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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-06351

 

 

Green Century Funds

 

 

114 State Street

Suite 200

Boston, MA 02109

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Green Century Capital Management, Inc.

114 State Street

Suite 200

Boston, MA 02109

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 482-0800

Date of fiscal year end: July 31

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2022

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1).

 


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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

Green Century Balanced Fund

Green Century Equity Fund

Green Century MSCI International Index Fund

January 31, 2022

An investment for your future.®   114 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

For information on the Green Century Funds®, call 1-800-93-GREEN. For information on how to open an account and account services, call 1-800-221-5519 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. For daily share price information twenty-four hours a day, visit www.greencentury.com.

Dear Green Century Funds Shareholder:

The Green Century Funds had a record-breaking year in 2021. Our assets under management (AUM) surpassed the $1B mark, and we brokered multiple agreements with companies to improve their environmental practices through our shareholder advocacy program. Because of this work, as well as our unique non-profit ownership, Green Century° is one of the authentic leaders in responsible investing.

I attribute the growth in all three of the Green Century Funds to our strong performance in the market, our industry-leading environmental investment criteria, and our unique ability to help investors to make an environmental impact.

When Green Century was founded in 1991, we wanted to offer investments that allowed individuals and institutions to save for the future without compromising their environmental values. Accordingly, the Green Century Funds avoided coal and major oil companies from the start. After years of pressing gas companies to reduce the impacts of their operations along with growing evidence that gas was not the “bridge fuel” that it was believed to be, the Green Century Funds eliminated the remaining gas companies from its portfolio and became the first family of fossil fuel-free responsible and diversified mutual funds in 2014.

Almost eight years later, and given the heightened interest in green investing, I am surprised by how few firms and funds have followed Green Century’s lead to avoid coal, oil and gas companies. In Bloomberg’s “Finding Mutual Funds Without Fossil-Fuel Holdings Isn’t Easy” article, they found only 15 funds that they classified as fossil fuel free and sustainable. Green Century details all of our exclusionary screens, including those around fossil fuel companies, in our prospectus.

The rise in using investments as a way to express values has led to almost all mainstream firms rushing to offer their version of “sustainable” investments. But, not all investments are created equal and investors increasingly will need to “look under the hood” of the firms that “consider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)” as their only environmental strategy. Conscientious investors are best served when they can recognize the funds that avoid dirty energy companies that drive climate change and, instead, embrace those that endeavor to improve the companies’ environmental footprint by sourcing renewable energy or reducing the amount of plastics that they use. With Green Century, we are driven by our environmental mission and work every day to provide ways that help our investors demonstrate their values through their choices.


One holding in the Green Century MSCI International Index Fund that exemplifies this approach is Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas).1 The company is a global leader in sustainable energy solutions and has 40 years of experience in wind energy. For its work, Vestas has been named the most sustainable company for 2022 in the 18th annual rankings of the world’s most sustainable corporations, published by Corporate Knights, a business magazine and research firm that is a Certified B Corp.

Vestas’ wind turbines, which are installed in 85 countries, produce more than 145 gigawatts of total power. The company is one of the world’s largest wind providers and has already prevented 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere over the last four decades. Vestas not only produces, installs and services wind turbines on land but also in the water where it’s currently working to erect the largest offshore wind turbine in the world. This turbine, which will be installed this year, will produce enough power for 20,000 households and save more than 38,000 tons of carbon dioxide—the equivalent of removing 25,000 passenger cars from the road annually.

Wind energy is an important part of the transition to a cleaner economy and we believe that Vestas will keep leading the industry.

Along with environmentally focused investments like Vestas, Green Century’s shareholder advocacy program continues to convince companies to make significant strides in corporate sustainability, reducing risk not only for the companies in our portfolio but also the environment. Our team of shareholder advocates directly pressed more than 130 companies in the last year to preserve forests, source more renewable energy, and reduce plastic pollution.

For example, we achieved a significant win when we pressed The Coca-Cola Company (“Coca-Cola”),1 a Fortune 100 company that has been named the most plastic-polluting company on the planet, to reduce the amount of plastics it uses. Our plastic pollution prevention campaign is guided by the belief that “Nothing we use for a few minutes should be allowed to pollute our rivers and oceans for hundreds of years.”

The road to this victory started in 2020, when we filed a resolution with Coca-Cola that urged the company to reduce the amount of plastic it uses. As a result, Coke announced a new goal last spring to reduce its virgin plastic use and lower its cumulative virgin plastic use by 3 million metric tons by 2025. Building on that progress, this winter, we asked Coca-Cola to improve their refillable bottle business, which makes up more than half of its sales in certain Latin American and African countries. Following that engagement, Coca-Cola announced a new goal in February to have at least 25% of all beverages sold globally to be distributed in refillable or returnable bottles. These two changes will reduce the corporation’s outsized contribution to the world’s plastic pollution epidemic.

I am proud of Green Century’s achievements in another unprecedented and challenging year, and I am eager to see what we are able to accomplish as we move forward. Our work to protect the environment and protect public health is far from finished—and none of it would be possible without investors like you.

If you have enjoyed this update and are not yet part of our enews community, I invite you to send your email address to info@greencentury.com or sign up on our website www.greencentury.com.

 

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About three times a month, we will send you a company profile, a shareholder advocacy success story, or a timely reminder, such as just before the annual IRA season contribution deadline.

Thank you for choosing Green Century to help save for your future.

Sincerely,

Leslie Samuelrich, President

Green Century Capital Management

° Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (Green Century) is the investment advisor to the Green Century Funds (The Funds).

 

Green Century on the Web

E-News.     For more regular updates on the Green Century Funds and on our advocacy efforts, please consider signing up for our e-newsletter. Call 1-800-934-7336, visit www.greencentury.com, or email info@greencentury.com.

Online Access.    Information on your account is available on our website at www.greencentury.com. From the home page, click on Access My Account. Shareholders may also perform online transactions on the site. While there, please consider registering for e-delivery of your statements and other Fund documents.

Twitter.    Green Century is on Twitter. Follow us at Twitter.com/Green_Century for a sustainable investor’s perspective on critical issues.

 

The Green Century Funds’ proxy voting guidelines and a record of the Funds’ proxy votes for the year ended June 30, 2021 are available without charge, upon request, (i) at www.greencentury.com, (ii) by calling 1-800-934-7336, (iii) by sending an e-mail to info@greencentury.com, and (iv) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

The Green Century Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of the year on Form N-PORT, Part F. The Green Century Funds’ Forms N-PORT, Part F are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington DC 20549-0102 or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The information on Form N-PORT, Part F may also be obtained by calling us at 1-800-934-7336, or by e-mailing a request to info@greencentury.com

 

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THE GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND

The Green Century Balanced Fund seeks capital growth and income from a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds that meet Green Century’s standards for corporate environmental performance. The portfolio managers of the Balanced Fund avoid fossil fuel companies and aim to invest in companies that are in the business of solving environmental problems or that are committed to reducing their environmental impact.

 

          CUMULATIVE
RETURNS*
    AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS*  
          Six Months     One Year     Three Years     Five Years     Ten Years  
December 31, 2021  

Green Century Balanced Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

   
6.82%
 
    16.43%       17.74%       12.49%       10.90%  
    Green Century Balanced Fund — Institutional Share Class**     6.95%       16.74%       17.87%       12.57%       10.93%  
    Custom Balanced Fund Index2     6.41%       15.81%       16.90%       12.05%       10.83%  
January 31, 2022  

Green Century Balanced Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

    –0.62%       11.69%       13.83%       11.09%       9.91%  
    Green Century Balanced Fund — Institutional Share Class**     –0.48%       11.99%       13.97%       11.18%       9.95%  
    Custom Balanced Fund Index2     0.83%       12.02%       13.45%       10.92%       10.05%  

The Individual Investor Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 1.46% and the Institutional Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 1.16% as of the most recent prospectus.

* The performance data quoted represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. To obtain performance information as of the most recent month-end, call 1-800-93-GREEN. Performance includes the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gain distributions. Performance shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. A redemption fee of 2.00% may be imposed on redemptions or exchanges of shares you have owned for 60 days or less. Please see the Prospectus for more information.

** Institutional Shares were offered as of November 28, 2020. The Institutional Share Class performance prior to November 28, 2020 reflects the performance of the Fund’s Individual Investor Share Class.

During the six month period ended January 31, 2022, the Balanced Fund underperformed the Custom Balanced Index, with the Balanced Fund returning –0.48% and the Custom Balanced index returning 0.83%. For the one year period ending January 31, 2022, the Balanced Fund returned 11.99%, while the Custom Balanced Index returned 12.02%. The Fund’s equity holdings that most positively contributed to relative performance during the twelve months ended January 31, 2022 included: Alphabet1, Anthem1, KeyCorp1, Tractor Supply1, and Palo Alto Networks1. Holdings detracting from performance included Hannon Armstrong1, Ormat1, First Solar1, PayPal1, and V.F. Corporation1.

Equity markets saw heightened volatility over the last six months as markets reacted to increasing inflation numbers and expectations for corresponding faster tightening by the Fed and other global central banks. The coronavirus pandemic has created significant disruptions in supply chain and labor patterns which are having impacts on resource inputs, freight costs, and wages. For a brief, shining few months in 2021, economic policy makers mostly got it right, with both fiscal and monetary policy addressing critical economic issues generated by the pandemic. A series of COVID-19 economic relief and stimulus packages, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and CARES Act in March 2020, and the American

 

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Rescue Plan in March 2021 supported income by expanding unemployment benefits when jobs were not to be had, and providing Paycheck Protection Plan payments to businesses; supported families, including expanded child tax credits and dependent care credits, housing and rental assistance, increased food stamp benefits; provided grants to small businesses and education; and subsidized healthcare premiums for the newly unemployed. As a result, we have had an unusually rapid economic recovery, and the only recession without an accompanying rise in poverty.

What went right? Over the twelve months of 2021, 6.45 million new jobs were created, and the unemployment rate dropped from 6.7% to 3.9%. Both of those are records for job creation in the post-war period. Vaccines were authorized and made available to everyone in the U.S. willing to take them with no out-of-pocket cost; boosters were further authorized and widely available. Vaccinations plus boosters showed strong efficacy against hospitalization and death.

What challenges remain? The large-scale implications of the COVID-19 pandemic are easy to understand, but its disruptive effects on our highly globally interdependent and tightly managed just-in-time production and delivery processes are more challenging to discern. New COVID variants, Delta and Omicron, have spiked infections, disrupting air travel, schools, hospitals, and workplaces. Supply chain disruptions have been pervasive, widespread, and persistent, leading to shortages and price increases. Supply chain disruptions in one region or commodity created more disruptions in other regions and commodities. Price pressures have mounted and reported inflation rates have been much higher than is comfortable, with core consumer price inflation in January at 6.0% year-over-year. Since provisions for an increase in the federal minimum wage were not included in any of the relief or stimulus bills, many lower-wage workers have found that in a tighter labor market, the only way that they can increase their wages is to quit and find new jobs; this in turn is reflected in a very high quit rate and a high job vacancy rate.

 

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INVESTMENT BY INDUSTRY (unaudited)

 

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What will change? The inflationary pressures have lasted longer than anticipated, but there is confidence that price pressures will be easing over the next year. Corporate profit margins have increased, indicating that many companies are using the supply chain disruptions to readjust relative prices. Higher frequency data, such as surveys of purchasing managers, are indicating that shorter-term pricing pressures and inventory issues are easing. In addition, we believe the base effect from comparing depressed prices from 2020 with current 2021 prices will be subsiding in 2022.

Fear of inflation is a powerful political force, with two major implications at this time. First, the Federal Reserve has begun to taper, or remove monetary stimulus; first announcing this in September and doubling the speed in December, and noting that the labor market was approaching maximum employment. In response, investors increased their expectation for the speed of interest rate hikes. The second implication is more troubling, and reveals the values still operating in the political system. President Joe Biden’s original Infrastructure investment plan was structured to address the looming climate crisis in an intelligent way. His plan supports long term economic growth by linking the long standing need for infrastructure investment with the need to address social infrastructure that supports families, including child care, education, and family leave, and requiring that both forms of infrastructure investment improve climate adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency at the same time. The roads, bridges, water, and internet portions of the current administration’s economic plan were pulled out into a separate act, which was passed as the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (November, 2021). This act provided funds to repair basic physical infrastructure such as roads and bridges with a focus on climate change mitigation, resilience, and equity; expand internet access; invest in clean drinking water; invest in public transit; and build a national network for electric vehicle chargers.

This leaves a major part of the plan, now known as the Build Back Better Bill, unpassed, and, apparently, unpassable. We believe the Build Back Better plan is precisely those parts of the plan that address the unequal burdens placed on women, minorities, and the working class. It is those parts of the plan that build the foundation for a strong economy, investments in early childhood education, food security, family leave, and quality child care, all of which are shown to have very high returns on investment. However, not all Congressional Democrats were supportive of the Build Back Better bill, claiming the ten-year projected cost was too high, in light of the current high readings on inflation. Further, one Congressional Democrat announced they couldn’t support the provisions for child care benefits or payments to families with children without work requirements because this would create an entitlement mentality. Apparently, some Congressional Democrats want to bring back the old play book where we can’t invest in families, children, or child care because such measures are too expensive and might lead to long term inflation. We believe this line of thinking disinhibits investments in people, families, and children. Economic policy mostly got it right over the past 21 months. And yet, we appear ready to discard this legacy and go back to the same politics and policies of austerity.

The portfolio managers continue to favor stocks over bonds, particularly as the Federal Reserve has begun to reduce its monetary accommodation and has signaled that it will likely increase short-term interest rates during 2022, a headwind for bond returns although not necessarily for equities. While the overall state of the economy is strong, and earnings growth seems likely to continue, the forward P/E ratio for the S&P 500, at 21.2 times, is roughly 1.3 standard deviations above its 25-year average. The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (CAPE) is at 40.9 times, 2.1 standard deviations above its 25-year average. Neither the

 

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forward P/E ratio nor the CAPE is particularly predictive for a one year horizon, but both measures indicate that equity returns are likely to be more modest for the next five to ten years. With the expectation of more modest returns over the next several years, they continue to avoid positioning for extremes and acknowledge that an environment of high uncertainty means an increased likelihood of rapid rotation, as market participants grasp at informational straws. In such an environment, thoughtful analysis of company management, strategies, and prospects assumes added importance. They remain committed to the long-term focus and investment in high-quality and sustainability-centered companies seeking to meet the challenges of this year of recovery and transition, and beyond. In addition, they are seeking out companies that acknowledge the ongoing climate crisis and which are setting their own targets for greenhouse gas reduction. Their belief in the importance of ESG is unabated, as they are convinced more than ever of the importance of integrating beyond-financial environmental, social, and governance concerns into our investment decisions.

The Green Century Balanced Fund invests in the stocks and bonds of environmentally responsible corporations of various sizes, including small, medium, and large companies. The Green Century Balanced Fund does not invest in fossil fuels though most other diversified mutual funds do.

The value of the stocks held in the Balanced Fund will fluctuate in response to factors that may affect a single issuer, industry, or sector of the economy or may affect the market as a whole. Bonds are subject to a variety of risks including interest rate, credit, and inflation risk.

THE GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND

The Green Century Equity Fund invests essentially all of its assets in the stocks which make up the MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuels Index (the KLD 400 Index or the Index),3 comprised primarily of large capitalization U.S. companies selected based on comprehensive environmental, social and governance sustainability criteria. The Equity Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a long-term total return that matches that of the Index.

 

          CUMULATIVE
RETURNS*
    AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS*  
          Six Months     One Year     Three Years     Five Years     Ten Years  
December 31, 2021  

Green Century Equity Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

   
12.44%
 
   
29.70%
 
   
27.49%
 
   
19.39%
 
   
16.26%
 
    Green Century Equity Fund — Institutional Share Class     12.61%       30.08%       27.87%       19.65%       16.39%  
    S&P 500® Index4     11.67%       28.71%       26.07%       18.47%       16.55%  
January 31, 2022  

Green Century Equity Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

   
2.03%
 
   
22.43%
 
   
21.54%
 
   
17.16%
 
   
15.00%
 
    Green Century Equity Fund — Institutional Share Class     2.17%       22.79%       21.90%       17.42%       15.13%  
    S&P 500® Index4     3.44%       23.29%       20.71%       16.78%       15.43%  

The Individual Investor Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 1.25% and the Institutional Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 0.95% as of the most recent prospectus.

 

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* The performance data quoted represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. To obtain performance information as of the most recent month-end, call 1-800-93-GREEN. Performance includes the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gain distributions. Performance shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. A redemption fee of 2.00% may be imposed on redemptions or exchanges of shares you have owned for 60 days or less. Please see the Prospectus for more information.

As of April 1, 2014, the Equity Fund invests in the common stocks which make up the MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuel Index; prior to April 1, 2014, the Fund invested in the common stocks which made up the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index.

For the six month period ended January 31, 2022, the Green Century Equity Fund, which closely tracks the KLD 400 Index, underperformed the S&P 500® Index by 141 basis points in the Individual Investor Share Class and by 127 basis points in the Institutional Share Class. The Equity Fund returned 2.03% in the Individual Investor Share Class and 2.17% in the Institutional Share Class for this six month period ended January 31, 2022, while the S&P 500 returned 3.44% during the same period.

As the MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuels Index does not include all of the stocks in the S&P 500® Index and includes some stocks not included in the S&P 500® Index, the performance of the Equity Fund can be expected to differ from the performance of the broader benchmark. The difference in performance of the Equity Fund relative to the S&P 500 was influenced by differences in sector allocation and stock selection criteria between the Fund and the Index.

The Energy sector was the best performing sector of the Index, returning 37.86%. The Equity Fund does not have an allocation to this sector, while the sector has a 3.35% weight in the S&P 500. The performance of the Fund, relative to the S&P 500® Index, was positively impacted by stock selection within the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors. The relative performance of the Fund was negatively impacted by stock selection within the Energy, Information Technology, Utilities, and Health Care sectors.

 

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INVESTMENT BY INDUSTRY (unaudited)

 

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According to an analysis by the Fund’s portfolio managers, the strongest performing sectors in the Equity Fund were Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Financials, which returned 9.28%, 8.60%, and 8.33%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were Utilities and Communication Services, which returned –3.27% and –2.74%, respectively, for the six month period.

Within the S&P 500® Index, Energy and Consumer Staples were the strongest performing sectors, gaining 37.86% and 8.64%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were Communication Services and Industrials, which returned –8.01% and –1.75%, respectively, for the six month period.

The Equity Fund, like other mutual funds invested primarily in stocks, carries the risk of investing in the stock market. The large companies in which the Equity Fund is invested may perform worse than the stock market as a whole. The Equity Fund will not shift concentration from one industry to another or from stocks to bonds or cash, in order to defend against a falling stock market.

THE GREEN CENTURY MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

The Green Century MSCI International Index Fund (the International Fund) invests in the stocks which make up the MSCI World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index (the Index),5 comprised primarily of foreign companies selected based on comprehensive environmental, social and governance (ESG) sustainability criteria. The International Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a long-term total return that matches that of the Index.

 

          CUMULATIVE
RETURNS*
    AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS*  
     Inception Date: September 30, 2016   Six Months     One Year     Three Years     Five Years     Since
Inception
 
December 31, 2021  

Green Century MSCI International Index Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

   
4.10%
 
   
12.54%
 
   
16.43%
 
   
10.86%
 
   
9.67%
 
    Green Century MSCI International Index Fund — Institutional Share Class     4.23%       12.90%       16.79%       11.19%       9.98%  
    MSCI World ex USA Index6     2.46%       12.62%       14.07%       9.63%       9.07%  
January 31, 2022  

Green Century MSCI International Index Fund — Individual Investor Share Class

   
–4.56%
 
   
6.87%
 
   
11.47%
 
   
8.79%
 
   
8.12%
 
    Green Century MSCI International Index Fund — Institutional Share Class     –4.32%       7.20%       11.84%       9.12%       8.44%  
    MSCI World ex USA Index6     –2.70%       8.81%       9.81%       8.01%       8.01%  

The Individual Investor Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 1.28% and the Institutional Share Class total expense ratio of the Fund is 0.98% as of the most recent prospectus.

* The performance data quoted represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. To obtain performance information as of the most recent month-end, call 1-800-93-GREEN. Performance includes the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gain distributions. Performance shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. A redemption fee of 2.00% may be imposed on redemptions or exchanges of shares you have owned for 60 days or less. Please see the Prospectus for more information.

 

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The Green Century MSCI International Index Fund closely tracks the MSCI World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index. The International Fund’s Individual Investor Share Class returned –4.56% and the International Fund’s Institutional Share Class returned –4.32% for the six month period ended January 31, 2022, underperforming the MSCI World ex USA Index, the Fund’s benchmark, which returned –2.70% during the same period.

The MSCI World ex USA Index is not a values-based or SRI screened index and may invest in fossil fuels, nuclear weapons, and producers of genetically modified organisms. The difference in performance of the International Fund relative to this Index was largely due to differences in sector allocation and stock selection criteria between the Fund and the Index.

According to an analysis by the Fund’s portfolio managers, the strongest performing sectors in the International Fund were Financials, Communication Services and Health Care, which returned 8.96%, 2.85%

and –4.69%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were Information Technology and Materials, which returned –14.98% and –12.27%, respectively, for the six month period.

Within the MSCI World ex-USA Index, Energy and Financials were the strongest performing sectors, gaining 24.49% and 6.37%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were Information Technology and Communication Services, which returned –12.00% and –7.08%, respectively, for the six month period.

The International Fund, like other mutual funds invested primarily in stocks, carries the risk of investing in the stock market. The developed ex-U.S. equities in which the International Fund is invested may perform worse than the stock market as a whole. The International Fund will not shift concentration from one industry to another or from stocks to bonds or cash, in order to defend against a falling stock market.

 

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INVESTMENT BY COUNTRY (unaudited)

 

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1 As of January 31, 2022, the following companies comprised the listed percentages of each of the Green Century Funds:

 

Portfolio Holdings   GREEN
CENTURY
BALANCED
FUND
    GREEN
CENTURY
EQUITY
FUND
    GREEN
CENTURY
MSCI
INTERNATIONAL
INDEX FUND
 

Vestas

    0.00     0.00     0.57

Coca-Cola

    0.00     1.23     0.38

Alphabet

    4.24     7.83     0.00

Anthem

    1.49     0.53     0.00

KeyCorp

    0.96     0.12     0.00

Tractor Supply

    0.76     0.12     0.00
Portfolio Holdings   GREEN
CENTURY
BALANCED
FUND
    GREEN
CENTURY
EQUITY
FUND
    GREEN
CENTURY
MSCI
INTERNATIONAL
INDEX FUND
 

Palo Alto Networks

    1.05     0.00     0.00

Hannon Armstrong

    0.56     0.00     0.00

Ormat

    0.32     0.01     0.00

First Solar

    0.52     0.00     0.00

Paypal

    0.86     0.94     0.00

V.F. Corporation

    0.69     0.11     0.00
 

 

Portfolio composition will change due to ongoing management of the Funds. Please refer to the Green Century Funds website for current information regarding the Funds’ portfolio holdings. Note that some of the holdings discussed above may not have been held by any Fund during the six-month period ended January 31, 2022, or may have been held by a Fund for a portion of the period, or may have been held by a Fund for the entire period. These holdings are subject to risk as described in the Funds’ prospectus. References to specific investments should not be construed as a recommendation of the securities by the Funds, their administrator, or their distributor.

2 The Custom Balanced Index is comprised of a 60% weighting in the S&P 1500 Index and a 40% weighting in the BofA Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year US Corporate & Government Index (the BofA Merrill Lynch Index). The S&P Supercomposite 1500 Index is an unmanaged broad-based capitalization-weighted index comprising 1500 stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap U.S. companies. The BofA Merrill Lynch Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade government and corporate public debt issued in the U.S. domestic bond market with at least 1 year and less than 10 years remaining maturity, including U.S. treasury, U.S. agency, foreign government, supranational and corporate securities. It is not possible to invest directly in the Custom Balanced Index, the S&P Supercomposite 1500 Index, or the BofA Merrill Lynch Index.

3 The MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuels Index (the KLD400 ex Fossil Fuels Index) is a custom index calculated by MSCI Inc. and is comprised of the common stocks of the approximately 400 companies in the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index (the KLD400 Index), minus the stocks of the companies that explore for, extract, produce, manufacture or refine coal, oil or gas or produce or transmit electricity derived from fossil fuels or transmit natural gas or have carbon reserves included in the KLD400 Index. The KLD400 Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to provide exposure to U.S. companies that have positive Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) characteristics and consists of approximately 400 companies selected from the MSCI USA Investable Market Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

4 The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500® Index is heavily weighted toward stocks with large market capitalization and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic stocks. It is not possible to invest directly in the S&P 500® Index.

5 The World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index is a custom index calculated by MSCI Inc. The World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index is comprised of the common stocks of the companies in the MSCI World ex USA SRI Index (the World ex USA SRI Index), minus the stocks of the companies that explore for, extract, produce, manufacture or refine coal, oil or gas or produce or transmit electricity derived from fossil fuels or transmit natural gas or have carbon reserves included in the World ex USA SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) Index. The World ex USA SRI Index includes large and mid-cap stocks from approximately 22 developed market countries (excluding the U.S.). The World ex USA SRI Index is a capitalization weighted index that provides exposure to companies with what MSCI calculates to have outstanding ESG ratings and excludes companies whose products have negative social or environmental impacts. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

6 The MSCI World ex USA Index is a custom index calculated by MSCI Inc. The MSCI World ex USA Index includes large and mid-cap stocks across 22 of 23 Developed Markets countries and excludes the United States. With 1,023 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. The MSCI World ex USA Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index. It is not possible to invest directly in the MSCI World ex USA Index.

The Funds’ environmental criteria limit the investments available to the Funds compared to mutual funds that do not use environmental criteria.

This information has been prepared from sources believed reliable. The views expressed are as of the date of publication and are those of the Advisor to the Funds.

This material must be preceded or accompanied by a current Prospectus.

 

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Distributor: UMB Distribution Services, LLC 2/22

The Green Century Equity Fund and the Green Century MSCI International Index Fund (the “Funds”) are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by MSCI, its affiliates, information providers or any other third party involved in, or related to, compiling, computing or creating the MSCI indices (the “MSCI Parties”), and the MSCI Parties bear no liability with respect to the Funds or any index on which a Fund is based. The MSCI Parties are not sponsors of the Funds and are not affiliated with the Funds in any way. The Statement of Additional Information contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship the MSCI Parties have with Green Century Capital Management and the Funds.

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS EXPENSE EXAMPLE

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Green Century Funds (the “Funds”), you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees on certain redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 (the “period”).

Actual Expenses    The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 equals 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes    The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of either of the Funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees on shares held for 60 days or less. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing the ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs could have been higher.

 

     BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
AUGUST 1, 2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
JANUARY 31, 2022
     EXPENSES
PAID DURING
THE PERIOD1
 

Balanced Fund

        

Actual Expenses — Individual Investor Class

   $ 1,000.00      $ 993.80      $ 7.33  

Actual Expenses — Institutional Class

     1,000.00        995.20        5.83  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses — Individual Investor Class

     1,000.00        1,017.64        7.42  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses —Institutional Class

     1,000.00        1,019.16        5.90  

 

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     BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
AUGUST 1, 2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
JANUARY 31, 2022
     EXPENSES
PAID DURING
THE PERIOD1
 

Equity Fund

        

Actual Expenses — Individual Investor Class

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.30      $ 6.36  

Actual Expenses — Institutional Class

     1,000.00        1,021.70        4.84  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses — Individual Investor Class

     1,000.00        1,018.70        6.36  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses — Institutional Class

     1,000.00        1,020.21        4.84  
     BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
AUGUST 1, 2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
JANUARY 31, 2022
     EXPENSES
PAID DURING
THE PERIOD1
 

MSCI International Index Fund

        

Actual Expenses — Individual Investor Class

   $ 1,000.00      $ 954.40      $ 6.30  

Actual Expenses — Institutional Class

     1,000.00        956.80        4.83  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses — Individual Investor Class

     1,000.00        1,018.55        6.51  

Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses — Institutional Class

     1,000.00        1,020.06        4.99  

1 Expenses are equal to the Funds’ annualized expense ratios (1.46% for the Balanced Fund Individual Investor Class, 1.16% for the Balanced Fund Institutional Class, 1.25% for the Equity Fund Individual Investor Class, 0.95% for the Equity Fund Institutional Class, 1.28% for the International Index Fund Individual Investor Class and 0.98% for the International Index Fund Institutional Class), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

14


GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 63.3%

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Software & Services — 8.8%

     

Adobe, Inc. (a)

     6,480      $ 3,462,264  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     11,965        2,988,737  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

     20,267        7,830,764  

Microsoft Corporation

     53,091        16,510,239  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     21,075        3,623,636  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     10,856        2,525,431  
     

 

 

 
        36,941,071  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — 5.5%

 

Apple, Inc.

     108,052        18,885,329  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     8,570        4,434,118  
     

 

 

 
        23,319,447  
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 4.9%

     

Deere & Company

     8,712        3,279,197  

Eaton Corporation PLC

     21,989        3,483,717  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     11,220        2,624,582  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     8,926        2,581,578  

Trane Technologies PLC

     20,961        3,628,349  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

     33,630        2,989,707  

Xylem, Inc.

     21,084        2,214,242  
     

 

 

 
        20,801,372  
     

 

 

 

Banks — 4.8%

     

East West Bancorp, Inc.

     43,189        3,728,938  

First Republic Bank

     23,150        4,018,609  

KeyCorp

     161,925        4,057,841  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     22,699        4,675,767  

SVB Financial Group (a)

     6,707        3,916,217  
     

 

 

 
        20,397,372  
     

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment & Services — 4.6%

 

  

Anthem, Inc.

     14,251        6,284,549  

Baxter International, Inc.

     28,987        2,476,649  

CVS Health Corp.

     31,621        3,367,953  

Medtronic PLC

     22,868        2,366,609  

Stryker Corporation

     12,760        3,165,118  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     4,741        1,864,256  
     

 

 

 
        19,525,134  
     

 

 

 
     SHARES      VALUE  

Media & Entertainment — 4.3%

     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

     5,297      $ 14,334,053  

Walt Disney Company (The) (a)

     25,150        3,595,695  
     

 

 

 
        17,929,748  
     

 

 

 

Retailing — 4.2%

     

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     13,443        4,933,312  

Target Corporation

     19,709        4,344,455  

TJX Companies, Inc. (The)

     69,602        5,009,256  

Tractor Supply Company

     14,712        3,211,777  
     

 

 

 
        17,498,800  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors — 4.1%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     19,593        3,212,664  

ASML Holding NV (b)

     5,655        3,829,566  

NVIDIA Corporation

     23,176        5,674,875  

Wolfspeed, Inc. (a)

     24,819        2,338,943  

Xilinx, Inc.

     10,493        2,030,920  
     

 

 

 
        17,086,968  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 3.5%

 

  

AstraZeneca PLC ADR (b)

     69,516        4,046,526  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     15,895        3,892,686  

Merck & Company, Inc.

     27,300        2,224,404  

Roche Holding AG ADR (b)

     33,882        1,646,326  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     4,789        2,783,846  
     

 

 

 
        14,593,788  
     

 

 

 

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — 2.5%

 

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     27,889        2,185,940  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT

     56,516        2,344,284  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

     19,664        1,340,298  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)

     10,752        2,561,341  

Sunrun, Inc. (a)

     32,177        834,350  

TPI Composites, Inc. (a)

     87,070        1,050,935  
     

 

 

 
        10,317,148  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate — 2.4%

     

American Tower Corporation REIT

     10,311        2,593,216  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT

     10,785        2,634,021  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

     9,787        2,454,482  

Prologis, Inc. REIT

     14,215        2,229,196  
     

 

 

 
        9,910,915  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Consumer Durables & Apparel — 2.2%

 

  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

     7,754      $ 2,587,975  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     26,195        3,878,694  

VF Corporation

     44,341        2,891,476  
     

 

 

 
        9,358,145  
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 1.8%

     

Aflac, Inc.

     56,782        3,567,045  

Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)

     25,349        4,212,497  
     

 

 

 
        7,779,542  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%

     

Costco Wholesale Corporation

     10,528        5,318,008  

Sysco Corporation

     30,845        2,410,537  
     

 

 

 
        7,728,545  
     

 

 

 

Materials — 1.4%

     

Ball Corporation

     28,637        2,780,653  

Ingevity Corporation (a)

     30,562        2,014,341  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     9,475        1,249,942  
     

 

 

 
        6,044,936  
     

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — 1.4%

 

  

Procter & Gamble Company (The)

     17,374        2,787,658  

Unilever PLC ADR (b)

     56,418        2,899,321  
     

 

 

 
        5,686,979  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Services — 1.1%

     

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     17,543        2,252,697  

Starbucks Corporation

     24,811        2,439,417  
     

 

 

 
        4,692,114  
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 1.1%

     

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     9,336        1,797,553  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     14,085        2,848,128  
     

 

 

 
        4,645,681  
     

 

 

 

Food & Beverage — 0.9%

     

McCormick & Company, Inc.

     39,734        3,985,718  
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.8%

     

American Water Works Company, Inc.

     19,572        3,147,178  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financials — 0.7%

     

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

     18,194        3,135,190  
     

 

 

 
     SHARES      VALUE  

Automobiles & Components — 0.5%

 

  

Aptiv PLC (a)

     15,823      $ 2,161,105  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $133,834,964)

        266,686,896  
     

 

 

 

BONDS & NOTES — 32.3%

 

     PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
        

Green and Sustainability Bonds — 21.1%

 

  

Apple, Inc.
2.85%, due 2/23/23 (c)

   $ 3,000,000        3,054,435  

Apple, Inc.
3.00%, due 6/20/27 (c)

     2,000,000        2,097,372  

Asian Development Bank
2.125%, due 3/19/25 (b)

     1,000,000        1,021,878  

Asian Development Bank
3.125%, due 9/26/28 (b)

     4,000,000        4,339,336  

Bank of America Corporation
2.456% (3-Month USD Libor+87 basis points), due 10/22/25 (c)

     4,000,000        4,040,192  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)
2.375%, due 1/18/23

     1,845,000        1,869,963  

BlueHub Loan Fund, Inc.
2.89%, due 1/1/27

     2,000,000        2,004,930  

Boston Properties LP
4.50%, due 12/1/28 (c)

     5,000,000        5,525,955  

Bridge Housing Corporation
3.25%, due 7/15/30 (c)

     4,500,000        4,643,635  

Century Housing Corporation
0.60%, due 2/15/24

     2,500,000        2,441,738  

Citigroup, Inc.
1.678% (SOFR Rate+166.7 basis points), due 5/15/24 (c)

     5,000,000        5,018,850  

City & County of San Francisco CA Community Facilities District No. 2014-1
2.75%, due 9/1/23

     650,000        665,230  

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue
2.806%, due 11/1/23

     2,000,000        2,057,788  

European Investment Bank
2.50%, due 10/15/24 (b)

     2,000,000        2,062,734  
 

 

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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Green and Sustainability Bonds — (continued)

 

European Investment Bank
2.125%, due 4/13/26 (b)

   $ 500,000      $ 510,877  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
2.125%, due 3/3/25 (b)

     2,000,000        2,040,970  

International Finance Corporation
2.125%, due 4/7/26 (b)

     500,000        511,376  

Johnson Controls International plc / Tyco Fire & Security Finance SCA
1.75%, due 9/15/30 (b)(c)

     2,000,000        1,874,108  

Korea Development Bank (The) 0.941% (3-Month USD Libor+72.5 basis points),
due 7/6/22 (b)(d)

     1,250,000        1,252,978  

National Australia Bank Ltd.
3.625%, due 6/20/23 (b)

     2,000,000        2,066,412  

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV
2.375%, due 3/24/26 (b)(e)

     1,000,000        1,027,817  

New Jersey Infrastructure Bank
3.00%, due 9/1/31

     2,500,000        2,644,480  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)
2.20%, due 11/1/24 (c)

     5,000,000        5,079,485  

Prologis LP
1.25%, due 10/15/30 (c)

     4,500,000        4,063,657  

Regency Centers LP
3.75%, due 6/15/24 (c)

     2,000,000        2,079,994  

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2.622%, due 8/1/29

     2,000,000        2,093,162  

Starbucks Corporation
2.45%, due 6/15/26 (c)

     4,500,000        4,594,468  

United States International Development Finance Corporation
3.28%, due 9/15/29

     637,774        672,293  

United States International Development Finance Corporation
3.33%, due 5/15/33

     207,357        221,495  
     PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Green and Sustainability Bonds — (continued)

 

United States International Development Finance Corporation
3.43%, due 6/1/33

   $ 204,986      $ 221,133  

United States International Development Finance Corporation
3.05%, due 6/15/35

     1,312,050        1,390,951  

United States International Development Finance Corporation
2.58%, due 7/15/38

     2,961,592        3,036,390  

Verizon Communications, Inc.
3.875%, due 2/8/29 (c)

     3,500,000        3,773,273  

Visa, Inc.
0.75%, due 8/15/27 (c)

     5,000,000        4,677,770  

Xylem, Inc.
2.25%, due 1/30/31 (c)

     4,500,000        4,306,707  
     

 

 

 
        88,983,832  
     

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 3.9%

 

  

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation
2.26%, due 11/13/24

     500,000        512,896  

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation
1.82%, due 12/18/25

     3,000,000        3,032,994  

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation
2.80%, due 11/12/27

     3,000,000        3,182,349  

Federal Home Loan Banks
0.25%, due 6/3/22

     3,500,000        3,498,733  

Federal Home Loan Banks
1.875%, due 12/9/22

     3,000,000        3,030,012  

Federal Home Loan Banks
0.75%, due 12/14/23 (c)

     3,000,000        2,985,807  
     

 

 

 
        16,242,791  
     

 

 

 

Community Development Financial Institutions — 2.8%

 

Capital Impact Partners
2.60%, due 12/15/22

     2,000,000        1,998,712  

Capital Impact Partners
1.00%, due 9/15/25 (c)

     1,500,000        1,437,883  
 

 

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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  concluded

 

     PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Community Development Financial Institutions — (continued)

 

Enterprise Community Loan Fund, Inc.
4.152%, due 11/1/28 (c)

   $ 3,000,000      $ 3,072,030  

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
1.00%, due 11/15/25

     2,000,000        1,902,554  

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
3.782%, due 3/1/27 (c)

     2,000,000        2,079,460  

Reinvestment Fund, Inc. (The)
3.78%, due 2/15/26

     1,400,000        1,465,247  
     

 

 

 
        11,955,886  
     

 

 

 

Software & Services — 1.6%

     

Adobe, Inc.
3.25%, due 2/1/25 (c)

     3,500,000        3,651,547  

salesforce.com, Inc.
3.70%, due 4/11/28 (c)

     3,000,000        3,235,665  
     

 

 

 
        6,887,212  
     

 

 

 

Media & Entertainment — 1.1%

 

  

Alphabet, Inc.
1.998%, due 8/15/26 (c)

     3,500,000        3,531,234  

Oracle Corporation
2.50%, due 5/15/22 (c)

     1,000,000        1,002,485  
     

 

 

 
        4,533,719  
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 0.9%

     

Trane Technologies Luxembourg Finance SA
3.80%, due 3/21/29 (b)(c)

     3,500,000        3,722,040  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financials — 0.5%

     

State Street Corporation
3.10%, due 5/15/23

     2,000,000        2,049,494  
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 0.3%

     

Travelers Property Casualty Corporation
7.75%, due 4/15/26

     1,000,000        1,229,622  
     

 

 

 
     PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Healthy Living — 0.1%

     

Whole Foods Market, Inc.
5.20%, due 12/3/25 (c)(e)

   $ 500,000      $ 551,936  
     

 

 

 

Total Bonds & Notes
(Cost $136,010,467)

        136,156,532  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.2%

 

UMB Money Market Fiduciary Account, 0.01% (f)
(Cost $17,801,792)

        17,801,792  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-term Investments (Cost $17,801,792)

        17,801,792  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (g) — 99.8%

 

(Cost $287,647,223)

        420,645,220  

Other Assets Less
Liabilities — 0.2%

        808,191  
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

   $ 421,453,411  
     

 

 

 

 

PLC – Public Limited Company

ADR – American Depository Receipt

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trusts

LP – Limited Partnership

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Securities whose value are determined or significantly influenced by trading in markets other than the United States or Canada.

(c)

Callable

(d)

Floating rate bond. Rate shown is currently in effect at January 31, 2022.

(e)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $1,579,753.

(f)

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at the period end.

(g)

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $287,362,318 resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $138,442,097 and $5,159,195 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $133,282,902.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 99.6%

     
     SHARES      VALUE  

Software & Services — 23.7%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A (a)

     17,584      $ 6,217,351  

Adobe, Inc. (b)

     13,212        7,059,172  

ANSYS, Inc. (b)

     2,422        823,504  

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

     6,103        1,524,468  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     11,726        2,417,549  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (b)

     7,680        1,168,435  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

     3,446        351,285  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Class A

     14,574        1,244,911  

Fortinet, Inc. (b)

     3,848        1,143,780  

International Business Machines Corporation

     24,853        3,319,615  

Intuit, Inc.

     7,577        4,206,978  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

     24,428        9,438,491  

Microsoft Corporation

     197,974        61,565,955  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

     16,127        419,463  

Okta, Inc., Class A (b)

     3,470        686,678  

Oracle Corporation

     46,452        3,770,044  

Paycom Software, Inc. (b)

     1,419        475,791  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)

     30,960        5,323,262  

salesforce.com, Inc. (b)

     27,150        6,315,905  

ServiceNow, Inc. (b)

     5,495        3,218,861  

Splunk, Inc. (b)

     4,549        563,712  

Teradata Corporation (b)

     3,029        122,190  

Visa, Inc., Class A

     46,795        10,583,625  

VMware, Inc., Class A

     5,806        745,955  

Western Union Company (The)

     11,295        213,588  

Workday, Inc., Class A (b)

     5,298        1,340,447  
     

 

 

 
        134,261,015  
     

 

 

 

Media & Entertainment — 9.6%

     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (b)

     8,350        22,595,685  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (b)

     7,991        21,687,334  

Discovery, Inc., Class A (b)

     4,724        131,847  

Discovery, Inc., Class C (b)

     8,683        237,480  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

     7,890        1,046,687  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A .

     1,132        57,449  

Liberty Global PLC, Series A (a)(b)

     4,497        121,959  

Liberty Global PLC, Series C (a)(b)

     9,629        260,368  

New York Times Company (The), Class A

     4,670        186,940  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     5,973        450,125  

Scholastic Corporation

     689        28,263  

Walt Disney Company (The) (b)

     50,413        7,207,547  
     

 

 

 
        54,011,684  
     

 

 

 
     SHARES      VALUE  

Semiconductors — 7.4%

     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (b)

     33,636      $ 3,842,913  

Analog Devices, Inc.

     14,897        2,442,661  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     25,037        3,459,613  

Intel Corporation

     112,503        5,492,397  

Lam Research Corporation

     3,936        2,321,925  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     15,205        1,178,083  

NVIDIA Corporation

     69,328        16,975,654  

ON Semiconductor Corporation (b)

     11,943        704,637  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     4,583        671,501  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     25,598        4,594,585  
     

 

 

 
        41,683,969  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 6.0%

 

  

AbbVie, Inc.

     48,998        6,707,336  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     8,405        1,170,985  

Amgen, Inc.

     15,745        3,576,319  

Biogen, Inc. (b)

     4,134        934,284  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (b)

     5,088        450,950  

Bio-Techne Corporation

     1,086        408,781  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

     61,621        3,998,587  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     34,765        2,387,660  

Illumina, Inc. (b)

     4,069        1,419,349  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (b)

     5,317        1,302,133  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)(b)

     1,699        236,008  

Merck & Company, Inc.

     70,198        5,719,733  

Mettler-Toledo International,
Inc. (b)

     641        943,988  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     7,194        1,748,502  

Waters Corporation (b)

     1,702        544,844  

Zoetis, Inc.

     13,146        2,626,439  
     

 

 

 
        34,175,898  
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods — 5.3%

     

3M Company

     16,039        2,662,795  

A.O. Smith Corporation

     3,695        282,372  

AGCO Corporation

     1,784        209,085  

Air Lease Corporation, Class A

     3,073        122,336  

Allegion PLC (a)

     2,493        305,966  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     1,097        107,484  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (b)

     5,460        371,225  

Caterpillar, Inc.

     15,177        3,059,076  

Cummins, Inc.

     3,982        879,544  

Deere & Company

     8,165        3,073,306  
 

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Capital Goods — (continued)

     

Dover Corporation

     3,986      $ 677,261  

Eaton Corporation PLC

     11,065        1,753,028  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     1,506        179,530  

Fastenal Company

     15,984        905,973  

Flowserve Corporation

     3,670        119,715  

Fortive Corporation

     9,452        666,744  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     3,834        361,048  

Graco, Inc.

     4,721        342,556  

Granite Construction, Inc.

     1,226        44,111  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

     842        35,052  

IDEX Corporation

     2,109        454,363  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     8,717        2,039,081  

Lennox International, Inc.

     931        264,050  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     1,568        200,453  

Masco Corporation

     6,851        433,874  

Meritor, Inc. (b)

     1,824        42,043  

Middleby Corporation (The) (b)

     1,544        285,949  

Owens Corning

     2,878        255,279  

PACCAR, Inc.

     9,620        894,564  

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

     3,580        1,109,836  

Quanta Services, Inc.

     3,860        396,499  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     3,225        932,735  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     2,923        1,277,819  

Sensata Technologies Holding NV (b)

     4,402        252,499  

Snap-on, Inc.

     1,498        311,959  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A

     2,932        128,510  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     4,528        790,815  

Tennant Company

     501        38,662  

Timken Company (The)

     1,929        128,857  

Trane Technologies PLC (a)

     6,589        1,140,556  

United Rentals, Inc. (b)

     2,014        644,722  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

     1,230        608,985  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

     4,987        443,344  

Xylem, Inc.

     5,003        525,415  
     

 

 

 
        29,759,076  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financials — 5.3%

     

Ally Financial, Inc.

     10,026        478,441  

American Express Company

     18,725        3,367,129  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     3,136        954,316  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Diversified Financials — (continued)

 

  

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (The)

     22,735      $ 1,347,276  

BlackRock, Inc.

     4,220        3,472,807  

Charles Schwab Corporation (The)

     40,116        3,518,173  

CME Group, Inc.

     9,956        2,284,902  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

     10,345        348,006  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     1,048        442,141  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     8,373        267,685  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     15,609        1,977,036  

Invesco Ltd

     9,652        218,714  

Moody’s Corporation

     4,646        1,593,578  

Morgan Stanley

     37,934        3,889,752  

Northern Trust Corporation

     5,488        640,120  

S&P Global, Inc.

     6,682        2,774,500  

State Street Corporation

     10,148        958,986  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     6,299        972,755  

Voya Financial, Inc.

     3,150        214,074  
     

 

 

 
        29,720,391  
     

 

 

 

Retailing — 4.5%

     

AutoNation, Inc. (b)

     1,300        141,700  

Best Buy Company, Inc.

     6,260        621,493  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)

     1,140        2,799,988  

Buckle, Inc. (The)

     813        30,601  

CarMax, Inc. (b)

     4,525        503,044  

Foot Locker, Inc.

     2,612        116,704  

GameStop Corporation, Class A (b)

     1,814        197,599  

Gap, Inc. (The)

     5,967        107,824  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     29,268        10,740,771  

Kohl’s Corporation

     4,346        259,500  

LKQ Corporation

     7,787        427,428  

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

     19,205        4,558,307  

Nordstrom, Inc. (b)

     2,934        66,015  

ODP Corporation (The) (b)

     1,434        63,426  

Pool Corporation

     1,114        530,542  

Signet Jewelers Ltd

     1,467        126,353  

Target Corporation

     13,535        2,983,520  

Tractor Supply Company

     3,172        692,479  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)

     1,436        522,331  
     

 

 

 
        25,489,625  
     

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment & Services — 4.5%

 

  

ABIOMED, Inc. (b)

     1,260        372,796  

Align Technology, Inc. (b)

     2,083        1,031,002  

AmerisourceBergen Corporation .

     4,316        587,839  
 

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Healthcare Equipment & Services — (continued)

 

Anthem, Inc.

     6,756      $ 2,979,329  

Becton, Dickinson and Company .

     7,959        2,022,700  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     8,094        417,408  

Centene Corporation (b)

     16,169        1,257,301  

Cerner Corporation

     8,194        747,293  

Cigna Corporation

     9,429        2,173,007  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,365        543,680  

DaVita, Inc. (b)

     1,899        205,795  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

     6,082        324,900  

DexCom, Inc. (b)

     2,684        1,155,408  

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (b)

     17,282        1,887,194  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     7,107        1,706,035  

Henry Schein, Inc. (b)

     3,882        292,315  

Hologic, Inc. (b)

     7,036        494,209  

Humana, Inc.

     3,565        1,399,263  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (b)

     2,360        1,197,228  

Insulet Corporation (b)

     1,911        473,928  

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (b)

     2,680        727,245  

MEDNAX, Inc. (b)

     2,024        49,487  

Patterson Companies, Inc.

     2,251        64,581  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     3,398        458,798  

ResMed, Inc.

     4,039        923,315  

Select Medical Holdings Corporation

     2,852        66,252  

STERIS PLC

     2,761        619,568  

Teladoc Health, Inc. (b)

     3,993        306,303  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     2,051        806,494  
     

 

 

 
        25,290,673  
     

 

 

 

Food & Beverage — 4.2%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     

Company

     15,518        1,163,850  

Bunge Ltd

     3,939        389,410  

Campbell Soup Company

     5,485        241,998  

Coca-Cola Company (The)

     113,830        6,944,768  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     13,352        464,115  

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (b)

     4,503        287,156  

General Mills, Inc.

     16,798        1,153,687  

Hormel Foods Corporation

     8,267        392,434  

Ingredion, Inc.

     1,878        177,847  

JM Smucker Company (The)

     3,008        422,865  

Kellogg Company

     7,088        446,544  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

     19,683        746,970  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Food & Beverage — (continued)

 

  

Kraft Heinz Company (The)

     18,730      $ 670,534  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

     4,068        261,206  

McCormick & Company, Inc.

     6,914        693,543  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     38,753        2,597,614  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     38,329        6,650,848  
     

 

 

 
        23,705,389  
     

 

 

 

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — 4.2%

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     993        190,189  

Itron, Inc. (b)

     1,175        72,850  

Johnson Controls International, PLC

     19,745        1,434,869  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

     1,184        80,702  

Tesla, Inc. (b)

     23,338        21,861,171  
     

 

 

 
        23,639,781  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate — 3.2%

     

American Tower Corporation REIT

     12,621        3,174,182  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT

     3,870        945,170  

Boston Properties, Inc. REIT

     4,119        461,658  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (b)

     9,313        943,779  

Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT

     2,995        75,654  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT

     7,836        1,169,366  

Duke Realty Corporation REIT

     10,479        605,477  

Equinix, Inc. REIT

     2,489        1,804,276  

Equity Residential REIT

     9,860        874,878  

Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT

     1,951        248,733  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT .

     15,000        530,550  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT (b)

     19,857        344,320  

Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT

     8,032        368,830  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (b)

     1,408        353,112  

Macerich Company (The) REIT

     5,961        98,595  

PotlatchDeltic Corporation REIT .

     1,880        101,125  

Prologis, Inc. REIT

     20,493        3,213,712  

Realogy Holdings Corporation (b)

     3,091        51,002  

SBA Communications Corporation, Class A REIT

     3,039        989,012  

Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT

     9,121        1,342,611  

UDR, Inc. REIT

     8,229        467,736  
     

 

 

 
        18,163,778  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Materials — 3.0%

     

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     6,139      $ 1,731,935  

Albemarle Corporation

     3,244        716,080  

Amcor PLC (a)

     42,664        512,395  

Avery Dennison Corporation

     2,302        472,877  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (b)

     5,837        172,834  

Ball Corporation

     9,062        879,920  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

     907        48,434  

Ecolab, Inc.

     7,143        1,353,241  

H.B. Fuller Company

     1,479        106,148  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     6,908        911,303  

Linde PLC (a)

     14,316        4,562,223  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     864        60,454  

Mosaic Company (The)

     10,281        410,726  

Newmont Corporation

     22,180        1,356,751  

PPG Industries, Inc.

     6,585        1,028,577  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

     666        26,067  

Sealed Air Corporation

     4,163        282,751  

Sherwin-Williams Company (The)

     6,936        1,987,233  

Sonoco Products Company

     2,797        158,422  
     

 

 

 
        16,778,371  
     

 

 

 

Household & Personal Products — 2.9%

 

  

Clorox Company (The)

     3,408        572,067  

Colgate-Palmolive Company

     22,221        1,832,121  

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The), Class A

     6,465        2,015,722  

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

     9,338        1,285,376  

Procter & Gamble Company (The)

     67,321        10,801,655  
     

 

 

 
        16,506,941  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment — 2.7%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     116,922        6,509,048  

Cognex Corporation

     4,926        327,382  

CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (b)

     5,179        48,631  

Corning, Inc.

     22,525        946,951  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (b)

     7,741        439,766  

F5, Inc. (b)

     1,682        349,217  

Flex Ltd. (b)

     13,606        220,145  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

     36,446        595,163  

HP, Inc.

     33,371        1,225,717  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Technology Hardware & Equipment — (continued)

 

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (b)

     5,095      $ 860,138  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     4,703        1,090,814  

Plantronics, Inc. (b)

     1,060        28,249  

TE Connectivity Ltd. (a)

     9,094        1,300,533  

Trimble, Inc. (b)

     7,000        505,120  

Xerox Holdings Corporation

     3,969        83,785  

Zebra Technologies Corporation, Class A (b)

     1,481        754,007  
     

 

 

 
        15,284,666  
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 2.4%

     

Allstate Corporation (The)

     8,194        988,770  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Company .

     5,722        903,733  

Chubb Ltd. (a)

     12,161        2,399,122  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     9,639        692,755  

Lincoln National Corporation

     4,976        348,220  

Loews Corporation

     6,124        365,358  

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

     14,024        2,154,647  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     7,453        544,516  

Progressive Corporation (The)

     16,212        1,761,596  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     10,722        1,196,254  

Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)

     6,918        1,149,633  

Willis Towers Watson PLC (a)

     3,578        837,109  
     

 

 

 
        13,341,713  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Services — 2.3%

     

Aramark

     6,446        221,033  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

     1,001        143,543  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     3,626        507,169  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     1,022        464,652  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (b)

     7,723        1,120,685  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

     562        51,170  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (b)

     7,678        1,237,079  

McDonald’s Corporation

     20,701        5,370,874  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (b) .

     6,375        496,039  

Starbucks Corporation

     32,711        3,216,146  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     1,117        309,521  
     

 

 

 
        13,137,911  
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 2.2%

     

AMERCO.

     272        165,634  
 

 

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(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Transportation — (continued)

     

ArcBest Corporation

     672      $ 59,432  

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (b)

     1,385        244,009  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     3,650        381,973  

CSX Corporation

     62,497        2,138,647  

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (b)

     4,485        178,010  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     4,711        539,315  

Ryder System, Inc.

     1,509        110,444  

Southwest Airlines Company (b) .

     4,100        183,516  

Union Pacific Corporation

     18,080        4,421,464  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     20,192        4,083,024  
     

 

 

 
        12,505,468  
     

 

 

 

Banks — 2.0%

     

Bank of Hawaii Corporation

     1,162        100,013  

Cathay General BanCorp.

     2,163        97,681  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     11,840        609,405  

Comerica, Inc.

     3,721        345,234  

First Republic Bank

     4,906        851,633  

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

     1,027        53,435  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     40,981        617,174  

International Bancshares Corporation

     1,419        59,641  

KeyCorp

     26,551        665,368  

M&T Bank Corporation

     3,572        605,025  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     12,946        150,950  

Old National BanCorp.

     4,311        79,021  

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     11,881        230,254  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     11,781        2,426,768  

Regions Financial Corporation

     26,529        608,575  

SVB Financial Group (b)

     1,627        950,005  

Truist Financial Corporation

     37,007        2,324,780  

Umpqua Holdings Corporation

     6,254        126,831  

Zions Bancorp NA

     4,518        306,411  
     

 

 

 
        11,208,204  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel — 1.6%

 

  

Callaway Golf Company (b)

     3,386        80,790  

Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)

     4,233        254,276  

Columbia Sportswear Company

     949        88,134  

Deckers Outdoor Corporation (b)

     771        246,897  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

     540        13,613  

Garmin Ltd. (a)

     4,268        531,025  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Consumer Durables & Apparel — (continued)

 

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     9,732      $ 156,685  

Hasbro, Inc.

     3,634        336,072  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     1,160        42,584  

Mattel, Inc. (b)

     9,692        202,757  

Meritage Homes Corporation (b) .

     1,048        106,927  

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (b)

     1,636        258,275  

Newell Brands, Inc.

     10,680        247,883  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     35,443        5,248,045  

PVH Corporation

     1,990        189,070  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A (b)

     4,965        93,491  

Under Armour, Inc., Class C (b)

     6,115        97,779  

VF Corporation

     9,270        604,497  

Whirlpool Corporation

     1,743        366,361  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     2,146        56,848  
     

 

 

 
        9,222,009  
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services — 1.1%

 

  

Lumen Technologies Inc.

     26,158        323,313  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     114,836        6,112,720  
     

 

 

 
        6,436,033  
     

 

 

 

Commercial & Professional Services — 0.7%

 

ACCO Brands Corporation

     2,437        19,837  

ASGN, Inc. (b)

     1,469        168,744  

Copart, Inc. (b)

     5,921        765,289  

Deluxe Corporation

     1,142        34,374  

Exponent, Inc.

     1,460        138,671  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

     506        22,148  

HNI Corporation

     1,117        46,847  

ICF International, Inc.

     487        45,968  

IHS Markit, Ltd. (a)

     10,512        1,227,696  

Interface, Inc.

     1,479        19,612  

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

     951        16,243  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

     1,516        158,983  

Resources Connection, Inc.

     760        13,247  

Robert Half International, Inc.

     3,110        352,239  

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

     2,304        28,431  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     1,509        210,038  

TransUnion

     5,334        550,042  

TrueBlue, Inc. (b)

     889        23,647  
     

 

 

 
        3,842,056  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  concluded

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

     

Kroger Co. (The)

     19,693      $ 858,418  

Sysco Corporation

     14,221        1,111,371  
     

 

 

 
        1,969,789  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles & Components — 0.3%

 

  

Aptiv PLC (a)(b)

     7,514        1,026,262  

Autoliv, Inc. (a)

     2,320        229,773  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     6,677        292,786  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     4,302        148,720  
     

 

 

 
        1,697,541  
     

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.2%

     

American Water Works Company, Inc.

     5,043        810,915  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

     6,503        316,956  
     

 

 

 
        1,127,871  
     

 

 

 

Healthy Living — 0.0%

     

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (b)

     2,608        95,270  

United Natural Foods, Inc. (b)

     1,501        58,209  
     

 

 

 
        153,479  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $265,111,904)

        563,113,331  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.4%

 

UMB Money Market Fiduciary Account, 0.01% (c)
(Cost $2,248,054)

        2,248,054  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-term Investments
(Cost $2,248,054)

        2,248,054  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (d) — 100.0%

 

(Cost $267,359,958)

        565,361,385  

Other Assets Less
Liabilities — 0.0%

        13,995  
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

      $ 565,375,380  
     

 

 

 

 

PLC – Public Limited Company

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

(a)

Securities whose value are determined or significantly influenced by trading in markets other than the United States or Canada.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at the period end.

(d)

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $272,254,378 resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $298,881,976 and $5,774,969 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $293,107,007.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.4%

     
     SHARES      VALUE  

Japan — 19.1%

     

Aeon Company, Ltd.

     22,500      $ 512,711  

Ajinomoto Company, Inc.

     16,000        446,424  

Asahi Kasei Corporation

     43,200        426,726  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     64,300        1,037,839  

Azbil Corporation

     4,200        164,966  

Capcom Company Ltd.

     6,200        149,673  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

     23,400        760,027  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     8,600        1,805,520  

Eisai Company, Ltd.

     8,100        405,689  

Fast Retailing Company Ltd.

     2,000        1,176,930  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

     12,400        831,247  

Fujitsu Ltd.

     6,800        898,949  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc..

     8,000        232,972  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Ltd.

     3,700        94,081  

Hulic Company Ltd.

     12,500        120,821  

Ibiden Company Ltd.

     3,800        212,345  

Kansai Paint Company Ltd.

     6,000        124,547  

Kao Corp.

     16,500        824,531  

KDDI Corp.

     56,000        1,789,128  

Keio Corporation

     3,700        166,428  

Kikkoman Corporation

     5,000        377,940  

Kobe Bussan Company Ltd.

     4,600        143,195  

Komatsu Ltd.

     30,500        766,433  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

     3,300        134,190  

Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd.

     31,700        679,564  

Miura Company Ltd.

     3,000        88,575  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

     15,400        528,213  

Nippon Yusen KK

     5,600        439,003  

Nitto Denko Corporation

     5,000        389,298  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     11,500        402,568  

Odakyu Electric Railway Company Ltd.

     10,400        183,776  

Omron Corporation

     6,400        467,901  

Orix JREIT, Inc. REIT

     92        132,025  

Panasonic Corporation

     76,800        845,530  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     71,300        306,407  

Secom Company Ltd.

     7,300        514,023  

Sekisui House Ltd.

     21,400        433,568  

SG Holdings Company Ltd.

     11,200        237,757  

Shimizu Corporation

     19,400        129,174  

Shionogi & Company Ltd.

     9,200        524,332  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Japan — (continued)

     

Sohgo Security Services Company Ltd.

     2,500      $ 90,669  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

     10,900        510,049  

Sony Group Corporation

     43,700        4,888,652  

Stanley Electric Company Ltd.

     4,400        102,847  

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.

     52,400        264,256  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     11,900        411,516  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     4,700        180,474  

Sysmex Corporation

     5,800        552,107  

Tokyo Century Corporation

     1,300        64,154  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     5,200        2,543,492  

Tokyu Corp.

     17,300        229,880  

Toray Industries, Inc.

     48,700        307,775  

TOTO Ltd.

     4,800        206,594  

West Japan Railway Company

     7,500        314,278  

Yamaha Corporation

     4,700        214,109  

Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.

     10,400        247,661  

Yaskawa Electric Corporation

     8,300        347,524  

Z Holdings Corporation

     91,900        466,730  
     

 

 

 
        31,847,793  
     

 

 

 

Germany — 10.5%

     

adidas AG

     6,614        1,815,027  

Allianz SE

     14,303        3,672,397  

Beiersdorf AG

     3,487        346,835  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     6,558        1,165,721  

Deutsche Post AG

     34,378        2,068,925  

Henkel AG & Company KGaA

     3,638        287,447  

Henkel AG & Company KGaA (a)

     6,108        499,573  

Merck KGaA

     4,493        985,324  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen

     4,860        1,538,629  

Puma SE

     3,646        389,956  

SAP SE

     36,202        4,542,023  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

     36,226        103,997  
     

 

 

 
        17,415,854  
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 10.1%

     

abrdn Plc

     73,921        241,734  

Ashtead Group PLC

     15,445        1,104,675  

Associated British Foods PLC

     12,464        328,977  

Barratt Developments PLC

     35,807        297,787  
 

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

United Kingdom — (continued)

     

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     3,921      $ 223,756  

British Land Company PLC (The) REIT

     30,925        231,226  

BT Group PLC

     309,559        819,857  

Burberry Group PLC

     13,988        354,837  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

     7,066        403,822  

Compass Group PLC

     61,990        1,408,789  

Croda International PLC

     4,793        517,600  

Informa PLC (b)

     51,958        393,004  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (b)

     6,360        420,199  

J Sainsbury PLC

     59,313        233,056  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

     89,774        230,182  

Kingfisher PLC

     72,689        325,937  

Mondi PLC

     16,750        419,043  

RELX PLC

     67,133        2,064,899  

Schroders PLC

     4,237        194,257  

Segro PLC REIT

     41,374        729,364  

St. James’s Place PLC

     18,837        388,816  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     126,163        258,807  

Unilever PLC

     90,077        4,619,002  

United Utilities Group PLC

     23,736        342,391  

Whitbread PLC (b)

     7,118        292,869  
     

 

 

 
        16,844,886  
     

 

 

 

Switzerland — 9.9%

     

Coca-Cola HBC AG (b)

     7,017        232,393  

Givaudan SA

     321        1,329,808  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG

     1,885        532,271  

Lonza Group AG

     2,585        1,782,111  

Roche Holding AG

     22,339        8,644,713  

SGS SA.

     206        587,392  

Sonova Holding AG

     1,898        676,107  

Swiss Life Holding AG

     1,096        705,359  

Swiss Re AG

     10,414        1,134,626  

Swisscom AG

     893        510,389  

Vifor Pharma AG

     1,682        297,945  
     

 

 

 
        16,433,114  
     

 

 

 

Canada — 9.5%

     

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

     8,373        399,878  

Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (b)

     7,953        82,958  

Bank of Montreal

     22,457        2,541,782  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     42,157        3,036,418  
     SHARES      VALUE  

Canada — (continued)

     

FirstService Corporation

     1,388      $ 221,313  

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     6,833        271,987  

Intact Financial Corporation

     6,143        832,291  

Magna International, Inc.

     9,943        801,025  

Metro, Inc.

     8,380        448,203  

National Bank of Canada

     11,682        934,597  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

     3,720        226,735  

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

     12,213        619,393  

Shopify, Inc. (b)

     3,927        3,790,303  

TMX Group Ltd.

     2,007        204,158  

Toromont Industries Ltd.

     2,885        243,496  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation

     15,673        631,876  

WSP Global, Inc.

     4,034        537,888  
     

 

 

 
        15,824,301  
     

 

 

 

France — 9.3%

     

Amundi SA (c)

     2,145        166,747  

AXA SA

     67,182        2,127,755  

Bureau Veritas SA

     10,227        292,624  

Carrefour SA

     21,607        411,222  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

     5,872        982,542  

CNP Assurances

     5,795        142,647  

Danone SA

     22,548        1,405,918  

EssilorLuxottica SA

     9,968        1,885,832  

Gecina SA REIT

     1,599        216,976  

L’Oreal SA

     8,708        3,719,657  

Schneider Electric SE

     18,754        3,176,895  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield REIT (b)

     4,297        327,425  

Valeo SA

     8,001        223,941  

Vivendi SA

     26,748        350,549  
     

 

 

 
        15,430,730  
     

 

 

 

Netherlands — 6.4%

     

Akzo Nobel NV

     6,537        676,641  

ASML Holding NV

     10,164        6,884,137  

CNH Industrial NV

     35,565        542,094  

Koninklijke DSM NV

     6,033        1,130,968  

NN Group NV

     9,391        525,549  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     9,224        938,822  
     

 

 

 
        10,698,211  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  continued

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

Denmark — 5.6%

     

Ambu A/S, Class B

     5,622      $ 119,124  

Coloplast A/S, Class B

     4,134        601,176  

Genmab A/S (b)

     2,274        774,365  

GN Store Nord A/S

     4,374        264,688  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

     58,368        5,805,766  

Novozymes A/S

     7,149        490,761  

Pandora A/S

     3,436        373,630  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

     34,890        944,137  
     

 

 

 
        9,373,647  
     

 

 

 

Australia — 4.2%

     

ASX Ltd.

     6,717        398,383  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     17,514        229,558  

Brambles Ltd.

     50,229        345,082  

Cochlear Ltd.

     2,279        312,532  

Coles Group Ltd.

     46,725        536,821  

Computershare Ltd.

     18,889        261,838  

Dexus REIT

     37,805        275,223  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     58,512        821,646  

GPT Group (The) REIT

     64,464        228,443  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     85,549        258,050  

Lendlease Corporation Ltd.

     23,138        163,739  

Mirvac Group REIT

     137,545        254,900  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     28,302        439,010  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

     38,563        229,838  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     6,341        282,916  

REA Group Ltd.

     1,813        187,825  

SEEK Ltd.

     11,851        245,596  

Stockland REIT

     80,540        232,155  

Sydney Airport (b)

     45,841        281,749  

Transurban Group

     106,436        940,299  

Vicinity Centres REIT

     130,608        151,414  
     

 

 

 
        7,077,017  
     

 

 

 

Hong Kong — 2.3%

     

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     126,000        486,526  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     26,617        526,955  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     41,920        2,392,600  

MTR Corporation Ltd.

     54,167        293,195  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     37,800        100,764  
     

 

 

 
        3,800,040  
     

 

 

 
     SHARES      VALUE  

Singapore — 2.1%

     

Capitaland Investment Ltd. (b)

     92,011      $ 236,082  

City Developments Ltd.

     15,400        80,893  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     62,936        1,653,069  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd.

     116,400        1,083,442  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     284,000        514,942  
     

 

 

 
        3,568,428  
     

 

 

 

Spain — 1.6%

     

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     231,337        1,477,038  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     37,644        1,141,741  
     

 

 

 
        2,618,779  
     

 

 

 

Sweden — 1.4%

     

Boliden AB

     9,464        383,220  

Electrolux AB

     7,675        159,694  

Essity AB, Class B

     21,282        599,945  

Husqvarna AB B Shares

     14,563        202,482  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

     21,082        367,113  

Tele2 AB B Shares

     17,003        247,393  

Telia Company AB

     92,961        366,395  
     

 

 

 
        2,326,242  
     

 

 

 

Ireland — 1.2%

     

CRH PLC (d)

     27,022        1,356,267  

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

     5,511        694,385  
     

 

 

 
        2,050,652  
     

 

 

 

Italy — 1.1%

     

Amplifon SpA

     4,173        177,381  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     572,792        1,702,288  
     

 

 

 
        1,879,669  
     

 

 

 

Norway — 1.1%

     

DNB Bank ASA

     32,159        765,391  

Mowi ASA

     15,364        377,093  

Orkla ASA

     26,486        253,111  

Telenor ASA

     23,893        394,868  
     

 

 

 
        1,790,463  
     

 

 

 

Jersey — 0.7%

     

Ferguson PLC

     7,677        1,207,438  
     

 

 

 
 

 

27


GREEN CENTURY MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

January 31, 2022

(unaudited)

  concluded

 

     SHARES      VALUE  

New Zealand — 0.7%

     

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Ltd.

     19,867      $ 365,513  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

     43,344        124,939  

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

     14,242        93,123  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

     66,614        190,388  

Xero Ltd. (b)

     4,624        374,576  
     

 

 

 
        1,148,539  
     

 

 

 

Belgium — 0.6%

     

KBC Group NV

     8,659        753,081  

Umicore SA.

     6,786        256,893  
     

 

 

 
        1,009,974  
     

 

 

 

Finland — 0.6%

     

Elisa Oyj

     4,967        291,776  

Kesko Oyj B Shares

     9,480        299,414  

Orion Oyj, Class B

     3,720        151,268  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

     16,386        202,311  
     

 

 

 
        944,769  
     

 

 

 

Israel — 0.3%

     

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     50,342        539,918  
     

 

 

 

Portugal — 0.1%

     

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     9,653        231,975  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $139,950,937)

        164,062,439  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.9%

 

UMB Money Market Fiduciary Account, 0.01% (e)
(Cost $1,490,326)

        1,490,326  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-term Investments
(Cost $1,490,326)

        1,490,326  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (f) — 99.3%

 

(Cost $141,441,263)

        165,552,765  

Other Assets Less
Liabilities — 0.7%

        1,180,211  
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

      $ 166,732,976  
     

 

 

 

 

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trusts

PLC – Public Limited Company

 

(a)

Preference shares.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $166,747.

(d)

Shares of this security are traded on the Irish Stock Exchange.

(e)

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at the period end.

(f)

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $143,582,737 resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $31,853,220 and $9,883,192 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $21,970,028.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

28


GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES    

January 31, 2022    

(unaudited)    

 

 

     BALANCED FUND      EQUITY FUND      MSCI INTERNATIONAL
INDEX FUND
 

ASSETS:

        

Investments, at value (cost $287,647,223, $267,359,958 and $141,441,263, respectively)

   $ 420,645,220      $ 565,361,385      $ 165,552,765  

Foreign cash, at value (cost $651,062)

     —          —          646,727  
Receivables for:         

Capital stock sold

     482,269        247,462        241,964  

Interest

     862,832        29        8  

Dividends

     85,902        448,425        491,090  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     422,076,223        566,057,301        166,932,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

        

Payable for capital stock repurchased

     123,003        147,867        45,423  

Accrued expenses

     499,809        534,054        154,155  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     622,812        681,921        199,578  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 421,453,411      $ 565,375,380      $ 166,732,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

        

Paid-in capital (par value of $0.01 per share with unlimited number of shares authorized)

   $ 285,215,208      $ 271,138,025      $ 144,677,914  

Net distributable earnings

     136,238,203        294,237,355        22,055,062  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 421,453,411      $ 565,375,380      $ 166,732,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE PER CLASS:

        
Individual Investor Class Shares:         

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

   $ 320,238,457      $ 340,958,502      $ 50,823,345  

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

     9,005,270        4,735,695        3,645,358  

Net asset value per share

   $ 35.56      $ 72.00      $ 13.94  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Institutional Class Shares:         

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

   $ 101,214,954      $ 224,416,878      $ 115,909,631  

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

     2,837,397        3,126,327        8,329,521  

Net asset value per share

   $ 35.67      $ 71.78      $ 13.92  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

29


GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS    

For the six months ended January 31, 2022    

(unaudited)    

 

 

     BALANCED FUND     EQUITY FUND      MSCI INTERNATIONAL
INDEX FUND
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

       

Interest income

   $ 1,365,652     $ 90      $ 37  

Dividend and other income (net of $2,050, $0 and $217,016 foreign withholding taxes, respectively)

     1,351,958       3,476,929        1,884,903  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

     2,717,610       3,477,019        1,884,940  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

       

Administrative services fee.

     1,636,667       2,525,713        666,185  

Investment advisory fee

     1,350,096       607,132        236,199  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     2,986,763       3,132,845        902,384  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     (269,153     344,174        982,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):

       
Net realized gain (loss) on:        

Investments

     6,861,142       1,241,395        1,253,219  

Foreign currency transactions

     —         —          (8,958
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:        

Investments

     (9,296,076     9,778,020        (10,022,353

Foreign currency translations

     —         —          (31,635
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS

     (2,434,934     11,019,415        (8,809,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS .

   $ (2,704,087   $ 11,363,589      $ (7,827,171
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

30


GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS    

 

    BALANCED FUND     EQUITY FUND     MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND  
    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS
ENDED
JANUARY 31,
2022
(UNAUDITED)
    FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS
ENDED
JANUARY 31,
2022
(UNAUDITED)
    FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS
ENDED
JANUARY 31,
2022
(UNAUDITED)
    FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:

 

         
From operations:            

Net investment income

  $ (269,153   $ 359,758     $ 344,174     $ 987,174     $ 982,556     $ 1,220,471  

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

    6,861,142       16,446,802       1,241,395       7,041,775       1,244,261       2,727,492  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    (9,296,076     62,893,208       9,778,020       130,962,212       (10,053,988     26,484,075  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,704,087     79,699,768       11,363,589       138,991,161       (7,827,171     30,432,038  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

 

         

Distributions

           

Individual Investor Class

    (12,975,872     (11,234,235     (4,006,704     (2,745,220     (1,169,542     (298,641

Institutional Class

    (3,940,409     (638,469     (2,549,560     (1,738,639     (2,860,543     (1,087,148
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (16,916,281     (11,872,704     (6,556,264     (4,483,859     (4,030,085     (1,385,789
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Capital share transactions:            

Proceeds from sales of shares

           

Individual Investor Class

    24,333,074       51,309,687       21,221,374       36,027,217       10,220,246       14,842,998  

Institutional Class

    18,823,206       82,462,305       57,759,871       57,870,103       17,699,075       44,720,506  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

           

Individual Investor Class

    12,593,808       10,913,432       3,913,636       2,678,258       1,157,470       290,831  

Institutional Class

    3,886,387       638,022       2,335,534       1,566,618       2,860,134       1,084,325  

Payments for shares redeemed

           

Individual Investor Class1

    (25,798,126     (108,845,151     (25,434,891     (59,974,244     (3,433,225     (6,654,168

Institutional Class2

    (3,102,768     (3,838,475     (15,359,146     (16,528,661     (8,423,644     (15,500,979
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    30,735,581       32,639,820       44,436,378       21,639,291       20,080,056       38,783,513  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

    11,115,213       100,466,884       49,243,703       156,146,593       8,222,800       67,829,762  

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

    410,338,198       309,871,314       516,131,677       359,985,084       158,510,176       90,680,414  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 421,453,411     $ 410,338,198     $ 565,375,380     $ 516,131,677     $ 166,732,976     $ 158,510,176  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1 

Net of redemption fee received of $3,310, $12,080, $5,265, $8,985, $2,221 and $4,165, respectively.

2 

Net of redemption fee received of $9, $250, $165, $960, $7 and $1,159, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

31


GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE YEARS ENDED JULY 31,  
     (UNAUDITED)     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period.

   $ 37.21     $ 30.83     $ 29.05     $ 27.05     $ 25.55     $ 23.93  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:             

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04     0.02       0.11       0.12       0.07       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.12     7.51       2.25       2.50       1.79       2.05  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (0.16     7.53       2.36       2.62       1.86       2.13  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:             

Dividends from net investment income

     —         (0.02     (0.11     (0.11     (0.05     (0.03

Distributions from net realized gains

     (1.49     (1.13     (0.47     (0.51     (0.31     (0.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends

     (1.49     (1.15     (0.58     (0.62     (0.36     (0.51
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 35.56     $ 37.21     $ 30.83     $ 29.05     $ 27.05     $ 25.55  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     (0.62 )%(a)      24.86     8.19     10.04     7.32     9.07
Ratios/Supplemental data:             

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

   $ 320,238     $ 323,991     $ 309,871     $ 276,487     $ 247,066     $ 225,670  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.46 %(b)      1.46     1.47     1.48     1.48     1.48

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     (0.19 )%(b)      0.07     0.37     0.44     0.25     0.31

Portfolio turnover(c)

     6 %(a)      17     25     19     18     26

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE PERIOD
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
(COMMENCEMENT OF
OPERATIONS) TO
JULY 31, 2021
 
     (UNAUDITED)        

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

   $ 37.27     $ 33.58  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:     

Net investment income

     0.01       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.12     4.78  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (0.11     4.86  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:     

Dividends from net investment income

     —         (0.04

Distributions from net realized gains

     (1.49     (1.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends

     (1.49     (1.17
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 35.67     $ 37.27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     (0.48 )%(a)      14.89 %(a) 
Ratios/Supplemental data:     

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

   $ 101,215     $ 86,347  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     1.16 %(b)      1.16 %(b) 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.11 %(b)      0.33 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover(c)

     6 %(a)      17 %(a) 

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

32


GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE YEARS ENDED JULY 31,  
    (UNAUDITED)     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period.

  $ 71.35     $ 52.23     $ 46.17     $ 43.16     $ 38.05     $ 33.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income from investment operations:            

Net investment income

    0.01       0.09       0.25       0.25       0.22       0.27  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.50       19.60       6.16       3.61       5.28       4.84  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase from investment operations

    1.51       19.69       6.41       3.86       5.50       5.11  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:            

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.01     (0.06     (0.22     (0.21     (0.20     (0.22

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.85     (0.51     (0.13     (0.64     (0.19     (0.49
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends

    (0.86     (0.57     (0.35     (0.85     (0.39     (0.71
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 72.00     $ 71.35     $ 52.23     $ 46.17     $ 43.16     $ 38.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    2.03 %(a)      37.90     13.95     9.33     14.52     15.42
Ratios/Supplemental data:            

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 340,959     $ 338,094     $ 265,946     $ 244,706     $ 232,609     $ 207,282  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    1.25 %(b)      1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.02 %(b)      0.14     0.52     0.58     0.53     0.76

Portfolio turnover(c)

    2 %(a)      9     10     14     18     17

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE
YEARS ENDED
JULY 31,
    FOR THE PERIOD
APRIL 30, 2018
(COMMENCEMENT OF
OPERATIONS) TO
JULY 31, 2018
 
    (UNAUDITED)     2021     2020     2019        

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

  $ 71.12     $ 52.10     $ 46.11     $ 43.16     $ 40.86  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income from investment operations:          

Net investment income

    0.14       0.30       0.39       0.39       0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.47       19.54       6.16       3.59       2.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase from investment operations

    1.61       19.84       6.55       3.98       2.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:          

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.10     (0.31     (0.43     (0.39     (0.14

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.85     (0.51     (0.13     (0.64     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends.

    (0.95     (0.82     (0.56     (1.03     (0.14
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 71.78     $ 71.12     $ 52.10     $ 46.11     $ 43.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    2.17 %(a)      38.33     14.28     9.65     6.50 %(a) 
Ratios/Supplemental data:          

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 224,417     $ 178,038     $ 94,039     $ 54,850     $ 29,978  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.95 %(b)      0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95 %(b) 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.32 %(b)      0.44     0.82     0.88     0.83 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover(c)

    2 %(a)      9     10     14     18 %(a) 

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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GREEN CENTURY MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

    FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE
YEARS ENDED
JULY 31,
    FOR THE PERIOD
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
(COMMENCEMENT OF
OPERATIONS) TO
JULY 31, 2017
 
    (UNAUDITED)     2021     2020     2019     2018        

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

  $ 14.94     $ 11.68     $ 11.07     $ 11.50     $ 11.31     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:            

Net investment income

    0.06       0.09       0.10       0.18       0.17       0.10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments.

    (0.72     3.27       0.59       (0.40     0.24       1.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.66     3.36       0.69       (0.22     0.41       1.41  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:            

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.08     (0.10     (0.08     (0.16     (0.19     (0.10

Distributions from net realized gains

    (0.26     —         —         (0.05     (0.03     —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends

    (0.34     (0.10     (0.08     (0.21     (0.22     (0.10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 13.94     $ 14.94     $ 11.68     $ 11.07     $ 11.50     $ 11.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    (4.56 )%(a)      28.76     6.28     (1.82 )%      3.62     14.18 %(a) 
Ratios/Supplemental data:            

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 50,823     $ 46,508     $ 29,073     $ 22,110     $ 18,744     $ 8,087  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    1.28 %(b)      1.28     1.28     1.28     1.28     1.28 %(b) 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.95 %(b)      0.77     0.98     1.79     1.71     1.79 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover(c)

    5 %(a)      31     20     23     28     13 %(a) 

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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GREEN CENTURY MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    FOR THE
YEARS ENDED
JULY 31,
    FOR THE PERIOD
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
(COMMENCEMENT OF
OPERATIONS) TO
JULY 31, 2017
 
     (UNAUDITED)     2021     2020     2019     2018        

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

   $ 14.90     $ 11.66     $ 11.07     $ 11.50     $ 11.31     $ 10.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:             

Net investment income

     0.09       0.13       0.13       0.21       0.21       0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments.

     (0.71     3.26       0.59       (0.38     0.23       1.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (0.62     3.39       0.72       (0.17     0.44       1.43  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less dividends:             

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.10     (0.15     (0.13     (0.21     (0.22     (0.12

Distributions from net realized gains

     (0.26     —         —         (0.05     (0.03     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease from dividends

     (0.36     (0.15     (0.13     (0.26     (0.25     (0.12
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 13.92     $ 14.90     $ 11.66     $ 11.07     $ 11.50     $ 11.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     (4.32 )%(a)      29.09     6.51     (1.43 )%      3.90     14.36 %(a) 
Ratios/Supplemental data:             

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

   $ 115,910     $ 112,002     $ 61,608     $ 42,012     $ 31,808     $ 15,574  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     0.98 %(b)      0.98     0.98     0.98     0.98     0.98 %(b) 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets .

     1.25 %(b)      1.07     1.28     2.09     2.01     2.09 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover(c)

     5 %(a)      31     20     23     28     13 %(a) 

 

(a)

Not annualized.

(b)

Annualized.

(c)

Calculated at Fund level.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

 

 

NOTE 1 — Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Green Century Funds (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust which offers three separate series, the Green Century Balanced Fund (the “Balanced Fund”), the Green Century Equity Fund (the “Equity Fund”) and the Green Century MSCI International Index Fund (the “MSCI International Index Fund”), each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. The Balanced Fund Investor Share Class commenced operations on March 18, 1992, The Balanced Fund Institutional Share Class commenced operations on November 30, 2020, the Equity Fund Individual Investor Share Class commenced operations on September 13, 1995, the Equity Fund Institutional Share Class commenced operations on April 30, 2018, and the Individual Investor Share Class and Institutional Share Class of the MSCI International Index Fund commenced operations on September 30, 2016.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services—Investment Companies”.

The following is a summary of the Funds’ significant accounting policies:

 

  (A)

Investment Valuation:    Equity securities listed on U.S. national securities exchanges other than NASDAQ are valued at last sale price. If a last sale price is not available, securities listed on U.S. national exchanges other than NASDAQ are valued at the mean between the closing bid and closing ask prices. NASDAQ National Market® and SmallCapSM securities are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). The NOCP is based on the last traded price if it falls within the concurrent best bid and ask prices and is normalized pursuant to NASDAQ’s published procedures if it falls outside this range. If a NOCP is not available for any such security, the security is valued at the last sale price, or, if there have been no sales that day, at the mean between the closing bid and closing ask prices. Unlisted U.S. equity securities are valued at last sale price, or when last sale prices are not available, at the last quoted bid price. Debt securities (other than certificates of deposit and short-term obligations maturing in sixty days or less) are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which takes into account appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, and other market data, without exclusive reliance on quoted prices or exchange or over-the-counter prices. Securities, if any, for which there are no such valuations or quotations available, or for which the market quotation or valuation provided by a pricing service is deemed not reliable, are valued at fair value by management as determined in good faith under guidelines established by the Trustees. Certificates of deposit are valued at cost plus accrued interest, and short-term obligations maturing in sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, both of which approximate market value.

For non-U.S. securities traded in foreign markets, the MSCI International Index Fund uses a fair value model developed by an independent pricing service to assist in valuing those securities. If an event occurs after the time at which the market for foreign securities held by the Fund closes but before the time that the Fund’s next

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

  continued

 

NAV is calculated, such event may cause the closing price on the foreign exchange to not represent the readily available reliable market value quotation for such securities at the time the Fund determines its NAV. In such a case, the Fund will use the fair value of such securities as determined under the Fund’s valuation procedures. Events after the close of trading on a foreign market that could require a Fund to fair value some or all of its foreign securities include, among others, securities trading in the U.S. and other markets, corporate announcements, natural and other disasters, and political and other events. Among other elements of analysis in the determination of a security’s fair value, the Board has authorized the use of one or more independent research services to assist with such determinations. An independent research service may use statistical analyses and quantitative models to help determine fair value as of the time the Fund calculates its NAV. There can be no assurance that such models accurately reflect the behavior of the applicable markets or the effect of the behavior of such markets on the fair value of securities, or that such markets will continue to behave in a fashion that is consistent with such models. Unlike the closing price of a security on an exchange, fair value determinations employ elements of judgment. Consequently, the fair value assigned to a security may not represent the actual value that the Fund could obtain if it were to sell the security at the time of the close of the NYSE. Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board, the Fund is not obligated to use the fair valuations suggested by any research service, and valuation recommendations provided by such research services may be overridden if other events have occurred or if other fair valuations are determined in good faith to be more accurate. Unless an event is such that it causes the Fund to determine that the closing prices for one or more securities do not represent readily available reliable market value quotations at the time the Fund determines its NAV, events that occur between the time of the close of the foreign market on which they are traded and the close of regular trading on the NYSE will not be reflected in the Fund’s NAV.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 — quoted prices for active markets for identical securities. An active market for the security is a market in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. A quoted price in an active market provides the most reliable evidence of fair value.

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Examples of level 2 inputs include 1) quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active 2) investments valued at amortized cost and 3) investments valued with inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. An adjustment to any observable input that is significant to the fair value may render the measurement a Level 3 measurement.

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs, including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In some cases, the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those cases, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the same level of the fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

  continued

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Balanced Fund’s net assets as of January 31, 2022:

 

      LEVEL 1      LEVEL 2      LEVEL 3      TOTAL  

COMMON STOCKS

     $266,686,896        $              —          $            —          $266,686,896  

BONDS & NOTES

     —          136,156,532        —          136,156,532  

SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS

     17,801,792        —          —          17,801,792  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $284,488,688        $136,156,532        $            —          $420,645,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Equity Fund’s net assets as of January 31, 2022:

 

      LEVEL 1      LEVEL 2      LEVEL 3      TOTAL  

COMMON STOCKS

     $563,113,331        $          —          $          —          $563,113,331  

SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS

     2,248,054        —          —          2,248,054  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $565,361,385        $          —          $          —          $565,361,385  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the MSCI International Index Fund’s net assets as of January 31, 2022:

 

      LEVEL 1      LEVEL 2      LEVEL 3      TOTAL  
COMMON STOCKS            

JAPAN

     $          —          $31,847,793        $          —          $31,847,793  

GERMANY

     —          17,415,854        —          17,415,854  

UNITED KINGDOM

     403,822        16,441,064        —          16,844,886  

SWITZERLAND

     —          16,433,114        —          16,433,114  

CANADA

     15,824,301        —          —          15,824,301  

FRANCE

     —          15,430,730        —          15,430,730  

NETHERLANDS

     —          10,698,211        —          10,698,211  

DENMARK

     —          9,373,647        —          9,373,647  

AUSTRALIA

     —          7,077,017        —          7,077,017  

HONG KONG

     —          3,800,040        —          3,800,040  

SINGAPORE

     —          3,568,428        —          3,568,428  

SPAIN

     —          2,618,779        —          2,618,779  

SWEDEN

     —          2,326,242        —          2,326,242  

IRELAND

     —          2,050,652        —          2,050,652  

ITALY

     —          1,879,669        —          1,879,669  

NORWAY

     —          1,790,463        —          1,790,463  

JERSEY

     —          1,207,438        —          1,207,438  

NEW ZEALAND

     —          1,148,539        —          1,148,539  

BELGIUM

     —          1,009,974        —          1,009,974  

FINLAND

     —          944,769        —          944,769  

ISRAEL

     —          539,918        —          539,918  

PORTUGAL

     —          231,975        —          231,975  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

     16,228,123        147,834,316        —          164,062,439  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS

     1,490,326        —          —          1,490,326  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $17,718,449        $147,834,316        $          —          $165,552,765  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

  continued

 

There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the reporting period.

  (B)

Securities Transactions and Investment Income:    Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are determined using the identified cost basis. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on bonds, is recognized on the accrual basis and dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares in proportion to their relative shares outstanding.

  (C)

Currency Translation and Contracts:    Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies, are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. Occasionally, events impact the availability or reliability of foreign exchange rates used to convert the U.S. dollar equivalent value. If such an event occurs, the foreign exchange rate will be valued at fair value using procedures established and approved by the Board of Trustees. The Funds do not separately report the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from changes in market prices on securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments. Realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the recorded amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in fair value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities held at the end of the reporting period, resulting from changes in exchange rates. When a Fund purchases or sells foreign securities, it enters into foreign exchange contracts to minimize foreign exchange risk from the trade date to the settlement date of the transactions. A foreign exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to exchange different currencies at an agreed-upon exchange rate on a specified date. The MSCI International Index Fund had no open foreign currency spot contracts outstanding as of January 31, 2022.

Cash, including cash denominated in foreign currencies, represents cash on hand held at major financial institutions and is subject to credit risk to the extent the balance exceeds applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) limitations.

  (D)

Distributions:    Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, semi-annually and distribute net realized capital gains, if any, annually. The amount and character of income and net realized gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with Federal income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. To the extent that these differences are attributable to permanent book and tax accounting differences, the components of net assets have been adjusted.

  (E)

Federal Taxes:    Each series of the Trust is treated as a separate entity for Federal income tax purposes. Each Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”). Accordingly, no provisions for Federal income or excise tax are necessary.

U.S. GAAP requires that all entities, including pass-through entities such as the Funds, establish a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether an entity is taxable in a particular jurisdiction). The Funds recognize tax benefits only if it is more likely than not that a tax position (including the Funds’ assertion that their income is exempt from tax) will be sustained upon examination. The Funds had no material uncertain tax positions and have not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of January 31, 2022. Also, the Funds had recognized no interest and

 

39


GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

  continued

 

penalties related to uncertain tax benefits through January 31, 2022. At January 31, 2022, the tax years 2018 through 2021 remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

  (F)

Redemption Fee:    A 2.00% redemption fee is retained by the Funds to offset the effect of transaction costs and other expenses associated with short-term investing. The fee is imposed on redemptions or exchanges of shares held 60 days or less from their purchase date. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, the Balanced Fund, Equity Fund and MSCI International Index Fund received $3,319, $5,430 and $2,228 respectively, in redemption fees. Redemption fees are recorded as an adjustment to paid-in capital.

  (G)

Indemnification:    The Funds’ organizational documents provide that trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In the normal course of business, the Funds may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. As of January 31, 2022, no liability has been accrued.

  (H)

Offsetting of Assets and Liabilities:    As of January 31, 2022, there are no master netting arrangements related to the Funds. The Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities present derivative instruments on a gross basis, if applicable. As of January 31, 2022, no derivative instruments were held by the Funds.

NOTE 2 — Transactions With Affiliates

  (A)

Investment Adviser:    Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (“Green Century”) is the adviser (“the Adviser”) for the Funds. Green Century is owned by Paradigm Partners. Green Century oversees the portfolio management of the Funds on a day-to-day basis. Effective February 1, 2018, Green Century and the Funds on behalf of the Balanced Fund entered into a contractual investment advisory fee waiver agreement pursuant to which Green Century agreed to waive that portion of the fee to which it is otherwise entitled under the Advisory Agreement between Green Century and the Funds with respect to the Balanced Fund, so that Green Century’s investment advisory fee with respect to the Fund shall be equal on an annual basis to 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to $250 million and 0.60% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $250 million, accrued daily and paid monthly. Effective November 28, 2018, the Balanced Fund’s Advisory Agreement was amended to reflect the same reduction in the advisory fee that was stipulated in the fee waiver agreement. Prior to February 1, 2018, the Balanced Fund paid Green Century a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.65% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The Equity Fund pays Green Century a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.25% of the Equity Fund’s average daily net assets up to but not including $100 million, 0.22% of average daily net assets including $100 million up to but not including $500 million, 0.17% of average daily net assets including $500 million up to but not including $1 billion and 0.12% of average daily net assets equal to or in excess of $1 billion. The MSCI International Index Fund pays Green Century a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.28% of the MSCI International Index Fund’s average daily net assets.

  (B)

Subadvisers:    Trillium Asset Management, LLC (“Trillium”) is the subadviser for the Balanced Fund. Effective February 1, 2018, Green Century, Trillium, and the Funds on behalf of the Balanced Fund entered into a contractual investment subadvisory fee waiver agreement pursuant to which Trillium agreed to waive that portion of the fee to which it is otherwise entitled under the Subadvisory Agreement between Green Century, Trillium and the Funds with respect to the Balanced Fund, so that Trillium’s investment subadvisory fee with respect to the Fund shall be equal on an annual basis to 0.40% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to $30 million, 0.35% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $30 million

 

40


GREEN CENTURY FUNDS NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

  continued

 

  up to $250 million, and 0.30% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $250 million. Effective November 28, 2018, the Balanced Fund’s Subadvisory Agreement was amended to reflect the same reduction in the subadvisory fee that was stipulated in the fee waiver agreement. Prior to February 1, 2018, Trillium was paid a fee by the Adviser at an annual rate of 0.40% on the first $30 million of average daily net assets and 0.35% on average daily net assets in excess of $30 million for its services. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, Green Century accrued fees of $714,164 to Trillium. Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“Northern Trust”) is the subadviser for the Equity Fund and MSCI International Index Fund. For the Equity Fund, Northern Trust is paid a fee by the Adviser based on Northern Trust’s fee schedule of the greater of $75,000 or 0.10% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to but not including $50 million, 0.05% of the average daily net assets of the Fund from and including $50 million up to but not including $100 million and 0.03% of the average daily net assets of the Fund equal to or in excess of $100 million for its services. For the MSCI International Index Fund, Northern Trust is paid a fee by the Adviser based on Northern Trust’s fee schedule of the greater of $100,000 or 0.17% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to but not including $50 million, 0.12% of the average daily net assets of the Fund from and including $50 million up to but not including $100 million and 0.08% of the average daily net assets of the Fund equal to or in excess of $100 million for its services. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, Green Century accrued fees of $104,928 and $100,260 to Northern Trust for the Equity Fund and the MSCI International Index Fund, respectively.
  (C)

Administrator:    Green Century is the administrator (“the Administrator”) of the Green Century Funds. Pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, Green Century pays all the expenses of each Fund other than the investment advisory fees; interest; taxes; brokerage costs and other capital expenses; expenses of non-interested trustees (including counsel fees) and any extraordinary expenses. The Balanced Fund pays Green Century a fee at a rate such that immediately following any payment to the Administrator, the total operating expenses of the Fund, on an annual basis, do not exceed 1.48% of the Fund’s Individual Investor Class average daily net assets up to and including $250 million and 1.43% of the Fund’s Individual Investor Class average daily net assets in excess of $250 million, and 1.18% of the Fund’s Institutional Class average daily net assets up to and including $250 million and 1.13% of the Fund’s Institutional Class average daily net assets in excess of $250 million. The Equity Fund pays Green Century a fee at a rate such that immediately following any payment to the Administrator, the total operating expenses of the Fund, on an annual basis, do not exceed 1.25% of the Fund’s Individual Investor Class average daily net assets, and 0.95% of the Fund’s Institutional Class average daily net assets. The MSCI International Index Fund pays Green Century a fee at a rate such that immediately following any payment to the Administrator, the total operating expenses of the Fund, on an annual basis, do not exceed 1.28% of the Fund’s Individual Investor Class average daily net assets, and 0.98% of the Fund’s Institutional Class average daily net assets.

  (D)

Subadministrator:    Pursuant to a Subadministrative and Fund Accounting Services Agreement with the Administrator, UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) as Subadministrator and Fund Accountant, is responsible for conducting fund accounting and certain day-to-day administration of the Trust subject to the supervision and direction of the Administrator. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, Green Century accrued fees of $136,240, $166,047, and $68,109 to UMBFS related to services performed on behalf of the Balanced Fund, the Equity Fund, and the MSCI International Index Fund, respectively.

  (E)

Index Agreements:    The Equity Fund invests in the securities of the companies included in the MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuels Index (the “KLD Index”). The Index is owned and maintained by MSCI ESG Research (“MSCI”). For the use of the KLD Index for the Equity Fund, MSCI is paid by the Adviser an annual license fee

 

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  of $27,370, plus the greater of $26,000 or at an annual rate of 0.05% on the first $100 million of average daily net assets, 0.04% on the next $100 million of average daily net assets, and 0.03% on average daily net assets in excess of $200 million. The MSCI International Index Fund invests in the securities included in the MSCI World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index (the “World Index”). The Index is owned and maintained by MSCI. For the use of the World Index for the MSCI International Index Fund, MSCI is paid by the Adviser an annual license fee of $27,820, plus the greater of $25,000 or at an annual rate of 0.05% on the first $100 million of average daily net assets, 0.04% on the next $100 million of average daily net assets, and 0.03% on average daily net assets in excess of $200 million. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, Green Century accrued fees of $111,164 and $52,812 to MSCI for the Equity Fund and MSCI International Index Fund, respectively.

NOTE 3 — Investment Transactions

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, the Balanced Fund’s cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $24,577,511 and $22,823,988 respectively. The Equity Fund’s cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $50,844,007 and $13,476,997, respectively. The MSCI International Index Fund’s cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $24,584,121 and $8,486,930, respectively.

NOTE 4 — Federal Income Tax Information

The tax basis of the components of distributable net earnings (deficit) at July 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

     BALANCED FUND      EQUITY FUND      MSCI INTERNATIONAL
INDEX FUND
 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 2,184,375      $ 597,353      $ 608,514  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     11,120,985        5,348,471        1,156,779  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tax accumulated earnings

     13,305,360        5,945,824        1,765,293  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accumulated capital and other losses

     —          —          —    

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     142,553,211        283,484,206        32,126,592  

Foreign currency translations

     —          —          20,433  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributable net earnings (deficit)

   $ 155,858,571      $ 289,430,030      $ 33,912,318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 and the year ended July 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

     BALANCED FUND      EQUITY FUND  
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2020
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2020
 

Ordinary income

   $ 670,021      $ 1,380,364      $ 1,620,123      $ 2,051,600  

Long-term capital gains

     11,202,683        4,185,315        2,863,736        678,002  
     MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND                
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
     YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2020
               

Ordinary income

   $ 1,385,789      $ 812,787        

Long-term capital gains

     —          —          

 

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  continued

 

NOTE 5 — Capital Share Transactions

Capital Share transactions for the Balanced Fund, the Equity Fund and the MSCI International Index Fund were as follows:

 

     BALANCED FUND
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
    BALANCED FUND
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     647,401       1,522,668  

Reinvestment of dividends

     336,823       328,224  

Shares redeemed

     (685,368     (3,196,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     298,856       (1,345,187
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     BALANCED FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
    BALANCED FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    PERIOD ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     498,778       2,406,989  

Reinvestment of dividends

     103,665       19,108  

Shares redeemed

     (81,941     (109,202
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     520,502       2,316,895  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     EQUITY FUND
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
    EQUITY FUND
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     287,399       584,672  

Reinvestment of dividends

     50,649       44,915  

Shares redeemed

     (340,620     (983,440
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,572     (353,853
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     EQUITY FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
    EQUITY FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     797,451       941,642  

Reinvestment of dividends

     30,324       25,403  

Shares redeemed

     (204,665     (268,728
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     623,110       698,317  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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  concluded

 

     MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
    MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     682,592       1,098,251  

Reinvestment of dividends

     77,682       19,664  

Shares redeemed

     (228,815     (494,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     531,459       623,852  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
    MSCI INTERNATIONAL INDEX
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
 
     SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2022
    YEAR ENDED
JULY 31, 2021
 

Shares sold

     1,183,055       3,286,981  

Reinvestment of dividends

     192,472       73,909  

Shares redeemed

     (560,824     (1,130,521
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     814,703       2,230,369  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NOTE 6 — Market Risk from COVID-19

In March 2020, a pandemic related to COVID-19 was declared. The pandemic represents a market risk factor including uncertainty in the financial markets. Green Century will continue to monitor market conditions as information is available and evaluate the potential impacts, if any, on the value of its investments.

NOTE 7 — Subsequent Events

Subsequent to January 31, 2022 and through the date on which the financial statements were available for issuance, management has evaluated subsequent events requiring disclosure.

There were no events requiring accrual or disclosure.

 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ CONSIDERATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

 

The Board of Trustees of the Green Century Funds (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) considered and approved the continuation of the Funds’ advisory and subadvisory agreements.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS WITH GREEN CENTURY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

The Trustees, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreements, as amended (the “Advisory Agreements”) between the Trust, on behalf of each of the Balanced Fund, the Equity Fund, and the International Fund and Green Century Capital Management (“Green Century” or the “Adviser”) at the October 13-14, 2021 meeting. The Trustees considered, among other things, information provided by Green Century regarding the investment performance of each Fund; the expenses of each Fund and the advisory fee paid to Green Century by each Fund; and the profitability to Green Century of its advisory relationship with each Fund. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel in considering these materials and the approval and continuance of the Advisory Agreements. The Trustees considered all of the information provided to them by Green Century, including information provided throughout the year. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from independent legal counsel advising them of their duties and responsibilities in connection with the review of the Advisory Agreements. The Trustees met with representatives of Green Century at the Trustees’ October 13-14, 2021 meeting to discuss matters related to the continuation of the Advisory Agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees met with their independent counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present. In approving the Advisory Agreements the Trustees did not identify any single factor as determinative. Matters considered in connection with their approval of the Advisory Agreements included the following.

Nature, Quality, and Extent of Services Performed.    The Trustees considered the scope and quality of the services performed for each of the Funds by the Adviser, including the resources dedicated by the Adviser.

With respect to the Balanced Fund, the services performed include the oversight and monitoring of the portfolio management and performance of the Balanced Fund; monitoring the implementation of the Balanced Fund’s environmental screens; implementing the environmental and other policies of the Trust by voting the Balanced Fund’s shareholder proxies independently and without reliance on third-party proxy advisory firms; and overall compliance oversight provided by the Adviser. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s supervision of Trillium Asset Management, LLC (“Trillium”), the subadviser of the Balanced Fund, which performs the day-to-day portfolio management for the Fund.

With respect to the Equity Fund and the International Fund, these services include monitoring the Equity Fund’s performance and tracking error relative to the MSCI KLD 400 Social ex Fossil Fuels Index (the “MSCI KLD Index”); monitoring the International Fund’s performance and tracking error relative to the MSCI World ex USA SRI ex Fossil Fuels Index (the “MSCI World Index”); implementing the environmental and other policies of the Trust by voting the Equity Fund’s and the International Fund’s shareholder proxies independently and without reliance on third-party proxy advisory firms; and overall compliance oversight provided by the Adviser. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s supervision of Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“Northern Trust”), the subadviser of the Equity Fund and the International Fund, which performs day-to-day portfolio management for those two Funds.

In addition, the Trustees considered the Adviser’s ongoing efforts and commitment with respect to shareholder advocacy and corporate environmental responsibility. They took into account the not-for-profit ownership of the Adviser’s business, including its grant to a non profit organization out of its own resources and the fact that any distribution of profits by the Adviser are paid to its 100% owner, Paradigm Partners, which is comprised entirely of

 

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nonprofit advocacy organizations so that no individuals directly benefit from the distributed earned profits of the Adviser. The Trustees noted the Adviser’s distribution of profits in recent years and acknowledged the long-term commitment from Paradigm Partners over the life of the Funds. They also considered the administrative services provided by Green Century to the Funds under a separate agreement, including the coordination of the activities of the Funds’ other service providers. The Trustees took into account Green Century’s ongoing response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its adaptation to remote working. Based on its review of all of the services provided, the Trustees concluded that the nature, quality, and extent of services provided by the Adviser supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreements with respect to each Fund.

Investment Performance.    With respect to the Balanced Fund, the Trustees reviewed and considered information regarding the investment performance of the Balanced Fund and comparative data with respect to the performance of other funds designated by Morningstar to have similar investment objectives as well as the Balanced Fund’s performance measured against the Lipper Balanced Fund Index (“Lipper Index”), which is a broad-based balanced fund market index, and against a custom balanced index (“Custom Index”) comprised of a 60% weighting in the S&P 1500 Index and a 40% weighting in the BofA Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year US Corporate and Government Index. In addition, the Trustees took into account the performance information they had been provided throughout the year. After weighing all the factors deemed appropriate, including the environmental screens applied to the Fund’s investment process, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the Balanced Fund supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Balanced Fund.

With respect to the Equity Fund and the International Fund, the Trustees considered that due to each Fund’s passive investment strategy, the principal concern with regard to investment performance was the extent to which the Fund tracked its respective index. After considering all the factors deemed appropriate, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the Equity Fund and the International Fund supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Equity Fund and the International Fund, respectively.    

The Costs of Services Provided and Profitability.    The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided to the Funds and the profitability to the Adviser from its arrangements with the Funds.

The Trustees reviewed and considered an analysis of the advisory fees and total expenses ratios of each Fund and comparative data for multiple categories of mutual funds included in and as defined by Morningstar’s mutual fund database of thousands of mutual funds. In addition, the Trustees considered comparative advisory fee and expense ratio information provided by Green Century relating to a smaller set of peer funds identified by Green Century. The Trustees took into account, among other things, the distinct nature of the Funds as compared with the peer funds, particularly with respect to the Funds’ social investing, the non-profit ownership of the Adviser, and the Adviser’s advocacy efforts and how those characteristics distinguished the Funds from their peers. The Trustees also noted that, based on information provided by Green Century, competitors to the Equity Fund include actively managed funds in addition to index funds.

With respect to the Morningstar peer groups, for the Balanced Fund, the Trustees noted that, based on the information provided, the Fund’s advisory fee for the Individual Investor Class was higher than the average advisory fee for socially conscious funds (by 7 basis point), socially conscious balanced Funds (by 13 basis points), all balanced funds (by 14 basis points), and balanced funds with assets between $400 million and $500 million (by 19 basis points). The Trustees also noted that the total expense ratio of the Balanced Fund Investor Class was capped at 1.46% primarily through the application of a “unitary administrative fee” paid to Green Century, and that the total expense ratio was higher than that of the average of socially conscious funds (by 42 basis points), socially conscious balanced funds (by 40 basis points), all balanced funds (by 49 basis points), and balanced funds with assets between $400 million and $500 million (by 44 basis points).

 

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For the Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that, based on the information provided, the Fund’s advisory fee for the Individual Investor Class was lower than the average advisory fee for socially conscious funds (by 33 basis points), socially conscious large growth funds (by 38 basis points), all large growth funds (by 46 basis points), large growth funds with assets between $500 million and $600 million (by 46 basis points) and large growth index funds (by 41 basis points). The Trustees also noted that the total expense ratio of Individual Investor Class of the Equity Fund was capped at 1.25% primarily through the application of a “unitary administrative fee” paid to Green Century, and that the total expense ratio was higher than the average of socially conscious funds (by 21 basis points), socially conscious large growth funds (by 16 basis points), large growth funds with assets between $500 million and $600 million (by 7 basis points), the average of all large growth fund (by 4 basis points) and was lower than the average of large growth index funds (by 2 basis points).

For the International Fund, the Trustees noted that, based on the information provided, the Fund’s advisory fee for the Individual Investor Class was lower than that of the average advisory fee for socially conscious funds (by 28 basis points), socially conscious foreign large blend funds (by 39 basis points), all foreign large blend funds (by 37 basis points) and foreign large blend funds with assets between $100 million and $200 million (by 40 basis points), and higher than the average advisory fee for foreign large blend index funds (by 13 basis points). The Trustees also noted that the total expense ratio of Individual Investor Class shares of the International Fund was capped at 1.28% primarily through the application of a “unitary administrative fee” paid to Green Century, and that the total expense ratio was higher than that of the average of socially conscious funds (by 24 basis points), socially conscious foreign large blend funds (by 16 basis points), all foreign large blend funds (by 20 basis points), foreign large blend funds with assets between $100 million and $200 million (by 39 basis point) and foreign large blend index funds (by 103 basis points).

Green Century provided the Trustees with information relating to the profitability to Green Century of its advisory relationships to the Funds. The Trustees noted that based on information provided by Green Century, the relationships to the Funds had not been profitable for several years, though recent growth in Fund assets resulted in a profit for the Adviser’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 and increasing levels of profit for subsequent periods through the Adviser’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. The Trustees considered an analysis of the estimated Fund-by-Fund profitability for Green Century from the investment management and administrative service it provides to the Trust, which showed that the Adviser had made a profit from managing the Balanced Fund, the Equity Fund and, for the first time, the International Fund. In this regard, the Trustees considered the subadvisory fees and the other expenses incurred by the Adviser in providing advisory services to the Funds and the amount retained by Green Century out of the advisory fees. The Trustees also considered the fees received by Green Century for providing administrative services to the Funds and the expenses incurred in providing those services. In considering the cost allocation methodology used by Green Century, the Trustees took into consideration that the Adviser does not provide advisory or administrative services to other mutual funds or non-mutual fund clients. The Trustees considered the costs and entrepreneurial risks assumed by the Adviser in connection with launching, branding and maintaining publicly-offered mutual funds and that the Adviser had been unprofitable for ten of the last twenty fiscal years. The Trustees took into account the operational enhancements that Green Century had indicated it would need to undertake in connection with the growth of Fund assets, the addition of new share classes, and the expansion into different types of assets. The Trustees also considered Green Century’s non-profit ownership structure, its cost structure and personnel needs, and its investment in shareholder advocacy that aligns with the Funds’ stated intention to promote greater corporate environmental accountability. After reviewing the information described above, the Trustees concluded that the fees specified in the Advisory Agreements, taking into account the costs of the services provided by the Adviser and the profitability to the Adviser of its relationships with the Funds, supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreements with respect to the Funds.

Other Benefits.    With respect to fall-out benefits from the Adviser’s arrangements with the Funds, the Trustees considered that neither Green Century nor any affiliate of Green Century receives any brokerage fees, soft dollar

 

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benefits, liquidity rebates from electronic communications networks or payments for order flow from the trades executed for each Fund. The Trustees noted that Green Century does potentially benefit from its relationship with the Funds due to the Funds’ reputation as the first family of no-load environmentally responsible mutual funds and, more recently, as a pioneer in responsible and diversified fossil fuel free mutual funds. The Trustees considered that the association with the Funds supports Green Century’s own stated mission of advocating for corporate environmental responsibility. Further, pursuant to the Advisory Agreements, Green Century has reserved for itself the rights to the names “Green Century Funds” and any similar names; thus, Green Century may benefit in the future from developing other funds or investment products with the Green Century brand. The Trustees concluded that the fall-out benefits to be realized by Green Century were appropriate.

Economies of Scale.    The Trustees also considered whether economies of scale could be realized by the Adviser as the Funds grow in asset size and the extent to which such economies of scale were reflected in the level of fees charged. They noted the relatively small size of each Fund and the resultant difficulty of achieving meaningful economies of scale, though they took into account the effects of significant increases in Fund and Trust assets over the past few years relative to a very small base. They considered that if the assets were to increase, the Funds could have the opportunity to experience economies of scale as fixed costs would become a smaller percentage of the Funds’ assets and some of the Funds’ service providers’ fees, as a percentage of the Funds’ assets, could decrease. The Trustees noted that the advisory fee structure for each of the Equity Fund and the Balanced Fund includes breakpoints that would cause the advisory fee to decrease as a percentage of net assets as the Fund increased in size, though under certain circumstances the structure of the Equity Fund’s unitary administrative fee arrangement with the Adviser offsets the effects of any advisory fee reduction on the total expense ratio. The Trustees concluded that there was no current need to seek additional breakpoints, that economies of scale could be realized as the Funds grow, and that if assets increased significantly the Trustees would have opportunities to negotiate further breakpoints or other decreases in fees with the Adviser.

Based on a review of all factors deemed relevant the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the Advisory Agreements with respect to all of the Funds should be continued for an additional one-year period.

INVESTMENT SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the continuance of the subadvisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Balanced Fund, Green Century, and Trillium, as amended (the “Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement”), the continuance of the subadvisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Equity Fund, Green Century, and Northern Trust (the “Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement”) and the continuance of the subadvisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the International Fund, Green Century, and Northern Trust (the “International Fund Subadvisory Agreement” and together with the Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement and the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement, the “Subadvisory Agreements”) at the October 13-14, 2021 meeting. In connection with their deliberations at the meetings, the Trustees considered, among other things, information provided by Trillium regarding the investment performance of the Balanced Fund, and information provided by Northern Trust regarding the investment performance of the Equity Fund (including the success with which the Equity Fund tracked the MSCI KLD Index) and the International Fund (including the success with which the International Fund tracked the MSCI World Index), the subadvisory fees paid to Trillium and Northern Trust, the profitability to Trillium of its subadvisory relationship to the Balanced Fund and financial information about Northern Trust. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel in considering these materials and the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreements. The Trustees considered all of the information provided to them by Trillium and Northern Trust, including information provided throughout the year. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from independent legal counsel advising them of their duties and responsibilities in connection with the contract review. The Trustees met with representatives of Trillium and Northern Trust at the Trustees’ October 13-14, 2021 meeting to discuss matters related to the continuation of the Subadvisory Agreements. Prior to voting, the Independent Trustees met with their independent counsel in private sessions at which no representatives of management were present. In approving the continuance of

 

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the Subadvisory Agreements the Trustees did not identify any single factor as determinative. Matters considered in connection with their approval of the Subadvisory Agreements included the following.

Nature, Quality, and Extent of Services Performed.    The Trustees noted that under the terms of the Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement, Trillium provided the day-to-day portfolio management of the Balanced Fund, including determining asset and sector allocation; conducting securities selection and discovery; researching and analyzing environmental policies and practices of companies and implementing the Balanced Fund’s environmental screening criteria; managing the volatility, liquidity, risk, and turnover of the portfolio; and investing the portfolio consistent with the Balanced Fund’s investment objective and policies. The Trustees considered the professional expertise, tenure, and qualifications of the portfolio management team and noted that Trillium was devoted exclusively to environmentally and socially responsible investing and managed over $4 billion in assets. The Trustees also considered Trillium’s compliance record as well as the professional experience and responsiveness of Trillium’s compliance staff, as reported to them by the Trust’s chief compliance officer. The Trustees also considered Trillium’s leadership in social and environmental responsibility, including its shareholder advocacy efforts.

The Trustees noted that under the terms of the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement and the International Fund Subadvisory Agreement, Northern Trust provided the day-to-day portfolio management of each of the Equity Fund and the International Fund, making purchases and sales of portfolio securities consistent with each such Fund’s investment objective and policies and with changes to the applicable index. The Trustees considered the professional expertise, tenure, and qualifications of the portfolio management team as well as the team’s experience in passive management. The Trustees also considered Northern Trust’s handling of daily inflows and outflows, transaction costs, tracking error, and the portfolio turnover rates for each of the Equity Fund and the International Fund. The Trustees also considered Northern Trust’s compliance record as well as the professional experience and responsiveness of Northern Trust’s compliance staff, as reported to them by the Trust’s chief compliance officer.

The Trustees took into account Trillium’s and Northern Trust’s responses to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and each firm’s response to the related market turbulence in 2021. Based on its review of all of the services provided and to be provided, the Trustees concluded that the nature, quality, and extent of services provided by Trillium and Northern Trust, respectively, supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreements.

Investment Performance.    The Trustees reviewed and considered information regarding the investment performance of the Balanced Fund and comparative data with respect to the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives as well as other broad-based market indexes. The Trustees noted that as of periods ended August 31, 2021, the Balanced Fund’s one-, three-, five- and ten-year average annual returns outperformed the Lipper Index. The Trustees also noted that as of periods ended August 31, 2021, the Balanced Fund’s one-, three-, and five-year average annual returns outperformed the Custom Index and its ten-year average annual returns underperformed the Custom Index. After considering all the factors deemed appropriate, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the Balanced Fund together with Trillium’s investment process, philosophies and experience in environmentally and socially responsible investing, supported the continuance of the Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement.

With respect to the Equity Fund and the International Fund, the Trustees considered that due to each Fund’s passive investment strategy, the principal concern with regard to investment performance was the extent to which the Fund tracked its respective index. The Trustees reviewed the performance of the Individual Investor Class shares of the Equity Fund as compared to that of the MSCI KLD Index for the twelve-month period ended July 31, 2021, and noted that the Equity Fund’s performance closely followed that of the MSCI KLD Index. In particular, they observed that, after taking into consideration the fees and expenses of the Individual Investor Class shares, for the one-year period the Equity Fund’s performance was in line with that of the MSCI KLD Index. After considering all the factors deemed appropriate, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the Equity Fund together with Northern Trust’s investment process and

 

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experience in passive portfolio management supported the continuance of the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees reviewed the performance of the Individual Investor Class shares of the International Fund, exclusive of the expenses of the class, as compared to that of the MSCI World Index for the twelve-month period ended July 31, 2021, and noted that while the Fund’s performance followed that of the MSCI World Index, the Fund slightly underperformed the average annual returns of the MSCI World Index. The Trustees took into account that the non-U.S. nature of the securities in which the International Fund invests has a significant impact on the Fund’s tracking error, either positively or negatively, and noted that there was no readily available mechanism to mitigate such tracking error. After considering all the factors they deemed appropriate, the Trustees concluded that the performance of the International Fund together with Northern Trust’s investment process and experience in passive portfolio management supported the continuance of the International Fund Subadvisory Agreement.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability.    The Trustees considered that the subadvisory fees paid by Green Century to Trillium under the Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement were 0.40% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Balanced Fund up to $30 million, 0.35% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Balanced Fund in excess of $30 million up to $250 million, and 0.30% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Balanced Fund in excess of $250 million.

In evaluating the profitability of the Subadvisory Agreement to Trillium, the Trustees noted that based on information provided by Trillium, the relationship was profitable. The Trustees noted that Trillium stated that recent increases in the assets of the Balanced Fund have allowed Trillium to realize what it considers to be a fair entrepreneurial profit on the subadvisory services it provides. The Trustees considered the financial resources Trillium dedicated and the other expenses Trillium incurred in providing subadvisory services to the Balanced Fund, including startup costs relating to the relationship, and additional personnel, legal, trading analysis and compliance costs required in the context of providing subadvisory services to a mutual fund. The Trustees took into account that Trillium is the investment adviser or sub-adviser to other mutual funds. The Trustees also considered Trillium’s fee structure and noted, based on the information provided, that the subadvisory fees were lower than the fees Trillium would receive from an institutional client with separate accounts of similar size as the Balanced Fund.

The Trustees considered that the subadvisory fees paid by Green Century to Northern Trust under the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement were an annual fee equal to the greater of (a) $75,000 or (b) 0.10% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Equity Fund up to but not including $50 million, 0.05% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Equity Fund from and including $50 million up to but not including $100 million, and 0.03% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Equity Fund equal to or in excess of $100 million.

The Trustees considered that that the subadvisory fees paid by Green Century to Northern Trust under the International Fund Subadvisory Agreement were an annual fee equal to the greater of (a) $100,000 or (b) 0.17% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to but not including $50 million, 0.12% of the average daily net assets of the Fund from and including $50 million up to but not including $100 million, and 0.08% of the average daily net assets of the Fund equal to or in excess of $100 million.

The Trustees reviewed and considered an analysis of the subadvisory fees for the Equity Fund and the International Fund against comparative data for mutual funds subadvised by Northern Trust with a similar investment strategy and asset size. The Trustees noted that each Fund paid subadvisory fees at effective rates comparable to those paid to Northern Trust by other subadvised index funds with similar levels of net assets. In evaluating the profitability of each of the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement and International Fund Subadvisory Agreement to Northern Trust, the Trustees noted that Northern Trust does not calculate earnings at the subadvisory client level.

The Trustees also considered that the subadvisory fees are paid by Green Century, and are not in addition to the advisory fees paid to Green Century by the Funds.

 

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After reviewing the information described above, the Trustees concluded that the fees specified in the Subadvisory Agreements, taking into account the nature and quality of services provided and the costs of the services provided by Trillium and Northern Trust as applicable, supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreements.

Other Benefits.    The Trustees evaluated potential other benefits that each of Trillium and Northern Trust may realize from its relationship with the applicable Fund(s). The Trustees considered the brokerage practices of Trillium, including the soft dollar commissions that were generated with respect to the Balanced Fund’s portfolio transactions. The Trustees considered that Trillium was not affiliated with a broker/dealer and therefore no benefit would be realized by Trillium through transactions with affiliated brokers. The Trustees also considered the brokerage practices of Northern Trust, including that Northern Trust does not trade for the Equity Fund or the International Fund through its affiliated broker. The Trustees also considered that no soft dollars have been paid in connection with Northern Trust’s management of the Equity Fund and the International Fund.

The Trustees further considered the reputational and other advantages that each of Trillium and Northern Trust may gain from its relationship with the applicable Fund(s), including that Northern Trust’s management of the Equity Fund and the International Fund will broaden its exposure to the socially responsible mutual fund market, which may assist in its marketing efforts. The Trustees concluded that the benefits received by each of Trillium and Northern Trust were reasonable in the context of its relationship with the applicable Fund(s).

Economies of Scale.    The Trustees also considered whether economies of scale would be realized by each of Trillium and Northern Trust as the Funds grow in asset size and the extent to which such economies of scale might be reflected in the subadvisory fees. They noted the relatively small size of each Fund (compared with similar funds in the industry) and the resultant difficulty of achieving meaningful economies of scale, though they took into account the effects of significant increases in Fund and Trust assets over the past few years. They considered that if the assets were to increase, Trillium and Northern Trust could have the opportunity to experience economies of scale. They also noted that pursuant to the Balanced Fund Subadvisory Agreement, the overall subadvisory fees paid to Trillium by Green Century (out of the advisory fee that Green Century receives from the Fund, which is subject to a breakpoint) include breakpoints at $30 million and $250 million, so that fees as a percentage of net assets decrease modestly (from 40 basis points towards 30 basis points) as assets in the Balanced Fund increase. They also noted that pursuant to the Equity Fund Subadvisory Agreement and the International Fund Subadvisory Agreement, the overall subadvisory fees paid to Northern Trust by Green Century (out of the advisory fee that Green Century receives from the applicable Fund, which, for the Equity Fund, is subject to breakpoints) include breakpoints at $50 million and $100 million (subject to a minimum annual fee of $75,000 for the Equity Fund and $100,000 for the International Fund), so that fees as a percentage of net assets decrease as assets in the Equity Fund and the International Fund increase. The Trustees concluded that economies of scale could be realized as the Funds grow, and that the fee schedules as specified were appropriate, and supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreements.

Based on a review of all factors deemed relevant, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that all of the Subadvisory Agreements should be continued for an additional one-year period.

 

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STATEMENT REGARDING LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

As required by law, each Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) that is designed to assess and manage liquidity risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem its shares without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”), the fund’s investment adviser, is the administrator of the Program. The Adviser has established a liquidity risk management committee (the “Committee”) to administer the Program on a day-to-day basis.

The Committee provided the Board of Trustees with a report that addressed the operation of the Program, assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including, if applicable, the operation of any Highly Liquid Investment Minimum, and described any material changes that had been made to the Program or were recommended (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”).

The Report confirmed that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period and that no changes were recommended.

The Report also confirmed that, throughout the Reporting Period, the Committee had monitored each Fund’s portfolio liquidity and liquidity risk on an ongoing basis, as described in the Program and in Board reporting throughout the Reporting Period.

The Report discussed the Committee’s annual review of the Program, which addressed, among other things, the following elements of the Program:

Assessment, Management, and Periodic Review of Liquidity Risk.    The Committee reviewed each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. The Committee noted that each Fund’s investment strategy continues to be appropriate for an open-end fund, taking into account, among other things, whether and to what extent the Fund held less liquid and illiquid assets and the extent to which any such investments affected the Fund’s ability to meet redemption requests. In managing and reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, the Committee also considered the extent to which the Fund’s investment strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers, the extent to which the Fund uses borrowing for investment purposes, and the extent to which the Fund uses derivatives (including for hedging purposes). The Committee also reviewed each Fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. In assessing each Fund’s cash flow projections, the Committee considered, among other factors, historical net redemption activity, redemption policies, ownership concentration, distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with the Fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. The Committee also considered each Fund’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources as components of the Fund’s ability to meet redemption requests.

Liquidity Classification.    The Committee reviewed the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity buckets. In reviewing each Fund’s investments, the Committee considered, among other factors, whether trading varying portions of a position in a particular portfolio investment or asset class in sizes the Fund would reasonably anticipate trading, would be reasonably expected to significantly affect liquidity.

Highly Liquid Investment Minimum.    For each Fund, the Committee performed an analysis to determine whether the Fund is required to maintain a Highly Liquid Investment Minimum, and determined that no such minimum is required because the Fund primarily holds highly liquid investments.

 

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Compliance with Limitation on Illiquid Investments.    The Committee confirmed that during the Reporting Period, no Fund acquired any illiquid investment such that, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets, in accordance with the Program and applicable SEC rules.

Redemptions in Kind.    The Committee confirmed that no redemptions in-kind were effected by a Fund during the Reporting Period.

The Report stated that the Committee concluded the Program operates adequately and effectively, in all material respects, to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk throughout the Reporting Period.

 

INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR

Green Century Capital Management, Inc.

114 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

1-800-93-GREEN

www.greencentury.com

info@greencentury.com

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER (Balanced Fund)

Trillium Asset Management, LLC

Two Financial Center

60 South Street, Suite 1100

Boston, MA 02111

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER (Equity Fund and International Fund)

Northern Trust Investments, Inc.

50 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60603

SUBADMINISTRATOR and DISTRIBUTOR

UMB Fund Services, Inc. (Subadministrator)

UMB Distribution Services, LLC (Distributor)

235 West Galena Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

CUSTODIAN

UMB Bank, n.a.

928 Grand Blvd

Kansas City, MO 64106

TRANSFER AGENT

Atlantic Shareholder Services, LLC

Three Canal Plaza

Portland, ME 04101

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP

Two Financial Center

60 South Street

Boston, MA 02111

 

 

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Semi-Annual Report

 

Beginning in March 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Green Century Funds’ shareholder reports like this one will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from Green Century or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Green Century Funds electronically by contacting your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly with the Funds, by contacting Shareholder Services at 1-800-221-5519 or by visiting https://www.greencentury.com/access-my-account/.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest directly with the Funds, you can inform Green Century that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by contacting Green Century at 1-800-221-5519 or via email at info@greencentury.com. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all accounts held in the Green Century Funds.

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(b)

Not applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to semi-annual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to semi-annual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to semi-annual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the “Disclosure Controls”) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date (the “Filing Date”) of this Form N-CSR (the “Report”), the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Disclosure Controls are effectively designed to ensure that information that is required to be disclosed


  by the registrant in the Report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, including ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the Report is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the fiscal period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1)

Not applicable.

 

  (2)

Certifications for each principal executive and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are filed herewith.

 

  (3)

Not applicable.

 

  (4)

There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.

 

(b)

Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) are filed herewith.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Green Century Funds

 

/s/ Leslie Samuelrich

Leslie Samuelrich
President and Principal Executive Officer
April 05, 2022

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Leslie Samuelrich

Leslie Samuelrich
President and Principal Executive Officer
April 05, 2022

 

/s/ Matt Dunlap

Matt Dunlap
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
April 05, 2022