Heroes examples

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Oil & Gas companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - The combustion of oil & gas accounts for 55% of global CO2 emissions, and the industry directly contributes about 8% of global emissions just through its operations ^Source

ExxonMobil funded 43 various advicacy organisations which dispute the impact of global warming, and lobby against greenhouse gas emission regulation. ^Source

BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted 5 million barrels of oil released into the ocean and 11 direct deaths. BP was ruled to have been "reckless" with "conscious disregard of known risks". ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Coal companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Coal power plants produce a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than any other single source. ^Source

Anglo American has been accused of being responsible for lead poisoning in over 100,000 people, mostly children, near its plants in Zambia. ^Source

Glencore admitted that its traders bribed foreign officials to secure contracts and cargoes, bribed bureaucrats to avoid audits, and bribed judges to make lawsuits disappear. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Meat companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - The meat industry is responsible for 20% of global emissions, and 80 billion animals slaughtered every year. ^{Source Source}

Tyson failed to provide workers at its meat processing plants with sufficient COVID protection, leading to over 11,000 COVID cases among its workers within just 9 months ^Source

McDonald's sells more beef than any restaurant chain on the planet, driving massive emissions of methane, or 53 million metric tonnes of carbon per year. That's more than Norway, and it's increasing every year. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Weapons companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - The defense industry spends £100m every year on lobbying efforts, with 75% of the over 1,000 lobbyists previously holding regulatory and oversight positions ^Source

Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military drone manufacturer, has been fined over $60m for various scandals, including $5m when it fraudulently paid a lobbyist with illegally-used taxpayer funds. ^Source

BAE who produce weapons, munitions, explosives and more, was ordered to pay a £300m fine among mounting evidence of alleged bribes and kickbacks. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Tobacco companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Every year the tobacco industry costs the world more than 8 million human lives, 600 million trees, 200,000 hectares of land, 22 billion tonnes of water and 84 million tonnes of CO2. ^Source

Philip Morris was found guilty of a 50-year conspiracy to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking ^Source

British American Tobacco specifically targeted children through its advertising in three African countries, noting a lower awareness of health risks ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Big Pharma companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Pharmaceutical companies spend £250m per year on lobbying, and many companies spend more on marketing than on R&D to keep prices and profits high at the expense of research. ^Source

GSK settled for £2.5B in the US when it was found to be paying kickbacks to doctors, and £400m in China for bribing doctors. ^Source

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson had to pay £2B settlements after they were found to be paying kickbacks to doctors ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Big Tech companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - The six biggest tech companies (Facebook, Google, etc.) avoided over £100B in tax over 2011-2020 by exploiting tax loopholes, and face lawsuits by governments for these practices. ^Source

Google violated labor laws by spying on workers who were organizing employee protests, then firing them, according to the US labour board. ^Source

Facebook allowed the personal data of 87m members to be collected by Cambridge Analytica and used for political advertising by the Trump campaign and others. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Alcohol companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Alcohol use leads to 3 million premature deaths every year, or 5.3% of global deaths. It's also a major risk factor for many mental and physical conditions, including cancers of the mouth, throat and breast, stroke, heart disease, liver disease, brain damage, damage to the nervous system, and more. ^Source

Diageo Plc, the British spirits maker, which produces Johnnie Walker scotch and Smirnoff vodka, reported that it will pay more than $16 million to settle charges from U.S. regulators that it bribed officials in South Korea, India and Thailand to win sales and tax benefits. ^Source

In 2018 Constellation Brands was involved in a water rights dispute over a proposed manufacturing facility in the desert city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Gambling companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Over 1.4m people in the UK are being harmed by their own gambling, with a further 1.5m at risk. ^Source

In October 2018, Paddy Power Betfair received a £2.2 million fine from the UK Gambling Commission, after an investigation revealed that the gaming giant broke the commission's rules regarding social responsibility and anti-money laundering. ^Source

Caesars was fined after it allowed gamblers who had previously self-excluded to continue coming back to play, and lose their money. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Pesticides companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Pesticides pollute the air, water, and soil, and ultimately damage human, animal and plant life. The full consequences aren't yet understood, but pesticides were found to pollute EVERY stream in the US, plus rain and groundwater. ^Source

DOW Chemical was found to be the second largest producer of toxic chemical waste in the US, about 300 million kilograms. ^Source

Your investment - You have £XX,XXX invested in Palm Oil companies, which accounts for X.X% of your portfolio

Performance - These companies have [UNDERPERFORMED] compared the the rest of your portfolio over the past 5 years

Impact - Land use driven by palm oil production emits the equivalent of 500M tonnes of CO2 / year - that about the same as the whole aviation industry. ^Source

Bunge is accused of buying palm oil from mills that have been publicly linked to land and human rights violations and environmental destruction. ^Source