Exchange-traded fund
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF
TickerACWX
Fund manager
Deforestation grade: Fund is invested in deforestation-risk agricultural commodity producer/traders, above the threshold of 0.5% and below 1.5%. Assigned a grade of D.
How we track deforestation-risk investments
How we track deforestation-risk investments
D
14.78%
INVESTED IN DEFORESTATION-RISK COMPANIES
AGRIBUSINESS
deforestation-risk producers and traders of palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, cattle, and soy
BANKS AND LENDERS
that finance deforestation-risk agribusiness producers via lending and underwriting
MAJOR CONSUMER BRANDS
that use deforestation-risk agribusiness commodities in products
137
holdings flagged
15%
of assets flagged
This fund contains
$661.17 MILLION invested
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Commodity producers
39 holdings
1.47% of assets
$65.79 MILLION invested
Banks and lenders
32 holdings
4.52% of assets
$202.35 MILLION invested
Major consumer brands
76 holdings
9.18% of assets
$410.97 MILLION invested
Commodity producers
39 HOLDINGS
Companies that produce and trade palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, cattle, and soy, and have a past record or a significant risk of contributing to deforestation, land grabbing, and human rights abuses. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of C if total producer exposure is below the threshold of 0.5%; a grade of D if below 1.5%; and a grade of F if above 1.5%.
39 HOLDINGS
- % of portfolio$ invested
- 1. Glencore PLC
0.25%0.25% of portfolio$11.07M$11.07M invested - 2. Mitsubishi Corp0.19%0.19% of portfolio$8.54M$8.54M invested
- 3. ITOCHU Corp
0.16%0.16% of portfolio$7.17M$7.17M invested - 4. POSCO Holdings Inc0.09%0.09% of portfolio$4.08M$4.08M invested
- 5. Marubeni Corp0.09%0.09% of portfolio$4.02M$4.02M invested
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Banks and lenders
32 HOLDINGS
Financial institutions directly and indirectly involved in underwriting and lending to deforestation-risk producers and traders. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of B (assuming there are no investments in producers).
32 HOLDINGS
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Major consumer brands
76 HOLDINGS
Consumer goods retailers that source palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, cattle, and soy from deforestation-risk producers and traders and sell it to consumers worldwide. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of B (assuming there are no investments in producers).
76 HOLDINGS
- % of portfolio$ invested
- 1. Nestle SA
1.46%1.46% of portfolio$65.25M$65.25M invested - 2. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE1.09%1.09% of portfolio$48.83M$48.83M invested
- 3. Shell PLC0.89%0.89% of portfolio$40.06M$40.06M invested
- 4. Unilever PLC0.58%0.58% of portfolio$25.84M$25.84M invested
- 5. L'Oreal SA0.48%0.48% of portfolio$21.31M$21.31M invested
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DATA AS OF 4/28/23
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