Calvert manages “the nation’s largest family of socially responsible mutual funds.” They refuse to invest in companies that produce harmful products or that conduct business in a harmful way.
Calvert believes that consumers have a right to products and services that are safe, of high quality, and not harmful to them or society at large. It is important to Calvert that companies manufacture and market their products and services in a responsible manner, while providing access to all consumers and avoiding offensive images. Products that are inherently unsafe or problematic, such as tobacco, weapons, alcohol, gambling, and pornography, are unacceptable to Calvert. Such products by nature do harm to the consumer (by damaging health) or society (by burdening society with addictions or the threat of violence)…
Calvert avoids companies that use demeaning or gratuitously violent advertising material…