Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.49
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tier2-3: Socially Responsible Retirement Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Elena Sharnoff
Director of Communications, CNS
College of Natural Sciences
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Does the institution offer a socially responsible investment option for retirement plans?:
Yes

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A brief description of the socially responsible investment option for retirement plans:
The University of Massachusetts offers multiple socially responsible investment options through a 403(b) Elective Deferral Savings Plan, as listed below. 1. Fidelity Investments: Domini Social Equity Inv Class (DSEFX) fund 2. TIAA-CREF: categorized as socially responsible investment options: CREF Social Choice Account and TIAA-CREF Social Choice Equity Fund 3. Valic: VALIC Socially Responsible fund (US Equity), the VALIC Global Social Awareness Fund (Global Equity), Ariel (US Small Cap), and Ariel Appreciation (US Mid Cap) Funds.

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The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
//www.tiaa-cref.org/ucm/groups/content/@ap_ucm_p_tcp/documents/document/tiaa01007775.pdf http://www.valic.com/PortfolioDirectorFundProfiles_82_27404.html

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