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Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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Swarthmore College
Tier2-3: Socially Responsible Retirement Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter E. Carr Everbach
Professor of Engineering
Engineering
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Does the institution offer a socially responsible investment option for retirement plans?:
Yes

A brief description of the socially responsible investment option for retirement plans:

All benefit eligible faculty and staff participate in Swarthmore College's Retirement Plan after completing one year of employment.

Participation in the Swarthmore plan is mandatory, and contributions to the plan continue as long as the employee is actively employed by the College. Contributions to this basic portion of the Retirement Plan are calculated according to the following schedule:
College Contribution Employee Contribution
First $20,000 of salary 10% 0%
Salary in excess of $20,000 10% 5.5%

The College offers a wide range of socially responsible investment options through:

* TIAA/CREF
* The Vanguard Group
* The Calvert Group

Employees are 100% vested in their accounts on the date participation begins.


The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Each of the three funds has a socially responsible investment option:

Calvert Social Index Actions
Vanguard Socially Responsible Fund
TIAA/CREF Social Choice Fund

Employees make determinations of how retirement premiums are allocated to each fund and within each fund's structure.


Each of the three funds has a socially responsible investment option:

Calvert Social Index Actions
Vanguard Socially Responsible Fund
TIAA/CREF Social Choice Fund

Employees make determinations of how retirement premiums are allocated to each fund and within each fund's structure.

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