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Overwhelming public support for genocide-free investing, coupled with the emergence of choices, even among the largest mainstream mutual fund companies, suggests that investment advisors have an important opportunity to educate clients regarding this emerging issue and present options for clients who wish for their savings to remain genocide-free.  Learn more in the whitepaper on genocide-free investing.
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Overwhelming public support for genocide-free investing


Years after the genocide in Darfur was publicly acknowledged, millions of Americans, through their mutual fund companies, are unknowingly and inadvertently investing in companies that are funding this genocide. Most Americans are unaware that the financial institutions they trust may invest their family savings and pensions in companies that help to fund genocide. Once they become aware, Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to being financially connected to genocide.

Recently, the investment landscape has changed dramatically and now offers clear, mainstream alternatives for Americans who wish to keep their savings genocide-free.  Investors Against Genocide commends American Funds and TIAA-CREF for demonstrating a commitment to genocide-free investing and selling their holdings with ties to the genocide in Darfur. The positive steps taken by American Funds and TIAA-CREF stand in stark contrast to Vanguard, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton for making no commitment and continuing to hold large investments in companies, such as PetroChina, linked to an ongoing genocide.

This whitepaper on genocide-free investing includes sections on:
- The growing interest in genocide-free investing
- The market opportunity
- How investments are tied to the genocide in Darfur
- Problem mutual fund companies vs. genocide-free alternatives
- Suggestions for financial advisors

The paper concludes with two research reports that show overwhelming support by the American public for genocide-free investing -- results from studies done in 2010 and 2007 by KRC Research.

Some highlights of these public opinion surveys:
  • 84% of respondents say they will withdraw their investments from American companies that do business with companies that directly or indirectly support genocide. 
  • 88% would like their mutual funds to be genocide-free. 
  • 95% of those earning $50,000 or more would like their mutual funds to be genocide-free.
  • 82% say they would advise friends, family and co-workers against buying products or services, or investing in American companies that invest in a foreign company that directly or indirectly provides revenue to a government that perpetrates genocide.  

About Investors Against Genocide

  • Investors Against Genocide is dedicated to convincing mutual fund and other investment firms to change their investing strategy to avoid complicity in genocide.  Read more here.
  • Investors Against Genocide is a project of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.  

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