Socially conscious investing

One of the benefits of working at Rice is the pretty generous retirement contribution plan. We do not have a lot of options of funds to invest this contribution in, but one of them is a socially conscious fund. The companies that are part of this fund are all companies that do not test on animals, do not fund genocides, and just generally are not participating in some of the sleazy activity companies may participate in to make money easier. While my other retirement accounts are down 20% and 31%, this fund is actually up 5%. Interesting.