Mutual fund
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund
TickerVFIFX
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
11.26%
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
264
holdings flagged
11%
of assets flagged
This fund contains
$6.03 BILLION invested
in holdings flagged for deforestation riskVanguard holds hundreds of millions of dollars in shares in the agribusiness companies most responsible for devastating our rainforests. Vanguard's continued financing of the world's worst deforesters exposes Vanguard and its clients to reputational and financial risk - and Vanguard has no policy in place to stop the destruction. Tell Vanguard to adopt a No Deforestation Policy!
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Commodity producers
77 holdings
0.63% of assets
$341.34 MILLION invested
Banks and lenders
43 holdings
2.36% of assets
$1.29 BILLION invested
Major consumer brands
165 holdings
8.32% of assets
$4.54 BILLION invested
Commodity producers
77 HOLDINGS
Companies that produce and trade palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, cattle, and soy, and have a past record or a significant risk of contributing to deforestation, land grabbing, and human rights abuses. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of C if total producer exposure is below the threshold of 0.5%; a grade of D if below 1.5%; and a grade of F if above 1.5%.
77 HOLDINGS
- % of portfolio$ invested
- 1. Glencore PLC
0.09%0.09% of portfolio$49.05M$49.05M invested - 2. Archer-Daniels Midland Co0.06%0.06% of portfolio$30.83M$30.83M invested
- 3. ITOCHU Corp
0.05%0.05% of portfolio$29.45M$29.45M invested - 4. Mitsubishi Corp0.05%0.05% of portfolio$28.44M$28.44M invested
- 5. POSCO Holdings Inc0.03%0.03% of portfolio$14.22M$14.22M invested
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Banks and lenders
43 HOLDINGS
Financial institutions directly and indirectly involved in underwriting and lending to deforestation-risk producers and traders. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of B (assuming there are no investments in producers).
43 HOLDINGS
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Major consumer brands
165 HOLDINGS
Consumer goods retailers that source palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, cattle, and soy from deforestation-risk producers and traders and sell it to consumers worldwide. Investing in any of these companies assigns a fund a grade of B (assuming there are no investments in producers).
165 HOLDINGS
- % of portfolio$ invested
- 1. Amazon.com Inc
1.16%1.16% of portfolio$635.57M$635.57M invested - 2. Johnson & Johnson0.52%0.52% of portfolio$285.15M$285.15M invested
- 3. Procter & Gamble Co0.45%0.45% of portfolio$247.78M$247.78M invested
- 4. Nestle SA0.41%0.41% of portfolio$222.05M$222.05M invested
- 5. The Home Depot Inc0.39%0.39% of portfolio$212.48M$212.48M invested
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DATA AS OF 3/31/23
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