Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Mutual Fund and ETF Chart
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General Fund Information - [Return to Top]
Ticker: SEBFX
Assets under management (AUM): $30.16M (in US$ millions) - See other performance data below
General Fund Type: Bond (Fixed Income)
Specific Sizes or Types of Investments: Bonds, both investment grade and high-yield.
Financial Objective: Current income and capital preservation.
Specific ESG Focus: The Saturna Sustainable Bond Fund seeks to invest in sustainable and responsible issuers. The Fund’s adviser (Saturna Capital Corporation) considers issuers with sustainable characteristics to be those that are more established, consistently profitable, and financially strong, and with robust policies in the areas of the environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance (“ESG”). The Fund’s adviser employs a sustainable rating system based on its own, as well as third-party, data to identify issuers believed to present low risks in ESG. The Fund’s adviser also uses negative screening to exclude security issuers primarily engaged in higher ESG risk businesses such as alcohol, tobacco, pornography, weapons, gambling, and fossil fuel extraction.
To invest, call: 1-800-728-8762
Institution Name:
Saturna Capital
Mutual Funds Description: Saturna Capital, manager of the Amana, Saturna Sustainable, Sextant, and Idaho Tax-Exempt Funds, uses years of investment experience to aid investors in navigating today’s volatile markets. Founded in 1989 by professionals with extensive experience, Saturna has helped individuals and institutions build wealth, earn income, and preserve capital. We are long-term, values-based, and socially responsible investors. We view consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors as essential in forming portfolios of high quality companies that are better positioned to reduce risk and identify opportunities. We believe that companies proactively managing business risks related to ESG issues make better contributions to the global economy and are more resilient. At Saturna, we believe in making your investment dollars work hard for you and that your interests always come first. Saturna strives to not only offer the best investment opportunities from mutual funds to IRAs, but to match those sound investments with superior customer service.
Contact info:
1300 North State Street
Bellingham,WA 98225
USA
Phone: 800-728-8762
Fax: 360-734-0755
Email: info@saturna.com
Web: http://www.saturna.com (Opens in a new window)
Account Minimums - [Return to Top]
Minimum Account: 1000.00
Minimum IRA:
0
Screening Venue: In-house
Screening Party:
Saturna Capital's Research Team
Screening Database Used:
Saturna Capital's proprietary database, in conjunction with external sources including Bloomberg and Refinitiv.
Screening Process:
Saturna Capital’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating system provides our assessment of how well a company performs relative to a blend of its industry, sector, and country peers in each ESG category. Each ESG category is built up from related subcategories, and Saturna’s analysts routinely review aggregated data measures to evaluate the relevance of various data sources and factors which contribute to our scoring. We separately evaluate companies according to their transparency (i.e., whether they report data on a given factor) and their quality (i.e., how their reporting compares to their peers). Each factor is weighted by our assessment of its importance within its economic sector or, when appropriate, by its importance relative to its country or regional peers. After scoring each relevant factor for each subcategory, we aggregate the subcategory scores into the relevant E, S, or G category, and score each company within its sector, normalized to a decile (1-10) scale where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. Finally, we apply weights to the E, S, and G category totals and again score each company within its sector to determine the overall ESG score (quintile: A, B, C, D, or F).
Proxy Voting Information - [Return to Top]
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Specific Screening Information by Category - [Return to Top]
Environment
- Climate / Clean Technology: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
- Pollution / Toxics: Positive Investment
- Other Environmental: Positive Investment
Social
- Community Development: Positive Investment
- Diversity & Equal Employment Opportunity: Positive Investment
- Human Rights: Positive Investment
- Labor Relations: Positive Investment
Governance
- Board Issues: Positive Investment
- Executive Pay: Positive Investment
Products
- Alcohol: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
- Animal Welfare: Positive Investment
- Defense/Weapons: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
- Gambling: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
- Tobacco: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
Other
Performance Data - [Return to Top]
Data provided by:
- Information current as of December 31, 2023
Year-to-date rate of return: 6.94%
1-year rate of return: 6.94%
3-year rate of return: -1.37%
5-year rate of return: 1.88%
10-year rate of return: --
Previous year rate of return: -8.56%
Management fee: 0.55%
Expense ratio: 0.65%
Standard deviation: 6.78%
Benchmark used: FTSE World BIG Bond Index | External link (Opens in a new window)
Disclaimer:
Please consider an investment's objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain this and other important information about Saturna Sustainable Bond Fund in a current prospectus or summary prospectus, please visit www.saturna.com or call toll free 1-800-728-8762. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before investing.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. When interest rates rise, bond prices fall. When interest rates fall, bond prices go up. A bond fund's price will typically follow the same pattern. Investments in high-yield securities can be speculative in nature. High-yield bonds may have low or no ratings, and may be considered "junk bonds." Investing in foreign securities involves risks not typically associated directly with investing in US securities. These risks include currency and market fluctuations, and political or social instability. The risks of foreign investing are generally magnified in the smaller and more volatile securities markets of the developing world.
The Saturna Sustainable Bond Fund limits the securities it purchases to those consistent with sustainable principles. This limits opportunities and may affect performance. The Fund began operations on March 27, 2015.
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance data quoted. Standardized returns current to the most recent month-end can be obtained by visiting www.saturna.com or by calling toll free 1-800-728-8762.
The Saturna Sustainable Bond Fund is distributed by Saturna Brokerage Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saturna Capital Corporation, investment adviser to the Fund. Saturna Brokerage Services and US SIF are not affiliated.