroclimate 30" screen updated to use latest Macroclimate data (2021).
Aug 9, 2021
July 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2021 Q2). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2021 Q2).
May 3, 2021
April 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2021 Q1). Fossil Free Funds coal industry and fossil-fired utilities screens updated to use latest Global Coal Exit List data (2020). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2021 Q1).
Mar 3, 2021
February 2021 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Clean200™" screen updated to use latest Corporate Knights data (2021).
Jan 21, 2021
January 2021 dataset. Screen list and fund results updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2020 Q4). Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data (2020 Q4). Fund exposure formula and grading methodologies updated; see "Updating rating methodologies" on the Fossil Free Funds blog.
Nov 11, 2020
November 2020 dataset. Screen list and fund results updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2020 Q3). "Sustainability Mandate" label updated to use new Morningstar sustainable investment taxonomy.
Sep 28, 2020
September 2020 dataset. Screen list and fund results updates: Gender Equality Funds updated to use latest Equileap company data, covering 19 criteria and four sub-scores.
Sep 13, 2020
September 2020 dataset. Screen list updates: Tobacco Free Funds "Tobacco-promoting entertainment companies" screen updated to use latest UCSF Smoke Free Movies Campaign data.
Aug 11, 2020
August 2020 dataset. Screen list updates: Prison Free Funds screens added. Tobacco Free Funds "Tobacco producers" screen updated to use latest Morningstar industry data.
Jul 16, 2020
July 2020 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2020 Q2). Fossil Free Funds "Macroclimate 30" screen updated to use latest Macroclimate data (2020).
May 19, 2020
May 2020 dataset. Screen list updates: Fossil Free Funds "Carbon Underground 200" screen updated to use latest Fossil Free Indexes data (2020 Q1).
Apr 14, 2020
April 2020 dataset. Screen list updates: Weapon Free Funds "Major Military Contractors" screen updated to use latest SIPRI Arms Industry Database (2018).
How to make your investments align with your values
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Search for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by name, ticker, or asset manager. Our database covers 3,000 stock funds available in the U.S.
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See your results. How much money do your funds invest in tobacco or entertainment companies that promote tobacco to young people?
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Look for options that align with your values. Sort and compare to find funds that fit your investing needs.
Finding a fund

Tobacco Free Funds sources financial data on equities and mutual funds from Morningstar. Our database contains information on thousands of U.S. open-end and exchange traded mutual funds, some of the most common funds held in 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and other retirement plans.

Search for mutual funds using name or ticker symbol. Use the search page to filter funds by investing style, fund family, regional market, and more. We don't have everything in our database - we only screen mutual funds that own stocks, and can only display up to 3,000. Looking for your favorite fund and can’t find it? With more resources, we could include more funds - make a gift today to make a difference.

Screening a fund

For each mutual fund in our database, we examine every holding and determine if it is a stock issued by a tobacco company or a tobacco-promoting entertainment company.

Holdings that are not stocks, like currencies, bonds, or other mutual funds, are not rated. A fund’s Percent Rated value is equivalent to the percent of the fund that is invested in stocks. The higher a fund’s Percent Rated value, the more holdings we were able to examine. A fund with a lower Percent Rated value may have hidden tobacco-related investments that our tool cannot account for.

If a fund holds stock in a flagged company

Two screens are applied to each fund – a list of tobacco companies, and a list of entertainment companies that promote tobacco to young audiences.

We calculate the total amount of exposure

Mutual funds can have a varying number of holdings, from less than one hundred to several thousand. We calculate the total number of flagged holdings in the fund, and the total amount and percentage of the fund’s assets that are invested in those companies.

If a fund has investments in tobacco producers or tobacco-promoting entertainment studios, you'll see a chart like this showing the details:

If a fund has investments in tobacco, you'll see a chart like this

You'll also see a list of all the specific tobacco investments of that fund's portfolio.

If a fund has investments in tobacco, you'll see a list like this
We assign a Tobacco Grade

Based on whether or not a fund has investment in tobacco companies and/or tobacco-promoting entertainment companies, we assign a letter grade.

A

No holdings flagged for our tobacco screens. Assigned a grade of A.

B

Fund is invested in tobacco-promoting entertainment companies, but no holdings flagged for our tobacco producer screen. Assigned a grade of B.

C

Fund is invested in tobacco producers, below the threshold of 0.5%. Assigned a grade of C.

D

Fund is invested in tobacco producers, above the threshold of 0.5% and below 1.2%. Assigned a grade of D.

F

Fund is invested in tobacco producers, above the threshold of 1.2%. Assigned a grade of F.

These thresholds reflect the distribution of results across funds, placing an approximately equal number of funds from the analysis universe in the C, D, and F grade ranges.

If a fund owns some of the companies we screen for, but has a proven track record of engaging the companies it owns by taking actions such as signing our Investor Statement on Tobacco Depictions in Movies, it earns a special acknowledgement as a “known sustainability engager”, instead of a letter grade.

Known Sustainability Engager

“Known sustainability engager” grade. Fund is offered by an asset manager that frequently engages companies it invests in to push for better behavior using the shareholder resolution process.

Read more about how fund managers engage companies on tobacco in youth entertainment.

We track sustainable funds

We use Morningstar's "sustainability mandate" indicator to determine which funds are displayed as socially responsible. Funds with sustainability mandates often make investment decisions based on issues like environmental responsibility, human rights, or religious views. A socially responsible fund may take a proactive stance by selectively investing in, for example, environmentally-friendly companies, or firms with good employee relations. They may also avoid investing in companies involved in promoting alcohol, tobacco, or firearms, or in the defense industry. Look for this symbol to find funds that are designated socially responsible.

Socially responsible fund

The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is a group advancing sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. Asset managers who are members of US-SIF often have policies to exclude or restrict investments in companies involved in the production, licensing, and/or retailing of civilian firearms. Look for this symbol to find funds that are members of US-SIF.

Member of US-SIF, the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment
Tobacco free action toolkit

When you're done looking up funds and finding the data you need, what's next? You can learn how to make a change and move your money with our tobacco free action toolkit. Whether you’re an individual investor or if your investments are in your employer-sponsored plan at work, our step-by-step toolkit can help. There's an in-depth guide to responsible investing, links to external resources, a sample letter to send to your employer 401(k) manager, and more — everything you need to make a change and get started investing your money tobacco free.

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