Email your 401(k) provider
Why this is crucial
We know it’s not easy to offer a climate-friendly investment option to employees. We’ve been there. That’s why we’ve created this email template to make it as easy as possible for you to email your current 401(k) provider and ask them to add SPFFX to your company’s fund lineup. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions, especially after you’ve submitted the request, if you’re not sure how to reply to a response, at hello@oursphere.org.
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Dear HR Manager,
I am very interested in adding a fossil-free option to our 401(k) line-up.
I am concerned about the severe weather events that we have been experiencing around the globe and the fact that fossil fuel companies have been actively lobbying against climate legislation that could keep us safe. I would like to have an option to invest my retirement savings without investing in fossil fuel companies.
I recommend a few resources that can help you review good options:
- fossilfreefunds.org - a website that provides visibility into how much fossil fuel company exposure mutual funds have. It is searchable by ticker. This website is run by the non-profit organization As You Sow.
- oursphere.org - the website of a public benefit corporation that provides financial products that are designed for 401(k) plans and are fossil free.
Please let me know what steps you are taking to provide fossil-free options to me and my colleagues.
Best,
Dear 401(k) provider,
Can you please add a climate-friendly, and in particular fossil fuel-free, fund option to our 401(k) lineup? We would like to offer our employees a low-cost climate-friendly investment option.
As a company that is committed to sustainability, it is important to us to offer our employees the option to avoid investing in fossil fuel companies. I recommend a few resources that can help you review good options:
- fossilfreefunds.org - a website that provides visibility into how much fossil fuel company exposure mutual funds have. It is searchable by ticker. This website is run by the non-profit organization As You Sow.
- oursphere.org - the website of a public benefit corporation that provides financial products that are designed for 401(k) plans and are fossil-free.
Please let me know what the next steps are.
Best,