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Strategy Profile:
Walden Fossil Fuel Free Strategies

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About This Strategy - [Return to Top]

Assets Under Management (AUM): $408M (in US$ millions)

Required Minimum: $5 million

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Strategy description: The Walden Fossil Fuel Free Balanced and Equity strategies seek to provide investors competitive returns with less than market risk over full market cycles by investing in reasonably valued securities of high quality companies with sustainable business models. These strategies address the priorities of clients who choose to exclude fossil fuel companies from their portfolios. The strategy avoids investment in companies whose primary business focus is to engage or assist in the exploration, development, production, transport, or refining of fossil fuel resources.

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Institution Name:
Walden Asset Management

Approach to Sustainable & Responsible Investment: Since 1975, Walden Asset Management has specialized in managing portfolios for institutional and individual clients with a dual investment mandate: competitive financial returns and positive social and environmental impact. Walden is an industry leader in integrating ESG analysis into investment decision-making and company engagement to strengthen ESG performance, transparency and accountability. Walden is a division of Boston Trust & Investment Management Company, a PRI signatory.

Total AUM in SRI: $$2593M (in US$ millions)

Research conducted: Internally

Researcher name: Walden staff

Contact info:
1 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
United States
Phone: 6177267257
Email: llane@bostontrust.com
Web: http://www.waldenassetmgmt.com (Opens in a new window)

 

Specific Screening Information by Category - [Return to Top]

Environment

  • Climate / Clean Technology: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Pollution / Toxics: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Other Environmental: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies

Social

  • Community Development: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Diversity & Equal Employment Opportunity: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Human Rights: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Labor Relations: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Conflict Risk: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies

Governance

  • Board Issues: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Executive Pay: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies

Products

  • Alcohol: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
  • Animal Welfare: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
  • Defense/Weapons: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
  • Gambling: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment
  • Tobacco: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment

Other

  • Shareholder Engagement - Shareholder Resolutions: Filed or co-filed with companies on environmental, social or governance issues
  • Shareholder Engagement - Private Dialogue: Conducted with companies on environmental, social or governance issues
  • Proxy Voting: Actively voted by my institution for this investment strategy in support of environmental, social or governance issues in accordance with formal guidelines

 

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