Goshen College
PA-13: Committee on Investor Responsibility

Mennonite Education Agency Investment Fund LLC: Provides a perpetual source of support (within the parameters of socially responsible investing) to the endowed and scholarship programs of Mennonite Church USA institutions.

Phil Rich, Chair Barry Bartel, Tom Bishop, Lowell Herr, James Histand, Goshen College Allon Lefever, John Liechty, Bart Miller, Linwood Rush

MEA Investment Fund Shareholder Advocacy Report – Q2 & Q3 2013 Advocacy Priorities Environmental Sustainability Safe Chemicals Policy Wal-Mart Sept. ‘13 Wal-Mart announces it will require companies to reduce or eliminate a priority list of 10 hazardous chemicals from personal care products, cosmetics and cleaning products sold in its stores; this is a major step forward and something investors have encouraged the company to do for over five years Safe Chemicals Policy Target May ‘13 Sent investor letter to the company asking it to phase out potentially toxic chemicals in products it sells that the government has not restricted Safe Chemicals Policy Kroger May ‘13 Sent investor letter to the company asking it to phase out potentially toxic chemicals in products it sells that the government has not restricted Sustainability Reporting/Climate Change Emerson Electric Aug. ‘13 Co-filed resolution asking for the company to create a sustainability report; of particular concern is Emerson’s high emission levels of air pollutants Modern Slavery Forced and Child Labor in Cocoa Supply Chain Hershey Apr. ‘13 Meeting with management in Hershey; benchmarks for the company’s 100% certified cocoa commitment by 2020 are discussed, and updates given on other initiatives such as Hershey’s Learn to Grow and CocoaLink programs Conflict Minerals Apr. ‘13 Signed on to statement with more than 50 other sustainable, socially responsible, and faith-based investment groups expressing support for the SEC’s final rule for Conflict Mineral Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Responsibility Issues Financing of Cluster Munitions Major US and International Banks July ‘13 Participated in letter to nine major banks encouraging the banks to establish a policy regarding the financing of cluster munitions and landmines.

Goshen College participates in the Mennonite Education Agency Investment Fund (MEA), which is a pooled endowment fund of Mennonite higher education schools and seminaries. The endowment fund is fully screened and managed within the parameters of socially responsible investing guidelines developed by Everence Financial Services, a leader in the SRI investing world. MEA, and thus Goshen College, has adopted Everence's ethical criteria for investment. Therefore, some answers and documents listed here describing our investment policies may come directly from the Everence website, but also reflect our views and policies on investment.