Our combination of traditional values screens and industry-leading, data-driven screening, means that our funds avoid companies that don’t fit with our values and invest in companies where we can make a difference.
How we screen
Finding the right balance
We combine comprehensive, values-based screens with risk-based screens. This process is designed to help the funds avoid harmful sectors and companies, tilt our portfolios toward positive social impact and ensure that we screen out companies with the most sustainability risks.
Values screens
Avoid companies that deal primarily in industries that don't align with our values. We screen out companies involved with adult entertainment, alcohol, abortion, cannabis, firearms, gambling, nuclear power, predatory lending, tobacco, and weapons production and support systems.
Risk screens
We use data-driven research, from globally recognized research providers, to exclude companies that have exceptional environment, social, or governance risks. We believe that these companies carry greater investment risk.
Founding principles
Why values and risk screening?
Since 1994, we have shaped our approach to impact by asking the question "What more can we do?" – and integrating new strategies as they emerge over time.
We are guided by our core values, seeking to hold in tension a responsibility for the productive use of financial resources and a deep-seated concern for the individuals, communities and environments impacted by our investment choices.
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Disclosure
You should consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, sales charges and expenses carefully before you invest. The fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information. Please read them carefully before you invest.
Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value, and have no bank guarantee. Praxis Mutual Funds and Praxis ETFs are advised by Praxis Investment Management, Inc. and distributed through Foreside Financial Services, LLC.
