Support genocide-free investing


Investors Against Genocide is leading a national campaign to make sure mutual funds do not make investments that contribute to genocide. We have submitted shareholder proposals to many mutual funds that ask the mutual funds to make a commitment to be genocide-free.Over time, as awareness grows, more ordinary investors vote their proxies according to their values, we are confident that the movement for genocide-free investing will succeed. With your support we will make it happen.
  • Submit a shareholder proposal to companies and funds where you invest, to ensure they are genocide-free. We've made it easy for you to submit a shareholder proposal on genocide-free investing to your mutual fund or investment firm.
  • Send a message to complicit companies. You can send to all at once, or select the one below where you invest. You don't have to be an investor to object. Financial companies want your business now or in the future, so your voice will matter.
  • Donate online to the campaign for genocide-free investing and sign up for our email list.
  • Take action.  See this page for more that you can do to help.

TIAA-CREF stalled voting on genocide-free investing until 2009

  • TIAA-CREF did not include the genocide-free shareholder proposal for voting at its annual meeting on July 15, 2008, ignoring the groundswell of support from TIAA-CREF customers.  Investors Against Genocide will raise the topic at the shareholder meeting in Denver.  More here.
  • Click here to read op-ed in The Chronicle for Higher Education.

Fidelity halted voting on genocide-free investing on June 18, 2008


Although 2 funds voted (see below), 7 others did not achieve quorum and did not record votes.
  • Fidelity funds that did not record a vote on June 18
    - Blue Chip Growth     - proposal 3 (deferred from 3/19 and again from 5/14)
    - Capital Appreciation     - proposal 3 on the proxy ballot (deferred     from 5/14)
    - Contrafund     - proposal 3 (deferred from 3/19, again from 4/16, and again from 5/14)
    - Dividend Growth     - proposal 3 (deferred from 3/19 and again from 5/14)
    - Diversified International     - proposal 5 (    deferred from 4/16 and again from 5/14)
    - Growth and Income     - proposal 3 (deferred from 3/19 and again from 5/14)
    - Low Priced Stock - proposal 3 (deferred from 3/19, again from 4/16, and again from 5/14)
  • Read the IAG press release on Fidelity halting the voting.
  • Fidelity rejected genocide-free investing, insisting on their flexibility to invest in genocide.

Latest voting results on genocide-free investing

  • Two more Fidelity funds recorded votes on June 18, 2008, showing strong, consistent shareholder support:
    - Growth Company     - 27%
    - Magellan     - 28%
    - Click here for Eric Cohen's statement from the June 18 shareholder meeting.
    - Click here for Eric Cohen's statement from the May 14 shareholder meeting and here for press coverage
    -     Click here for details on the March 19 results, press conference, and press coverage.
    -     Click here for details on the April 16 results, press conference, and press coverage.
  • Click here to see all voting results and the full list of mutual funds with pending proposals on genocide-free investing.

More information resources

  • View a generic sample of the genocide-free shareholder proposal.
  • Click here to see mutual funds that have a genocide-free proposal pending.
  • Click here for news on SEC support and SEC filings on the proposal.
  • Click here for a one-page flyer on the campaign for genocide-free investing.