Sexual Harassment Investor Dataset

Want to work for gender justice? Organize, protest, vote, and spend with intention. And stop giving your investment dollars to companies that exacerbate gender inequities.

What is an investor dataset? Adasina works with Social Justice Partners to create and release data about the behavior of publicly traded companies. We partner with social justice organizations to identify the metrics investors can use to advance social justice movement goals. Where relevant data does not already exist, we work closely with Social Justice Partners to create a new dataset. We then publicize the dataset, integrate it into our own portfolios, and mobilize investors to influence companies and governments to change harmful practices that contribute to systemic injustice. See all of our current Investor Datasets here.

Ending Forced Arbitration was Adasina’s first investor mobilization campaign putting our entire Theory of Change into practice. By listening to and valuing the silenced workers, publishing our findings, implementing criteria and screens in our own products, and mobilizing values-aligned investors, we saw the full cycle of our efforts come to fruition in 2022 when the United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation to end the use of forced arbitration for sexual harassment and assault claims in the workplace.

As a result of the collective efforts of our Social Justice Partners, Adasina, and the members of our investor coalition, the Campaign culminated in a landmark federal-level policy win in the form of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, which abolished forced arbitration for all U.S. companies by 2022.

The issue of forced arbitration for sexual harassment intersects deeply with issues of economic and racial justice because forced arbitration has a disproportionate impact on low-wage workers, particularly those who identify as women, gender expansive, and/or Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Centering the experience of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women workers makes the workplace safer for all.

As a public markets impact asset manager, Adasina was the first to implement our community-informed Sexual Harassment Investor Dataset (2019-2022) in our product portfolios.

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Data aggregation and list construction performed by Adasina Social Capital, in partnership with LedBetter and UltraViolet.
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HOW TO USE OUR INVESTOR DATASETS

  • Talk to your financial advisor about how you’re invested.
    Consider excluding these companies from your portfolio or conducting shareholder engagement to urge them to end this practice.
  • Advisors can use YourStake.org to investigate and report on these social justice issues in your portfolios.

A NOTE ABOUT INDEX FUNDS

An index is a list of investments. Many mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) track these lists. As a result, many everyday investors own stock in private prison companies because they are invested in funds that track these indexes (for an explanation of how private prisons participate in systemic racism, see our Racial Justice Investment Criteria below). A sample of these indexes and the major index providers that publish them is below. If you own funds that track any of these indexes, you are probably invested in private prisons.
Dow Jones
Invesco
Morningstar
FTSE/Russell
Standard & Poor's (S&P)
This list is not comprehensive. Check whether a fund you own holds private prison stock with Prison Free Funds, from As You Sow.
All Adasina Social Justice Investment Criteria
Disclosures:
Adasina Social Capital is not responsible for the content, services, or products of third parties. These organizations should not be construed as a recommendation, endorsement, or sponsorship by ASC, nor are they affiliated with or employed by ASC.They are provided for informational purposes only.