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, 2012
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
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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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 share price and account information, call 1-800-221-5519, twenty-four hours a day.
Dear Green Century Funds Shareholder:
The U.S. stands at an energy crossroads in part due to the vast natural gas reserves now accessible through the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Though its abundant supply and falling price makes natural gas an attractive option to many in the short-term, the environmental risks inherent in this drilling process call into question its place in a more sustainable energy future.
Green Century Capital Management’s (Green Century) approach to environmental investing encourages conservation and the efficient use of the greenest energy available while investing in companies developing sustainable renewable power for the long-term. We want to ensure that even if the country moves to the cleanest fossil fuels as a bridge technology, we aren’t building a bridge to nowhere.
We believe that in the long run companies that protect the environment may be more profitable than companies that pollute. The Green Century Funds seek to invest in strong companies which we expect hold long-term environmental and shareholder value by reducing or avoiding potentially costly environmental risks. Our investment strategy is complemented by Green Century’s long-running, successful shareholder advocacy program. Since every company has room for improvement, we actively engage with companies to improve their environmental performance in the interest of minimizing risk to shareholders and the environment.
The two Green Century mutual fund portfolios are well diversified to help minimize financial risk and are anchored by environmental leaders such as:
| • | | Green innovators — companies that are in the business of solving environmental problems or committed to lessening their own impact on the environment; and |
| • | | Sustainability leaders — companies selected based on in-depth research and analysis demonstrating their strong sustainability commitments. |
Green Century puts parameters on the Funds to ensure we maintain a strong environmental focus and to seek to capture the long-term financial value of green companies for our investors. The Green Century Equity Fund takes a broad view of sustainability and targets investment in companies that effectively manage five key areas: environment; community and society; employees and supply chain; customers; and governance and ethics issues. The Equity Fund avoids investments in companies with significant operations in alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear energy, or firearms and weapons.
The more environmentally-focused Green Century Balanced Fund seeks to support a green economy by not investing in fossil fuel production or refining companies and instead targets ownership of companies focused on developing cleaner wind, solar, energy conservation, and energy efficiency technologies. These companies are included as part of a broader portfolio of a diverse array of companies screened for environmental performance.
Recently, our shareholder engagements have addressed the real and growing concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing operations. We organized a national investor campaign to challenge major corporations to mitigate and disclose the risks associated with the process and encourage best practices be used by the sector. This spring, Green Century and other coalition partners filed shareholder resolutions at Chevron1, Chesapeake Energy1, and eight other energy companies urging them to come clean on the risks and impacts of their fracking operations. We remain vigilant in exposing these risks and committed to ensuring that increased transparency is the new standard.
Your investment in the Green Century mutual funds helps build the foundation for a clean energy future. Together, we will continue to invest capital in the innovative companies that will help power tomorrow and ensure that our long-term energy independence is built on sustainable sources.
Thank you for your investment in Green Century Funds and your partnership in building a truly renewable, sustainable, and stable green economy.
Respectfully,
Green Century Capital Management
For more regular updates on Green Century and our advocacy efforts, please consider signing up for our e-newsletter. Visit: www.greencentury.com/news/signup, email info@greencentury.com or call 1-800-93-GREEN.
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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 aim to invest in companies that are in the business of solving environmental problems or that are committed to reducing their environmental impact.
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| | AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURN* Total expense ratio: 1.48% | | Six Months | | | One Year | | | Five Years | | | Ten Years | |
December 31, 2011 | | Green Century Balanced Fund | | | –5.10% | | | | –0.08% | | | | 0.31% | | | | 1.60% | |
| | Lipper Balanced Fund Index2 | | | –3.75% | | | | 0.74% | | | | 1.80% | | | | 4.13% | |
January 31, 2012 | | Green Century Balanced Fund | | | 0.92% | | | | 2.61% | | | | 0.96% | | | | 2.33% | |
| | Lipper Balanced Fund Index2 | | | 0.63% | | | | 3.07% | | | | 2.34% | | | | 4.61% | |
* 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.
During the six month period ended December 31, 2011, both the Balanced Fund and the Lipper Balanced Fund Index were down; the Balanced Fund lagged the Lipper Balanced Fund Index. For the six month period ended January 31, 2012, the Balanced Fund return was both positive and higher than the Lipper Balanced Fund Index. For the six months ended January 31, 2012, the Balanced Fund returned 0.92%, while the Lipper Balanced Fund Index returned 0.63%.
In the view of the Balanced Fund’s portfolio managers, over the twelve months ended January 31, 2012, investors have moved between despair and euphoria, with monthly stock market returns varying from -5.6% in August to +11% in October. Stock market returns were highly correlated with predictions on the fate of the Euro, as the European Union appeared to teeter on the brink of collapse in August and then appeared to stabilize politically in October. Meanwhile, U.S. economic conditions have continued along a very slow path to recovery, encouraging U.S. investors. The Federal Reserve tipped its hand and
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announced an anticipated extended period of low interest rates, indicating that rates will remain low through 2013. The Balanced Fund’s portfolio managers believe that a strong-growth sentiment now dominates investor thinking, and cyclical sectors such as energy, industrials, and materials have led stock market returns.
As the Balanced Fund is managed to be free of fossil fuel company holdings, the Fund does not have any holdings in the energy sector. During the twelve months ended January 31, 2012, the spot price of oil swung between a low of $85 per barrel and a high of $110, and fossil fuel energy stock performance was below that of the market. However, the clean energy/clean tech/conservation sector in which the Fund preferentially invests had an even more challenging year, with the average Balanced Fund holding in this sector down over 32%. In addition to being challenged with volatile energy prices, the clean energy companies held in the portfolio faced rapidly changing conditions in the semi-conductor and photovoltaic industries due to China’s attempts to regulate its level of economic demand.
The Fund’s equity holdings which positively contributed to its performance during the six months ended January 31, 2012 included: Lincoln Electric1, Apple1, and W. W. Grainger1, while poor performers included Hartford Financial Services1, Polypore1, and Barclays PLC1.
The Balanced Fund’s portfolio managers believe the Fund is positioned to benefit from the moderate economic growth expected in 2012. The Fund’s equity holdings are slightly weighted toward more cyclical sectors such as materials stocks, and the Fund’s bond holdings are weighted toward short to intermediate maturity and high quality bonds.
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 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 Index (the KLD 400 Index), comprised of 400 primarily large capitalization U.S. companies selected based on a comprehensive range of social and environmental sustainability criteria. The Equity Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a long-term total return that matches that of the Index.
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| | AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURN* Total expense ratio: 1.25% | | Six Months | | | One Year | | | Five Years | | | Ten Years | |
December 31, 2011 | | Green Century Equity Fund | | | –3.99% | | | | 0.61% | | | | –0.73% | | | | 1.74% | |
| | S&P 500® Index3 | | | –3.69% | | | | 2.11% | | | | –0.25% | | | | 2.92% | |
January 31, 2012 | | Green Century Equity Fund | | | 2.39% | | | | 3.10% | | | | –0.30% | | | | 2.20% | |
| | S&P 500® Index3 | | | 2.71% | | | | 4.22% | | | | 0.33% | | | | 3.52% | |
* 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 Equity Fund returned 2.39% for the 6 month period ended January 31, 2012. The Fund closely tracked the KLD 400 Index, which returned 2.96% during the same period. The KLD 400 Index outperformed the S&P 500® Index, which returned 2.71%.
The outperformance of the KLD 400 Index relative to the S&P 500® Index was largely due to differences in sector allocation between the two indices. The KLD 400 Index has relative over-weights to the Information Technology and Health Care sectors, both of which performed well during the six month period. In addition, the KLD 400 Index also has under-weights to the Energy and Financials sectors, which had a positive effect on the KLD 400 Index relative to the S&P 500® Index.
According to an analysis by the Equity Fund’s portfolio managers, in the third quarter of 2011, U.S. equity trading was dominated by sovereign debt headlines in Europe and the U.S. The S&P 500® Index fell from 1,286.94 on August 1st to a low of 1,119.46 on August 8th after S&P announced a downgrade of its rating of U.S. sovereign debt from AAA to AA+. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index spiked and remained high as concerns about possible sovereign defaults in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal re-emerged. U.S. stocks recovered dramatically in October, and volatility decreased with announcements that European leaders were discussing a comprehensive solution to the continent’s fiscal problems. After a brief reversion in November, U.S. equities began to climb in December and maintained that momentum through January.
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.
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The Green Century Funds’ proxy voting guidelines and a record of the Funds’ proxy votes for the year ended June 30, 2011 are available without charge, upon request, (i) at www.greencentury.com, (ii) by calling 1-800-93-GREEN, (iii) 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-Q. The Green Century Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These Forms may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. Information about the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on Form N-Q may also be obtained by calling 1-800-93-GREEN, or by e-mailing a request to info@greencentury.com.
1 As of January 31, 2012, the following companies comprised the listed percentages of each of the Green Century Funds:
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Portfolio Holding | | GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND | | | GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND | |
Chevron Corporation | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Chesapeake Energy Corporation | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.26 | % |
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc | | | 2.54 | % | | | 0.06 | % |
Apple, Inc | | | 2.86 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
W.W. Grainger, Inc | | | 0.77 | % | | | 0.21 | % |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.13 | % |
Polypore International, Inc | | | 0.50 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Barclays PLC American Depository Receipt | | | 0.00 | % | | | 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. These holdings are subject to risk as described in the Funds’ Summary Prospectus and Prospectus. References to specific investments should not be construed as a recommendation of the securities by the Funds, their administrator, or their distributor.
2 Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. (“Lipper”) is a respected mutual fund reporting service. The Lipper Balanced Fund Index includes the 30 largest funds whose primary objective is to conserve principal by maintaining at all times a balanced portfolio of both stocks and bonds. Typically the stock/bond ratio ranges around 60%/40%.
3 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.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a current Summary Prospectus or Prospectus.
Distributor: UMB Distribution Services, LLC, 3/12
The Green Century Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is 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 Fund or any index on which the Fund is based. The MSCI Parties are not sponsors of the Fund and are not affiliated with the Fund 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 Fund.
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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS EXPENSE EXAMPLE
For the six months ended January 31, 2012 (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, 2011 to January 31, 2012 (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.
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| | BEGINNING ACCOUNT VALUE AUGUST 1, 2011 | | | ENDING ACCOUNT VALUE JANUARY 31, 2012 | | | EXPENSES PAID DURING THE PERIOD1 | |
Balanced Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,009.20 | | | $ | 7.15 | |
Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.88 | | | | 7.18 | |
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Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,023.90 | | | | 5.41 | |
Hypothetical Example, assuming a 5% return before expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.66 | | | | 5.40 | |
1 Expenses are equal to the Funds’ annualized expense ratios (1.42% for the Balanced Fund and 1.06% for the Equity Fund), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | |
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COMMON STOCKS — 68.9% | | | | | | | | |
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Technology Hardware & Equipment — 6.7% | |
Apple, Inc. (a) | | | 3,594 | | | $ | 1,640,589 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 33,048 | | | | 648,732 | |
EMC Corporation (a) | | | 21,075 | | | | 542,892 | |
Hewlett-Packard Company | | | 7,172 | | | | 200,673 | |
NETGEAR, Inc. (a) | | | 8,139 | | | | 324,095 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 8,310 | | | | 488,794 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,845,775 | |
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Capital Goods — 5.9% | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 5,431 | | | | 564,824 | |
Donaldson Company, Inc. | | | 8,210 | | | | 593,583 | |
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | | | 33,892 | | | | 1,455,661 | |
Thomas & Betts Corporation (a) | | | 4,680 | | | | 334,105 | |
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | 2,302 | | | | 439,084 | |
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| | | | | | | 3,387,257 | |
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Software & Services — 5.2% | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 678 | | | | 393,315 | |
International Business Machines Corporation | | | 7,059 | | | | 1,359,563 | |
MasterCard, Inc., Class A | | | 3,452 | | | | 1,227,428 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,980,306 | |
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Healthcare Equipment & Services — 4.4% | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 19,756 | | | | 1,096,063 | |
Cerner Corporation (a) | | | 5,557 | | | | 338,366 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 20,998 | | | | 1,087,486 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,521,915 | |
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Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — 4.4% | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | | | 2,187 | | | | 92,466 | |
International Rectifier Corporation (a) | | | 21,000 | | | | 478,800 | |
ITC Holdings Corporation | | | 12,121 | | | | 893,439 | |
OM Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,345 | | | | 307,790 | |
Polypore International, Inc. (a) | | | 7,507 | | | | 285,867 | |
Quanta Services, Inc. (a) | | | 9,600 | | | | 207,360 | |
STR Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 12,957 | | | | 138,510 | |
Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. American Depositary Receipt (a)(b) | | | 32,793 | | | | 106,577 | |
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Diversified Financials — 4.0% | |
American Express Company | | | 23,324 | | | $ | 1,169,465 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 22,220 | | | | 682,598 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Company | | | 11,332 | | | | 422,684 | |
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| | | | | | | 2,274,747 | |
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Transportation — 3.9% | |
Kansas City Southern (a) | | | 17,094 | | | | 1,173,332 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | | | 13,799 | | | | 1,043,895 | |
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Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 3.4% | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 6,317 | | | | 428,987 | |
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,305 | | | | 271,527 | |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC American Depositary Receipt (b) | | | 23,948 | | | | 1,066,644 | |
Novartis A.G. American Depositary Receipt (b) | | | 3,193 | | | | 173,572 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,940,730 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 3.2% | |
BT Group PLC American Depositary Receipt (b) | | | 33,646 | | | | 1,087,439 | |
Vodafone Group PLC American Depositary Receipt (b) | | | 28,223 | | | | 764,561 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,852,000 | |
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Insurance — 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 7,037 | | | | 339,394 | |
Chubb Corporation | | | 17,212 | | | | 1,160,261 | |
Lincoln National Corporation | | | 12,855 | | | | 276,897 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,776,552 | |
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Banks — 2.9% | |
East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 16,529 | | | | 362,977 | |
Webster Financial Corporation | | | 7,805 | | | | 165,466 | |
Wells Fargo & Company | | | 37,960 | | | | 1,108,811 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,637,254 | |
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Semiconductors — 2.8% | |
Aixtron SE NA American Depositary Receipt (b) | | | 5,449 | | | | 73,888 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 26,281 | | | | 322,731 | |
Intel Corporation | | | 45,563 | | | | 1,203,775 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,600,394 | |
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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | continued |
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| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
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Materials — 2.5% | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 7,939 | | | $ | 479,833 | |
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | 12,004 | | | | 761,654 | |
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a) | | | 8,940 | | | | 215,007 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,456,494 | |
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Retailing — 2.5% | |
Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The) | | | 17,949 | | | | 619,061 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 16,101 | | | | 795,067 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,414,128 | |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 2.3% | |
Costco Wholesale Corporation | | | 15,934 | | | | 1,310,890 | |
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Real Estate — 2.2% | |
LaSalle Hotel Properties | | | 9,790 | | | | 264,820 | |
ProLogis, Inc. | | | 31,264 | | | | 991,381 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,256,201 | |
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Consumer Services — 2.2% | |
Starbucks Corporation | | | 17,855 | | | | 855,790 | |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | | 7,016 | | | | 380,548 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,236,338 | |
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Media — 2.0% | |
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 27,255 | | | | 1,168,694 | |
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Healthy Living — 1.6% | | | | | | | | |
Whole Foods Market, Inc. | | | 12,487 | | | | 924,413 | |
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Food & Beverage — 1.4% | | | | | | | | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 300 | | | | 11,949 | |
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (a) | | | 2,900 | | | | 154,686 | |
J. M. Smucker Company (The) | | | 8,123 | | | | 639,930 | |
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| | | | | | | 806,565 | |
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Consumer Durables & Apparel — 1.3% | |
Jarden Corporation | | | 22,707 | | | | 764,999 | |
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Household & Personal Products — 1.0% | |
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | | | 8,662 | | | | 392,995 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Company | | | 1,981 | | | | 179,716 | |
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| | | | | | | 572,711 | |
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Total Common Stocks (Cost $33,517,301) | | | | | | | 39,456,399 | |
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| | PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | | | VALUE | |
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CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 20.7% | |
Diversified Financials — 6.3% | | | | | |
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (The) | | | | | | | | |
4.30%, due 5/15/14 | | $ | 500,000 | | | $ | 538,268 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
3.953%, due 6/15/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 514,474 | |
Deutsche Bank A.G. | | | | | | | | |
3.25%, due 1/11/16 (b) | | | 500,000 | | | | 515,383 | |
HSBC Bank USA N.A. | | | | | | | | |
6.00%, due 8/9/17 | | | 500,000 | | | | 534,363 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Company | | | | | | | | |
5.125%, due 9/15/14 | | | 500,000 | | | | 533,765 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | | | | | | |
3.80%, due 4/29/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 486,302 | |
UBS A.G. | | | | | | | | |
3.00%, due 8/4/15 (b)(c) | | | 500,000 | | | | 496,135 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3,618,690 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — 3.7% | |
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | | | | | | | | |
2.00%, due 10/20/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 525,003 | |
International Finance Corporation | | | | | | | | |
2.25%, due 4/28/14 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,035,529 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
5.50%, due 1/15/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 563,383 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,123,915 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 2.9% | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | | | | | | |
5.60%, due 11/30/17 | | | 500,000 | | | | 608,440 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
4.85%, due 11/18/14 | | | 500,000 | | | | 550,761 | |
Wyeth | | | | | | | | |
5.50%, due 3/15/13 (c) | | | 500,000 | | | | 526,968 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,686,169 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Software & Services — 2.8% | |
International Business Machines Corporation | | | | | | | | |
2.00%, due 1/5/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 518,870 | |
Microsoft Corporation | | | | | | | | |
1.625%, due 9/25/15 | | | 500,000 | | | | 518,943 | |
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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | concluded |
| | | | | | | | |
| | PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Software & Services — (continued) | |
Oracle Corporation | | | | | | | | |
3.75%, due 7/8/14 | | $ | 500,000 | | | $ | 539,283 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,577,096 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Telecommunication Services — 2.7% | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
2.50%, due 8/15/15 | | | 500,000 | | | | 522,898 | |
BellSouth Corporation | | | | | | | | |
4.75%, due 11/15/12 | | | 500,000 | | | | 515,610 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
5.25%, due 4/15/13 | | | 500,000 | | | | 528,101 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,566,609 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 1.8% | |
Dell, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
2.30%, due 9/10/15 | | | 500,000 | | | | 518,203 | |
Hewlett-Packard Company | | | | | | | | |
4.75%, due 6/2/14 | | | 500,000 | | | | 534,761 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,052,964 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Healthcare Equipment & Services — 0.5% | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | | | | | | |
4.875%, due 4/1/13 | | | 250,000 | | | | 260,652 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $11,429,618) | | | | | | | 11,886,095 | |
| | | | | | | | |
U.S. Government Agencies — 7.9% | | | | | |
Fannie Mae Pool | | | | | | | | |
5.50%, due 3/1/12 | | | 733 | | | | 733 | |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | | | | | | | | |
5.125%, due 8/25/16 | | | 500,000 | | | | 593,646 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank | | | | | | | | |
3.125%, due 12/13/13 | | | 550,000 | | | | 578,381 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank | | | | | | | | |
5.625%, due 6/13/16 | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,145,070 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank | | | | | | | | |
3.875%, due 12/14/18 | | | 550,000 | | | | 633,784 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | | | | | | | | |
3.75%, due 3/27/19 | | | 500,000 | | | | 575,027 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
U.S. Government Agencies — (continued) | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | | | | | | | | |
2.50%, due 12/13/21 (c) | | $ | 500,000 | | | $ | 501,347 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association | | | | | | | | |
1.05%, due 5/16/16 (c) | | | 500,000 | | | | 501,241 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost $4,173,668) | | | | | | | 4,529,229 | |
| | | | | | | | |
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT — 0.2% | | | | | |
Self Help Credit Union Environmental Certificate of Deposit | | | | | | | | |
2.00%, due 8/8/12 | | | 95,000 | | | | 95,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Certificates Of Deposit (Cost $95,000) | | | | | | | 95,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
SHORT-TERM OBLIGATION — 3.0% | |
Repurchase Agreement— State Street Bank & Trust Repurchase Agreement, 0.01%, dated 1/31/12, due 2/1/12, proceeds $1,723,214 (collateralized by Fannie Mae, 3.50%, due 5/25/2041, value $1,760,860) (Cost $1,723,213) | | | | | | | 1,723,213 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (d) — 100.7%
| |
(Cost $50,938,800) | | | | | | | 57,689,936 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets — (0.7)% | | | | | | | (421,201 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | | | $ | 57,268,735 | |
| | | | | | | | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Securities whose values are determined or significantly influenced by trading in markets other than the United States or Canada. |
(c) | Step rate bond. Rate shown is currently in effect at January 31, 2012. |
(d) | The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $50,938,800 resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $8,139,833 and $1,388,697 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $6,751,136. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | |
| | | | | | | | |
COMMON STOCKS — 100.0% | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Software & Services — 14.2% | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 4,945 | | | $ | 153,048 | |
Advent Software, Inc. (a) | | | 340 | | | | 8,925 | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 2,259 | | | | 81,324 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 4,849 | | | | 265,628 | |
BMC Software, Inc. (a) | | | 1,732 | | | | 62,768 | |
Compuware Corporation (a) | | | 2,089 | | | | 16,378 | |
Convergys Corporation (a) | | | 1,176 | | | | 15,653 | |
eBay, Inc. (a) | | | 11,510 | | | | 363,716 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) | | | 3,349 | | | | 62,191 | |
Factset Research Systems, Inc. | | | 450 | | | | 39,744 | |
Google, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,521 | | | | 1,462,457 | |
International Business Machines Corporation | | | 11,848 | | | | 2,281,925 | |
Microsoft Corporation | | | 74,811 | | | | 2,209,169 | |
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a) | | | 1,150 | | | | 8,280 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 3,293 | | | | 103,729 | |
Red Hat, Inc. (a) | | | 1,893 | | | | 87,778 | |
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | | | 1,276 | | | | 149,037 | |
Symantec Corporation (a) | | | 7,438 | | | | 127,859 | |
Yahoo!, Inc. (a) | | | 11,966 | | | | 185,114 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7,684,723 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology — 11.3% | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 15,399 | | | | 833,856 | |
Affymetrix, Inc. (a) | | | 656 | | | | 3,155 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 7,889 | | | | 535,742 | |
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 1,335 | | | | 18,997 | |
Biogen Idec, Inc. (a) | | | 2,276 | | | | 268,386 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | | | 16,861 | | | | 543,599 | |
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 602 | | | | 24,574 | |
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,210 | | | | 44,976 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) | | | 7,640 | | | | 373,137 | |
Hospira, Inc. (a) | | | 1,597 | | | | 55,033 | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 1,209 | | | | 62,578 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 27,167 | | | | 1,790,577 | |
Life Technologies Corporation (a) | | | 1,782 | | | | 86,302 | |
Merck & Company, Inc. | | | 30,558 | | | | 1,169,149 | |
Techne Corporation | | | 350 | | | | 23,887 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a) | | | 3,813 | | | | 201,708 | |
Waters Corporation (a) | | | 924 | | | | 79,991 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6,115,647 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 7.6% | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 54,555 | | | $ | 1,070,915 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 15,691 | | | | 201,943 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | | | 16,283 | | | | 280,556 | |
Echelon Corporation (a) | | | 282 | | | | 1,458 | |
EMC Corporation (a) | | | 20,503 | | | | 528,157 | |
Hewlett-Packard Company | | | 20,612 | | | | 576,724 | |
Imation Corporation (a) | | | 300 | | | | 1,779 | |
Lexmark International, Inc. | | | 772 | | | | 26,943 | |
Molex, Inc. | | | 606 | | | | 16,023 | |
NetApp, Inc. (a) | | | 3,692 | | | | 139,336 | |
Plantronics, Inc. | | | 442 | | | | 16,460 | |
Polycom, Inc. (a) | | | 1,732 | | | | 34,553 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 16,614 | | | | 977,236 | |
Seagate Technology PLC | | | 4,163 | | | | 88,006 | |
Silicon Graphics International Corporation (a) | | | 280 | | | | 3,819 | |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a) | | | 281 | | | | 4,743 | |
Tellabs, Inc. | | | 3,253 | | | | 12,361 | |
Xerox Corporation | | | 14,049 | | | | 108,880 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4,089,892 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Capital Goods — 6.4% | |
3M Company | | | 6,674 | | | | 578,703 | |
A.O. Smith Corporation | | | 378 | | | | 16,057 | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | | 1,646 | | | | 77,362 | |
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | | | 300 | | | | 4,125 | |
Brady Corporation, Class A | | | 494 | | | | 15,991 | |
CLARCOR, Inc. | | | 477 | | | | 24,523 | |
Cooper Industries Ltd., Class A | | | 1,633 | | | | 96,543 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 1,844 | | | | 191,776 | |
Deere & Company | | | 4,090 | | | | 352,353 | |
Donaldson Company, Inc. | | | 712 | | | | 51,478 | |
Eaton Corporation | | | 3,237 | | | | 158,710 | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 642 | | | | 18,509 | |
Emerson Electric Company | | | 7,370 | | | | 378,671 | |
Fastenal Company | | | 2,757 | | | | 128,697 | |
Gardner Denver, Inc. | | | 518 | | | | 38,643 | |
General Cable Corporation (a) | | | 513 | | | | 15,831 | |
Graco, Inc. | | | 610 | | | | 28,048 | |
Granite Construction, Inc. | | | 330 | | | | 8,788 | |
Hubbell, Inc., Class B | | | 514 | | | | 36,987 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 4,421 | | | | 234,446 | |
Ingersoll-Rand PLC | | | 3,273 | | | | 114,359 | |
Kadant, Inc. (a) | | | 100 | | | | 2,426 | |
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | | | 798 | | | | 34,274 | |
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | continued |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Capital Goods — (continued) | |
Lindsay Corporation | | | 123 | | | $ | 7,519 | |
Masco Corporation | | | 3,403 | | | | 41,074 | |
Middleby Corporation (a) | | | 175 | | | | 16,826 | |
Nordson Corporation | | | 552 | | | | 25,028 | |
Owens Corning (a) | | | 1,151 | | | | 38,846 | |
Pall Corporation | | | 1,177 | | | | 70,243 | |
Pentair, Inc. | | | 967 | | | | 35,605 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | 1,398 | | | | 108,862 | |
Roper Industries, Inc. | | | 970 | | | | 90,588 | |
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. | | | 395 | | | | 12,790 | |
Snap-On, Inc. | | | 547 | | | | 30,911 | |
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,182 | | | | 26,879 | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | 1,608 | | | | 112,849 | |
Tennant Company | | | 167 | | | | 6,426 | |
Thomas & Betts Corporation (a) | | | 496 | | | | 35,409 | |
Timken Company | | | 812 | | | | 39,650 | |
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | 594 | | | | 113,300 | |
WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 665 | | | | 34,480 | |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | | | 470 | | | | 32,331 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3,486,916 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy — 5.3% | |
Apache Corporation | | | 3,801 | | | | 375,843 | |
Cameron International Corporation (a) | | | 2,461 | | | | 130,925 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corporation | | | 6,601 | | | | 139,479 | |
Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (a) | | | 460 | | | | 6,882 | |
Denbury Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 3,953 | | | | 74,553 | |
Devon Energy Corporation | | | 3,928 | | | | 250,646 | |
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | 629 | | | | 39,187 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 2,664 | | | | 282,757 | |
EQT Corporation | | | 1,394 | | | | 70,425 | |
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 2,402 | | | | 122,766 | |
Hess Corporation | | | 3,059 | | | | 172,222 | |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | | | 4,168 | | | | 308,349 | |
Newfield Exploration Company (a) | | | 1,327 | | | | 50,174 | |
Noble Corporation (a) | | | 2,631 | | | | 91,664 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | | | 1,769 | | | | 178,085 | |
OYO Geospace Corporation (a) | | | 49 | | | | 4,312 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources Company | | | 1,035 | | | | 102,775 | |
QEP Resources, Inc. | | | 1,738 | | | | 49,776 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy — (continued) | |
Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 895 | | | $ | 4,484 | |
Range Resources Corporation | | | 1,607 | | | | 92,435 | |
Southwestern Energy Company (a) | | | 3,479 | | | | 108,336 | |
Spectra Energy Corporation | | | 6,487 | | | | 204,276 | |
Ultra Petroleum Corporation (a) | | | 1,502 | | | | 36,093 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,896,444 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Retailing — 5.1% | |
AutoZone, Inc. (a) | | | 245 | | | | 85,231 | |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) | | | 2,452 | | | | 148,837 | |
Best Buy Company, Inc. | | | 3,135 | | | | 75,083 | |
Buckle, Inc. (The) | | | 280 | | | | 12,216 | |
Carmax, Inc. (a) | | | 2,225 | | | | 67,707 | |
Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a) | | | 1,165 | | | | 5,778 | |
Collective Brands, Inc. (a) | | | 630 | | | | 10,496 | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,601 | | | | 42,010 | |
Gap, Inc. (The) | | | 3,917 | | | | 74,345 | |
Genuine Parts Company | | | 1,576 | | | | 100,517 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 15,488 | | | | 687,512 | |
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | | | 1,535 | | | | 63,779 | |
Kohl’s Corporation | | | 2,677 | | | | 123,115 | |
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | | | 12,472 | | | | 334,624 | |
Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The) | | | 482 | | | | 16,624 | |
Netflix, Inc. (a) | | | 517 | | | | 62,144 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 1,732 | | | | 85,526 | |
Office Depot, Inc. (a) | | | 2,500 | | | | 6,825 | |
OfficeMax, Inc. (a) | | | 863 | | | | 4,772 | |
Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack (The) | | | 500 | | | | 7,500 | |
RadioShack Corporation | | | 1,019 | | | | 7,317 | |
Staples, Inc. | | | 7,008 | | | | 102,527 | |
Target Corporation | | | 6,336 | | | | 321,932 | |
Tiffany & Company | | | 1,219 | | | | 77,772 | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | | | 3,779 | | | | 257,501 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,781,690 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Household & Personal Products — 5.1% | |
Avon Products, Inc. | | | 4,250 | | | | 75,522 | |
Clorox Company | | | 1,330 | | | | 91,318 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Company | | | 4,833 | | | | 438,450 | |
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (The), Class A | | | 2,384 | | | | 138,105 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | | | 3,877 | | | | 277,438 | |
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A | | | 547 | | | | 27,323 | |
Procter & Gamble Company | | | 27,236 | | | | 1,716,957 | |
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | continued |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Household & Personal Products — (continued) | |
WD-40 Company | | | 154 | | | $ | 6,736 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,771,849 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Healthcare Equipment & Services — 5.1% | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 5,618 | | | | 311,687 | |
Becton, Dickinson and Company | | | 2,170 | | | | 170,150 | |
Cerner Corporation (a) | | | 1,417 | | | | 86,281 | |
CIGNA Corporation | | | 2,862 | | | | 128,304 | |
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 200 | | | | 1,234 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (a) | | | 1,128 | | | | 93,252 | |
Gen-Probe, Inc. (a) | | | 481 | | | | 32,193 | |
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,492 | | | | 15,974 | |
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) | | | 945 | | | | 66,991 | |
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | | | 600 | | | | 19,806 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | 1,666 | | | | 148,307 | |
Idexx Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 556 | | | | 47,032 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | | | 384 | | | | 176,605 | |
Invacare Corporation | | | 300 | | | | 5,124 | |
McKesson Corporation | | | 2,456 | | | | 200,704 | |
Medtronic, Inc. | | | 10,520 | | | | 405,756 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 262 | | | | 8,020 | |
Patterson Companies, Inc. | | | 928 | | | | 29,891 | |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | 1,553 | | | | 90,198 | |
St. Jude Medical, Inc. | | | 3,310 | | | | 138,060 | |
Stryker Corporation | | | 2,915 | | | | 161,579 | |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 1,186 | | | | 78,122 | |
WellPoint, Inc. | | | 3,560 | | | | 228,979 | |
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,924 | | | | 116,883 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,761,132 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Food & Beverage — 4.9% | |
Campbell Soup Company | | | 1,959 | | | | 62,100 | |
Darling International, Inc. (a) | | | 1,162 | | | | 17,755 | |
Dean Foods Company (a) | | | 1,743 | | | | 18,755 | |
Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | 1,149 | | | | 22,233 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 6,390 | | | | 254,514 | |
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (a) | | | 1,286 | | | | 68,595 | |
H.J. Heinz Company | | | 3,205 | | | | 166,179 | |
J. M. Smucker Company (The) | | | 1,155 | | | | 90,991 | |
Kellogg Company | | | 2,504 | | | | 123,998 | |
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A | | | 16,611 | | | | 636,201 | |
McCormick & Company, Inc. | | | 1,179 | | | | 59,587 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Food & Beverage — (continued) | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 15,683 | | | $ | 1,029,903 | |
Sara Lee Corporation | | | 5,603 | | | | 107,297 | |
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | | | 178 | | | | 4,315 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,662,423 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Diversified Financials — 4.6% | |
American Express Company | | | 10,663 | | | | 534,643 | |
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (The) | | | 12,303 | | | | 247,659 | |
BlackRock, Inc. | | | 942 | | | | 171,444 | |
Capital One Financial Corporation | | | 4,577 | | | | 209,398 | |
Charles Schwab Corporation (The) | | | 10,535 | | | | 122,733 | |
CME Group, Inc. | | | 635 | | | | 152,089 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | 5,373 | | | | 146,038 | |
Eaton Vance Corporation | | | 1,162 | | | | 29,852 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | 1,541 | | | | 163,500 | |
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a) | | | 718 | | | | 82,197 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 4,551 | | | | 102,716 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | | | 1,368 | | | | 34,843 | |
Northern Trust Corporation | | | 2,045 | | | | 84,274 | |
NYSE Euronext | | | 2,581 | | | | 68,551 | |
PHH Corporation (a) | | | 584 | | | | 6,769 | |
State Street Corporation | | | 5,026 | | | | 196,919 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | 2,559 | | | | 148,012 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,501,637 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Semiconductors — 4.4% | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | | | 5,774 | | | | 38,744 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 2,997 | | | | 117,273 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 13,230 | | | | 162,464 | |
Entegris, Inc. (a) | | | 1,326 | | | | 12,703 | |
Intel Corporation | | | 52,041 | | | | 1,374,923 | |
Lam Research Corporation (a) | | | 1,224 | | | | 52,130 | |
LSI Corporation (a) | | | 5,603 | | | | 42,415 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 8,867 | | | | 67,301 | |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 676 | | | | 31,873 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 11,461 | | | | 371,107 | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 2,690 | | | | 96,436 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2,367,369 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Banks — 3.1% | |
Bank of Hawaii Corporation | | | 522 | | | | 23,866 | |
BB&T Corporation | | | 6,955 | | | | 189,106 | |
Cathay General Bancorp | | | 747 | | | | 11,758 | |
Comerica, Inc. | | | 1,990 | | | | 55,063 | |
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | continued |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Banks — (continued) | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 9,235 | | | $ | 120,147 | |
First Horizon National Corporation | | | 2,535 | | | | 22,131 | |
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. | | | 100 | | | | 1,650 | |
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | | | 4,739 | | | | 31,893 | |
International Bancshares Corporation | | | 518 | | | | 9,956 | |
Keycorp | | | 9,340 | | | | 72,572 | |
M&T Bank Corporation | | | 1,119 | | | | 89,229 | |
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | 4,469 | | | | 56,712 | |
Old National Bancorp | | | 957 | | | | 11,264 | |
People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 3,697 | | | | 45,584 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 5,197 | | | | 306,207 | |
Popular, Inc. (a) | | | 10,129 | | | | 15,902 | |
Regions Financial Corporation | | | 12,472 | | | | 65,104 | |
Synovus Financial Corporation | | | 7,482 | | | | 13,019 | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | 19,076 | | | | 538,325 | |
Umpqua Holdings Corporation | | | 1,122 | | | | 13,655 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,693,143 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Services — 3.0% | |
Capella Education Company (a) | | | 128 | | | | 5,418 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a) | | | 314 | | | | 115,329 | |
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | | | 278 | | | | 10,103 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 1,327 | | | | 60,869 | |
DeVry, Inc. | | | 621 | | | | 23,449 | |
Jack in the Box, Inc. (a) | | | 393 | | | | 8,332 | |
McDonald’s Corporation | | | 10,219 | | | | 1,012,192 | |
Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (a) | | | 122 | | | | 7,420 | |
Starbucks Corporation | | | 7,392 | | | | 354,299 | |
Vail Resorts, Inc. | | | 348 | | | | 15,176 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,612,587 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials — 2.8% | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 2,132 | | | | 187,680 | |
Airgas, Inc. | | | 740 | | | | 58,408 | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 10,748 | | | | 109,200 | |
Ball Corporation | | | 1,587 | | | | 62,306 | |
Bemis Company, Inc. | | | 1,019 | | | | 31,874 | |
Calgon Carbon Corporation (a) | | | 555 | | | | 9,069 | |
Compass Minerals International, Inc. | | | 322 | | | | 23,529 | |
Domtar Corporation | | | 385 | | | | 33,256 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 2,997 | | | | 181,139 | |
H.B. Fuller Company | | | 468 | | | | 13,394 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials — (continued) | |
Horsehead Holding Corporation (a) | | | 429 | | | $ | 4,668 | |
MeadWestvaco Corporation | | | 1,683 | | | | 49,547 | |
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | 170 | | | | 10,786 | |
Nucor Corporation | | | 3,124 | | | | 138,987 | |
Praxair, Inc. | | | 2,990 | | | | 317,538 | |
Rock-Tenn Company, Class A | | | 703 | | | | 43,488 | |
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 636 | | | | 32,118 | |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A | | | 236 | | | | 10,297 | |
Sealed Air Corporation | | | 1,607 | | | | 32,027 | |
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation | | | 1,238 | | | | 84,233 | |
Sonoco Products Company | | | 975 | | | | 30,517 | |
Valspar Corporation | | | 866 | | | | 37,446 | |
Wausau Paper Corporation | | | 442 | | | | 3,819 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 588 | | | | 10,825 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,516,151 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.7% | |
Costco Wholesale Corporation | | | 4,337 | | | | 356,805 | |
CVS Caremark Corporation | | | 13,358 | | | | 557,696 | |
Safeway, Inc. | | | 3,437 | | | | 75,545 | |
Sysco Corporation | | | 5,924 | | | | 178,372 | |
Walgreen Company | | | 8,958 | | | | 298,839 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,467,257 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Transportation — 2.7% | |
Arkansas Best Corporation | | | 237 | | | | 4,294 | |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | 1,632 | | | | 112,347 | |
CSX Corporation | | | 10,933 | | | | 246,539 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | | | 2,129 | | | | 95,060 | |
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 383 | | | | 23,784 | |
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | 940 | | | | 48,006 | |
Kansas City Southern (a) | | | 1,067 | | | | 73,239 | |
Norfolk Southern Corporation | | | 3,475 | | | | 250,895 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 500 | | | | 28,140 | |
Southwest Airlines Company | | | 2,000 | | | | 19,160 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | | | 7,289 | | | | 551,413 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,452,877 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Insurance — 2.5% | |
ACE Ltd. | | | 3,368 | | | | 234,413 | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 4,657 | | | | 224,607 | |
Chubb Corporation | | | 2,848 | | | | 191,984 | |
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | continued |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Insurance — (continued) | |
Cincinnati Financial Corporation | | | 1,518 | | | $ | 49,608 | |
Erie Indemnity Company | | | 283 | | | | 21,697 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | | 4,142 | | | | 72,568 | |
Lincoln National Corporation | | | 3,150 | | | | 67,851 | |
Phoenix Companies, Inc. (The) (a) | | | 1,000 | | | | 2,060 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 3,177 | | | | 86,764 | |
Progressive Corporation (The) | | | 5,978 | | | | 121,234 | |
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. | | | 435 | | | | 16,817 | |
Travelers Companies, Inc. (The) | | | 4,127 | | | | 240,604 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1,330,207 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities — 1.7% | |
AGL Resources, Inc. | | | 1,149 | | | | 47,695 | |
Alliant Energy Corporation | | | 1,098 | | | | 46,544 | |
Atmos Energy Corporation | | | 881 | | | | 28,553 | |
Avista Corporation | | | 562 | | | | 14,241 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 4,080 | | | | 75,358 | |
CH Energy Group, Inc. | | | 148 | | | | 8,418 | |
Cleco Corporation | | | 586 | | | | 23,299 | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | 2,855 | | | | 168,331 | |
IDACORP, Inc. | | | 488 | | | | 20,569 | |
MGE Energy, Inc. | | | 233 | | | | 10,452 | |
National Fuel Gas Company | | | 727 | | | | 36,554 | |
New Jersey Resources Corporation | | | 400 | | | | 19,088 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 2,855 | | | | 64,894 | |
Northeast Utilities | | | 1,805 | | | | 62,724 | |
Northwest Natural Gas Company | | | 262 | | | | 12,458 | |
NSTAR | | | 1,069 | | | | 48,030 | |
OGE Energy Corporation | | | 972 | | | | 51,380 | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,224 | | | | 43,724 | |
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. | | | 707 | | | | 23,275 | |
Portland General Electric Company | | | 747 | | | | 18,630 | |
Questar Corporation | | | 1,846 | | | | 35,591 | |
UGI Corporation | | | 1,102 | | | | 29,655 | |
WGL Holdings, Inc. | | | 491 | | | | 20,941 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 910,404 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real Estate — 1.6% | |
American Tower Corporation, Class A | | | 3,903 | | | | 247,880 | |
Boston Properties, Inc. | | | 1,473 | | | | 153,266 | |
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,998 | | | | 57,861 | |
Corporate Office Properties Trust | | | 695 | | | | 16,840 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real Estate — (continued) | |
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,347 | | | $ | 17,686 | |
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | | | 423 | | | | 33,315 | |
Liberty Property Trust | | | 1,152 | | | | 38,350 | |
Potlatch Corporation | | | 392 | | | | 11,964 | |
ProLogis, Inc. | | | 4,519 | | | | 143,297 | |
Regency Centers Corporation | | | 883 | | | | 36,486 | |
Vornado Realty Trust | | | 1,665 | | | | 134,665 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 891,610 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Durables & Apparel — 1.6% | |
Columbia Sportswear Company | | | 122 | | | | 5,594 | |
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (a) | | | 395 | | | | 31,936 | |
Harman International Industries, Inc. | | | 684 | | | | 28,865 | |
KB Home | | | 739 | | | | 6,666 | |
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | | | 1,391 | | | | 29,851 | |
Liz Claiborne, Inc. (a) | | | 900 | | | | 8,370 | |
Mattel, Inc. | | | 3,456 | | | | 107,136 | |
Meritage Homes Corporation (a) | | | 264 | | | | 6,389 | |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | | | 3,562 | | | | 370,412 | |
Pulte Homes, Inc. (a) | | | 3,437 | | | | 25,605 | |
PVH Corporation | | | 597 | | | | 46,082 | |
Tupperware Brands Corporation | | | 600 | | | | 37,704 | |
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 393 | | | | 31,291 | |
VF Corporation | | | 860 | | | | 113,081 | |
Whirlpool Corporation | | | 749 | | | | 40,686 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 889,668 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Media — 1.6% | |
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 1,394 | | | | 59,775 | |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | | | 463 | | | | 21,015 | |
New York Times Company (The), Class A (a) | | | 1,224 | | | | 9,119 | |
Scholastic Corporation | | | 290 | | | | 8,558 | |
Virgin Media, Inc. | | | 2,921 | | | | 69,637 | |
Walt Disney Company (The) | | | 17,525 | | | | 681,722 | |
Washington Post Company (The), Class B | | | 49 | | | | 18,557 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 868,383 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — 0.8% | |
American Superconductor Corporation (a) | | | 418 | | | | 2,111 | |
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GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS January 31, 2012 (unaudited) | | concluded |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency — (continued) | |
Calpine Corporation (a) | | | 3,163 | | | $ | 46,180 | |
Cree, Inc. (a) | | | 1,084 | | | | 27,566 | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | | | 545 | | | | 23,043 | |
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 190 | | | | 3,965 | |
ITC Holdings Corporation | | | 533 | | | | 39,287 | |
Itron, Inc. (a) | | | 400 | | | | 15,516 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | 6,793 | | | | 215,814 | |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | | | 164 | | | | 2,665 | |
Quanta Services, Inc. (a) | | | 2,043 | | | | 44,129 | |
SunPower Corporation (a) | | | 405 | | | | 2,774 | |
Zoltek Companies, Inc. (a) | | | 250 | | | | 2,172 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 425,222 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Telecommunication Services — 0.6% | |
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a) | | | 1,860 | | | | 6,417 | |
Crown Castle International Corporation (a) | | | 2,873 | | | | 139,283 | |
Frontier Communications Corporation | | | 9,813 | | | | 42,000 | |
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (a) | | | 618 | | | | 5,290 | |
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 2,421 | | | | 21,402 | |
Sprint Nextel Corporation (a) | | | 29,555 | | | | 62,656 | |
Windstream Corporation | | | 5,946 | | | | 71,768 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 348,816 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Commercial & Professional Services — 0.6% | |
Avery Dennison Corporation | | | 972 | | | | 26,390 | |
Deluxe Corporation | | | 511 | | | | 13,066 | |
Herman Miller, Inc. | | | 566 | | | | 11,954 | |
HNI Corporation | | | 457 | | | | 12,399 | |
Interface, Inc., Class A | | | 575 | | | | 7,642 | |
Kelly Services, Inc. | | | 327 | | | | 5,284 | |
Knoll, Inc. | | | 470 | | | | 7,501 | |
Manpower, Inc. | | | 814 | | | | 32,650 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 1,967 | | | | 37,314 | |
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company | | | 1,823 | | | | 20,709 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 1,439 | | | | 39,846 | |
Steelcase, Inc. | | | 855 | | | | 7,447 | |
Stericycle, Inc. (a) | | | 796 | | | | 66,880 | |
Team, Inc. (a) | | | 201 | | | | 5,867 | |
Tetra Tech, Inc. (a) | | | 609 | | | | 14,086 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 309,035 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | SHARES | | | VALUE | |
| | | | | | | | |
Automobiles & Components — 0.4% | |
BorgWarner, Inc. (a) | | | 1,083 | | | $ | 80,824 | |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | 2,328 | | | | 102,875 | |
Modine Manufacturing Company (a) | | | 365 | | | | 3,993 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 187,692 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Healthy Living — 0.3% | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (a) | | | 339 | | | | 13,082 | |
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a) | | | 466 | | | | 20,527 | |
Whole Foods Market, Inc. | | | 1,480 | | | | 109,565 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 143,174 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Securities | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $47,412,086) | | | | | | | 54,165,948 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (b) — 100.0% | | | | | |
(Cost $47,412,086) | | | | | | | 54,165,948 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0% | | | | | | | 12,685 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 54,178,633 | |
| | | | | | | | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $48,615,874 resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $10,593,830 and $5,043,756 respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $5,550,074. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
January 31, 2012
(unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
ASSETS: | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value (cost $50,938,800 and $47,412,086, respectively) | | $ | 57,689,936 | | | $ | 54,165,948 | |
Receivables for: | | | | | | | | |
Securities sold | | | — | | | | 100,106 | |
Capital stock sold | | | 706 | | | | 16,588 | |
Interest | | | 153,015 | | | | — | |
Dividends | | | 56,883 | | | | 59,744 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | | 57,900,540 | | | | 54,342,386 | |
| | | | | | | | |
LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | |
Payable to custodian | | | — | | | | 8,207 | |
Payable for securities purchased | | | 553,867 | | | | — | |
Payable for capital stock repurchased | | | 6,676 | | | | 94,964 | |
Accrued expenses | | | 71,262 | | | | 60,582 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities | | | 631,805 | | | | 163,753 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 57,268,735 | | | $ | 54,178,633 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 56,383,972 | | | $ | 54,892,223 | |
Undistributed net investment income (loss) | | | (2,545 | ) | | | 19,134 | |
Accumulated net realized losses on investments | | | (5,863,828 | ) | | | (7,486,586 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 6,751,136 | | | | 6,753,862 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 57,268,735 | | | $ | 54,178,633 | |
| | | | | | | | |
SHARES OUTSTANDING | | | 3,253,123 | | | | 2,660,792 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE | | $ | 17.60 | | | $ | 20.36 | |
| | | | | | | | |
GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the six months ended January 31, 2012
(unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | $ | 269,721 | | | $ | 7 | |
Dividend and other income (net of $0 and $0 foreign withholding taxes, respectively) | | | 306,975 | | | | 551,129 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total investment income | | | 576,696 | | | | 551,136 | |
| | | | | | | | |
EXPENSES: | | | | | | | | |
Administrative services fee | | | 212,243 | | | | 207,100 | |
Investment advisory fee | | | 179,988 | | | | 63,683 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | 392,231 | | | | 270,783 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | | 184,465 | | | | 280,353 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | | |
Net realized loss on investments | | | (598,502 | ) | | | (80,934 | ) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 867,795 | | | | 1,028,141 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS | | | 269,293 | | | | 947,207 | |
| | | | | | | | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 453,758 | | | $ | 1,227,560 | |
| | | | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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GREEN CENTURY FUNDS STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
| | FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2012 (UNAUDITED) | | | FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 (AUDITED) | | | FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2012 (UNAUDITED) | | | FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 (AUDITED) | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 184,465 | | | $ | 414,043 | | | $ | 280,353 | | | $ | 480,986 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | | | (598,502 | ) | | | 2,266,008 | | | | (80,934 | ) | | | (97,409 | ) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation on Investments | | | 867,795 | | | | 3,571,199 | | | | 1,028,141 | | | | 6,998,388 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 453,758 | | | | 6,251,250 | | | | 1,227,560 | | | | 7,381,965 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends and distributions to shareholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | (192,794 | ) | | | (457,006 | ) | | | (276,846 | ) | | | (534,364 | ) |
Capital share transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sales of shares | | | 1,343,818 | | | | 4,100,652 | | | | 3,243,756 | | | | 5,175,851 | |
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 187,929 | | | | 445,182 | | | | 272,557 | | | | 523,786 | |
Payments for shares redeemed | | | (2,933,796 | ) | | | (4,690,919 | ) | | | (3,651,313 | ) | | | (5,775,084 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | (1,402,049 | ) | | | (145,085 | ) | | | (135,000 | ) | | | (75,447 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | (1,141,085 | ) | | | 5,649,159 | | | | 815,714 | | | | 6,772,154 | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 58,409,820 | | | | 52,760,661 | | | | 53,362,919 | | | | 46,590,765 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 57,268,735 | | | $ | 58,409,820 | | | $ | 54,178,633 | | | $ | 53,362,919 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Undistributed net investment income (loss) | | | (2,545 | ) | | | 5,784 | | | | 19,134 | | | | 15,627 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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GREEN CENTURY BALANCED FUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2012 | | | FOR THE YEARS ENDED JULY 31, | |
| | (UNAUDITED) | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2007 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 17.50 | | | $ | 15.76 | | | $ | 14.75 | | | $ | 16.52 | | | $ | 17.78 | | | $ | 16.29 | |
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Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 0.06 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.22 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | 0.10 | | | | 1.75 | | | | 1.01 | | | | (1.77 | ) | | | (1.27 | ) | | | 1.48 | |
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Total increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 0.16 | | | | 1.88 | | | | 1.19 | | | | (1.50 | ) | | | (0.99 | ) | | | 1.70 | |
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Less dividends: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) |
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Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 17.60 | | | $ | 17.50 | | | $ | 15.76 | | | $ | 14.75 | | | $ | 16.52 | | | $ | 17.78 | |
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Total return | | | 0.92 | %(a) | | | 11.92 | % | | | 8.07 | % | | | (8.88 | )% | | | (5.62 | )% | | | 10.40 | % |
Ratios/Supplemental data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s) | | $ | 57,269 | | | $ | 58,410 | | | $ | 52,761 | | | $ | 48,105 | | | $ | 52,703 | | | $ | 51,754 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.42 | %(b) | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.44 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.67 | %(b) | | | 0.72 | % | | | 1.13 | % | | | 1.97 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 1.24 | % |
Portfolio turnover | | | 32 | %(a) | | | 70 | % | | | 48 | % | | | 33 | % | | | 44 | % | | | 35 | % |
GREEN CENTURY EQUITY FUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | SIX MONTHS ENDED
JANUARY 31, 2012 | | | FOR THE YEARS ENDED JULY 31, | |
| | (UNAUDITED) | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2007 | |
Net Asset Value, beginning of period | | $ | 19.99 | | | $ | 17.44 | | | $ | 15.65 | | | $ | 18.83 | | | $ | 22.66 | | | $ | 19.91 | |
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Income from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.19 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | | | 0.37 | | | | 2.57 | | | | 1.77 | | | | (3.17 | ) | | | (2.81 | ) | | | 2.75 | |
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Total increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | 0.47 | | | | 2.75 | | | | 1.94 | | | | (2.96 | ) | | | (2.63 | ) | | | 2.94 | |
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Less dividends: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | (c) | | | (1.01 | ) | | | — | |
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Total decrease from dividends | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (1.20 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) |
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Net Asset Value, end of period | | $ | 20.36 | | | $ | 19.99 | | | $ | 17.44 | | | $ | 15.65 | | | $ | 18.83 | | | $ | 22.66 | |
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Total return | | | 2.39 | %(a) | | | 15.77 | % | | | 12.39 | % | | | (15.58 | )% | | | (12.28 | )% | | | 14.76 | % |
Ratios/Supplemental data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s) | | $ | 54,179 | | | $ | 53,363 | | | $ | 46,591 | | | $ | 40,659 | | | $ | 50,123 | | | $ | 42,232 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.06 | %(b) | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % | | | 0.95 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.10 | %(b) | | | 0.92 | % | | | 0.97 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 0.98 | % | | | 0.89 | % |
Portfolio turnover | | | 5 | %(a) | | | 13 | % | | | 13 | % | | | 23 | % | | | 6 | % | | | 8 | %(d) |
(c) | Amount represents less than 0.005 per share. |
(d) | Represents portfolio turnover for the Equity Fund from November 28, 2006 to July 31, 2007. Portfolio turnover for the Domini Trust from August 1, 2006 to November 27, 2006 was 1%. For further information regarding the withdrawal of the Equity Fund’s investment in the Domini Trust, please see the notes to the financial statements. |
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 two separate series, the Green Century Balanced Fund (the “Balanced Fund”) and the Green Century Equity Fund (the “Equity Fund”), collectively, the “Funds”. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. The Balanced Fund commenced operations on March 18, 1992 and the Equity Fund commenced operations on September 13, 1995.
Through November 27, 2006, the Equity Fund invested substantially all of its assets in the Domini Social Equity Trust (the “Domini Trust”), an open-end, diversified management investment company which had the same investment objective as the Fund. The Equity Fund accounted for its investment in the Domini Trust as a partnership investment and recorded its share of the Domini Trust income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses daily. The value of such investment reflected the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Domini Trust (2.57% at November 27, 2006). Effective November 28, 2006, the Equity Fund withdrew its investment from the Domini Trust and directly invested in the securities of the companies included in the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index, formerly the Domini 400 SocialSM Index (the “Index”).
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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.
The following is a summary of the Funds’ significant accounting policies:
| (A) | Investment Valuation: Equity securities listed on national securities exchanges other than NASDAQ are valued at last sale price. If a last sale price is not available, securities listed on 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 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 a 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, since such valuations are believed to reflect more accurately the fair value of the securities. Securities, if any, for which there are no such valuations or quotations available, or for which the market quotation is 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. |
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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.) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active. Investments valued at amortized cost. 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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Balanced Fund’s net assets as of January 31, 2012:
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| | LEVEL 1 | | | LEVEL 2 | | | LEVEL 3 | | | TOTAL | |
COMMON STOCKS* | | | $39,456,399 | | | | $ — | | | | $ — | | | | $39,456,399 | |
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES | | | — | | | | 11,886,095 | | | | — | | | | 11,886,095 | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | | | — | | | | 4,529,229 | | | | — | | | | 4,529,229 | |
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT | | | — | | | | 95,000 | | | | — | | | | 95,000 | |
SHORT-TERM OBLIGATION | | | — | | | | 1,723,213 | | | | — | | | | 1,723,213 | |
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TOTAL | | | $39,456,399 | | | | $18,233,537 | | | | $ — | | | | $57,689,936 | |
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* All sub-categories within common stocks represent Level 1 evaluation status.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Equity Fund’s net assets as of January 31, 2012:
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| | LEVEL 1 | | | LEVEL 2 | | | LEVEL 3 | | | TOTAL | |
COMMON STOCKS* | | | $54,165,948 | | | | $ — | | | | $ — | | | | $54,165,948 | |
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TOTAL | | | $54,165,948 | | | | $ — | | | | $ — | | | | $54,165,948 | |
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* All sub-categories within common stocks represent Level 1 evaluation status.
The Funds did not have any significant transfers into or out of Level 1 and 2 or hold any Level 3 securities during the period ended January 31, 2012.
| (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. |
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| (C) | Options Transactions: The Balanced Fund may utilize options to hedge or protect from adverse movements in the market values of its portfolio securities and to enhance return. The Equity Fund is authorized to utilize options to hedge against possible increases in the value of securities which are expected to be purchased by the Equity Fund or possible declines in the value of securities which are expected to be sold by the Equity Fund. The use of options involves risk such as the possibility of illiquid markets or imperfect correlation between the value of the option and the underlying securities. The Funds are also authorized to write put and call options. Premiums received upon writing put or call options are recorded as an asset with a corresponding liability which is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option. Changes between the initial premiums received and the current market value of the options are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. When an option is closed, expired or exercised, a gain or loss is realized and the liability is eliminated. The Funds continue to bear the risk of adverse movements in the price of the underlying assets during the period of the option, although any potential loss during the period would be reduced by the amount of the option premium received. As required by the Act, liquid securities are designated as collateral in an amount equal to the market value of open options contracts. In the six months ended January 31, 2012, neither the Balanced Fund nor the Equity Fund utilized options or wrote put or call options. |
| (D) | Repurchase Agreements: The Funds enter into repurchase agreements with selected banks or broker-dealers that are deemed by the Funds’ adviser to be creditworthy pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost, which approximates fair value. The Funds require that the market value of collateral, represented by securities (primarily U.S. Government securities), be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal and that the collateral be maintained in a segregated account with a custodian bank in a manner sufficient to enable the Funds to obtain those securities in the event of a default of the counterparty. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty to the repurchase agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. |
| (E) | Distributions: 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. To the extent that these differences are attributable to permanent book and tax accounting differences, the components of net assets have been adjusted. |
| (F) | 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. Accordingly, no provisions for Federal income or excise tax are necessary. |
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. This interpretation addresses the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and establishes for all entities, including pass-through entities such as the Funds, 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 adopted Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes in fiscal year 2008. The Funds had no material uncertain tax positions and have not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of January 31, 2012. Also, the Funds had recognized no interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits through January 31, 2012. At January 31, 2012, the tax years 2008 through 2011 remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
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| (G) | 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, 2012, the Balanced Fund and Equity Fund received $162 and $239, respectively, in redemption fees. Redemption fees are recorded as an adjustment to paid-in capital. |
| (H) | Indemnification: The Fund’s 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. |
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. The Balanced Fund pays Green Century a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate equal to 0.65% of the Balanced Fund’s average daily net assets. 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. |
| (B) | Subadvisers: Trillium Asset Management, LLC (“Trillium”) is the subadviser for the Balanced Fund. Trillium is 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, 2012, Green Century accrued fees of $104,458 to Trillium. Northern Trust Investments, Inc is the subadviser 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 six months ended January 31, 2012, Green Century accrued fees of $37,705 to Northern Trust. |
| (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 average daily net assets effective November 28, 2011. 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 average daily net assets effective November 28, 2011. Prior to November 28, 2011, the Funds paid Green Century a fee at a rate that immediately following any payment to the Administrator, the total operating expenses of each Fund, on an annual basis, did not exceed 1.38% and 0.95% of the Funds’ average daily net assets for the Balanced and Equity Funds, respectively. |
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| (D) | Subadministrator: Pursuant to a Subadministrative Services Agreement with the Administrator, UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) as Subadministrator, is responsible for conducting certain day-to-day administration of the Trust subject to the supervision and direction of the Administrator. For the six months ended January 31, 2012, Green Century accrued fees of $47,391 and $47,391 to UMBFS related to services performed on behalf of the Balanced Fund and the Equity Fund, respectively. |
| (E) | Index Agreement: The Equity Fund invests in the securities of the companies included in the Index. The Index is owned and maintained by MSCI ESG Research. Effective November 30, 2011, for the use of the Index, MSCI is paid by the Adviser an annual license fee of $25,000, 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. Prior to November 30, 2011, for the use of the Index, MSCI was paid by the Adviser the greater of $50,000 or at an annual rate of 0.10% on the first $500 million of average daily net assets, 0.075% on average daily net assets on the next $500 million, and 0.05% on average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion. For the six months ended January 31, 2012, Green Century accrued fees of $25,391 to MSCI. |
NOTE 3 — Investment Transactions
The Balanced Fund’s cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $17,523,736 and $18,420,704, respectively, for the six months ended January 31, 2012. The Equity Fund’s cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $2,604,590 and $2,614,112, respectively.
NOTE 4 — Federal Income Tax Information
The tax basis of the components of distributable net earnings (deficit) at July 31, 2011 were as follows:
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| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 5,784 | | | $ | 9,224 | |
Undistributed long-term capital gains | | | — | | | | — | |
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Tax accumulated earnings | | | 5,784 | | | | 9,224 | |
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Accumulated capital and other losses | | | (5,265,326 | ) | | | (6,395,200 | ) |
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 5,883,341 | | | | 4,721,672 | |
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Distributable net earnings (deficit) | | $ | 623,799 | | | $ | (1,664,304 | ) |
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The Balanced Fund and the Equity Fund had accumulated capital loss carryforwards of $5,265,326 and $6,105,015, respectively, of which $1,866,519 and $1,484,742, respectively, expire in the year 2017, $3,398,807 and $3,699,763, respectively, expire in the year 2018 and $0 and $920,510, respectively, expire in the year 2019. To the extent that a Fund realizes future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any unused capital loss carryforwards.
The Balanced Fund had losses expiring during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011, in the amount of $7,287,982.
At July 31, 2011, the Balanced and Equity Fund had net realized capital losses from transactions between November 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011 of $0 and $290,185, respectively, which for tax purposes, are deferred and will be recognized in fiscal year 2012.
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The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010 were as follows:
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| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
| | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 | | | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2010 | | | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 | | | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2010 | |
Ordinary income | | $ | 457,006 | | | $ | 582,906 | | | $ | 534,364 | | | $ | 395,226 | |
Long-term capital gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
NOTE 5 — Capital Share Transactions
Capital Share transactions for the Balanced Fund and the Equity Fund were as follows:
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| | BALANCED FUND | | | EQUITY FUND | |
| | SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2012 | | | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 | | | SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2012 | | | YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2011 | |
Shares sold | | | 79,776 | | | | 238,080 | | | | 168,374 | | | | 264,941 | |
Reinvestment of dividends | | | 11,068 | | | | 25,661 | | | | 13,877 | | | | 26,310 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (176,378 | ) | | | (272,802 | ) | | | (190,717 | ) | | | (293,317 | ) |
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| | | (85,534 | ) | | | (9,061 | ) | | | (8,466 | ) | | | (2,066 | ) |
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NOTE 6 — FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815
The Funds adopted FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic ASC 815, Disclosures about Derivative and Hedging (“ASC 815”). ASC 815 requires enhanced disclosures about (a) how an entity uses derivative instruments (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a Fund’s financial position and financial performance. This includes qualitative and quantitative disclosures on derivative positions existing as of January 31, 2012 or for the year then ended and the affect of using derivatives during the year. Neither of the Funds held any derivative positions as of and for the six months ended January 31, 2012.
NOTE 7 — Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On December 22, 2010, The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”) was signed into law. The Modernization Act is the first major piece of legislation affecting regulated investment companies (“RICs”) since 1986 and it modernizes several of the federal income and excise tax provisions related to RICs. Some highlights of the enacted provisions are as follows:
New capital losses may now be carried forward indefinitely, and retain the character of the original loss. Under pre-enactment law, capital losses could be carried forward for eight years, and carried forward as short-term capital losses, irrespective of the character of the original loss.
The Modernization Act contains simplification provisions, which are aimed at preventing disqualification of a RIC for “inadvertent” failures of the asset diversification and/or qualifying income tests. Additionally, the Modernization Act exempts RICs from the preferential dividend rule, and repealed the 60-day designation requirement for certain types of pay-through income and gains.
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Finally, the Modernization Act contains several provisions aimed at preserving the character of distributions made by a fiscal year RIC during the portion of its taxable year ending after October 31 or December 31, reducing the circumstances under which a RIC might be required to file amended Forms 1099 to restate previously reported distributions.
In May 2011, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04 “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”)”. ASU No. 2011-04 amends FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, to establish common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. ASU No. 2011-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and for interim periods within those fiscal years.
In April 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-03 “Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements”. ASU 2011-03 amends FASB ASC Topic 860, Transfers and Servicing, specifically the criteria required to determine whether a repurchase agreement (repo) and similar agreements should be accounted for as sales of financial assets or secured borrowings with commitments. ASU No. 2011-03 changes the assessment of effective control by focusing on the transferor’s contractual rights and obligations and removing the criterion to assess its ability to exercise those rights or honor those obligations. This could result in changes to the way entities account for certain transactions including repurchase agreements, mortgage dollar rolls and reverse repurchase agreements. The ASU will become effective on a prospective basis for new transfers and modifications to existing transactions as of the beginning of the first interim or annual period beginning on or after December 15, 2011.
As of January 31, 2012, management of the Funds is assessing the potential impact, in addition to expanded financial statement disclosure, that may result from adopting these ASUs.
NOTE 8 — Subsequent Events
Subsequent to January 31, 2012 and through the date on which the financial statements were available for issuance, management has evaluated subsequent events and concluded there were no subsequent events requiring accrual or disclosure.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ CONSIDERATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS
The Board of Trustees of the Green Century Funds considered and approved the continuance of three advisory and subadvisory agreements during the six months ended January 31, 2012.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS WITH GREEN CENTURY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
The Board, including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Advisory Agreements”) between the Trust, on behalf of the Balanced Fund and the Equity Fund (the “Funds” and each a “Fund”), and Green Century Capital Management (“Green Century” or the “Adviser”), at a meeting on September 30, 2011. In connection with their deliberations at the meeting, and in separate executive session of the Independent Trustees, 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
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Fund; and the profitability to Green Century of its proposed advisory relationship to 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 the information provided to them by Green Century, including information provided throughout the year. In approving the Advisory Agreements, the Board, including the Independent 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 to be dedicated by the Adviser. With respect to the Equity Fund, these services included monitoring the Equity Fund’s performance and tracking error relative to the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index (the “Index”); implementing the environmental policies of the Trust by voting the Equity Fund’s shareholder proxies; 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, which performs day-to-day portfolio management for the Fund. Although the Subadvisory agreement between the Trust on behalf of the Equity Fund, Green Century, and Northern Trust was not under formal review because it had recently been approved by shareholders for a two-year term, the Trustees considered information provided to them by Green Century and Northern Trust. This information consisted of information about the nature, quality, and extent of services performed by Northern Trust; investment performance; the costs of services provided and profitability; other benefits; and economies of scale.
With respect to the Balanced Fund, the services performed included 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 policies of the Trust by voting the Balanced Fund’s shareholder proxies; and overall compliance oversight provided by the Adviser. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s supervision of Trillium Asset Management, LLC, the subadviser of the Balanced Fund, which performs the day-to-day portfolio management for the Fund.
In addition, the Trustees considered the administrative services provided by the Adviser to both Funds under a separate agreement, including the coordination of the activities of all of the Funds’ other service providers. 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 the Equity Fund and the Balanced Fund.
Investment Performance. With respect to the Equity Fund, the Trustees considered that due to the Equity Fund’s passive investment strategy, the principal concern with regard to investment performance was the extent to which the Equity Fund tracked the Index and noted that the Equity Fund’s performance closely followed that of the Index for the period ended August 31, 2011. After considering all the factors deemed appropriate, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the performance of the Equity Fund supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Equity Fund.
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, a broad-based balanced fund market index. The Trustees noted that as of the period ended August 31, 2011, the Balanced Fund’s one-, three-, five- and ten-year average annual returns had underperformed the benchmark. The Trustees also considered 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 and the relatively low volatility of the Fund compared to the Fund’s volatility under its previous
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subadviser, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the performance of the Balanced Fund supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Balanced Fund.
The Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Trustees considered the costs of the services provided to the Funds and the profitability and fall-out benefits 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 over 7,000 mutual funds. For the Equity Fund, the Trustees noted that, based on the information provided, the Fund’s advisory fee was lower than the average advisory fee for socially conscious funds by 26 basis points and lower than that of the average growth and income funds by 22 basis points. The Trustees also noted that the total expense ratio of the Equity Fund of 0.95% was lower than that of the average of socially responsible funds by 28 basis points and lower than that of the average of all growth and income funds by 1 basis point, although it was higher than that of the average growth and income index funds by 36 basis points. For the Balanced Fund, the Trustees noted that, based on the information provided, the Fund’s advisory fee was higher than the average advisory fee for socially conscious funds (by 4 basis points), socially conscious balanced Funds (by 11 basis points), all balanced funds (by 17 basis points) and balanced funds which have under $100 million in assets (by 14 basis points). The Trustees considered that Green Century had reduced its advisory fee by 10 basis points in 2006. The Trustees also noted that the total expense ratio of the Balanced Fund was capped at 1.38% and that the total expense ratio was higher than that of the average of socially responsible funds by 15 basis points, higher than that of the average of all balanced funds by 33 basis points, and higher than that of the average of balanced funds with assets less than $100 million by 23 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 relationship was not profitable. In that regard, the Trustees considered the subadvisory fees and the other expenses incurred by the Adviser in providing advisory services to the Funds. The Trustees also considered the fee 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 also considered Green Century’s non-profit ownership structure, its cost structure and personnel needs, and its investment in shareholder advocacy to further the Funds’ stated intention to promote greater corporate environmental accountability. After reviewing the information described above, the Independent 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 Equity Fund and the Balanced Fund.
Other Benefits. With respect to fall-out benefits, the Trustees considered that neither Green Century nor any affiliate of Green Century receives any brokerage fees, soft dollar benefits, liquidity rebates from electronic communications networks or payments for order flow from the trades executed for either 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. 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 and supported the continuance of the Advisory Agreements with respect to the Equity Fund and the Balanced Fund.
Economies of Scale. The Trustees also considered whether economies of scale could be realized by the Adviser as the Funds grew in asset size and the extent to which such economies of scale were reflected in the level of fees charged.
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They noted the relatively small size of each Fund and the resultant difficulty of achieving meaningful economies of scale. 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 subadvisory fee structure for the Equity Fund included break-points and that the Equity Fund’s advisory fee would decrease as assets increased. The Trustees concluded that economies of scale could be realized as the Funds grew and that if assets increased significantly the Trustees would have opportunities to negotiate 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 the Balanced Fund and the Equity Fund should be continued for an additional one-year period.
INVESTMENT SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC RELATING TO THE BALANCED FUND
At the meeting on September 30, 2011, the Board of Trustees of the Balanced Fund, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered the continuance of the subadvisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Balanced Fund, Green Century, and Trillium Asset Management, LLC(“Trillium”) (the “Subadvisory Agreement”). In connection with their deliberations at the meeting, and in separate executive session of the Independent Trustees, the Trustees considered, among other things, information provided by Trillium regarding the investment performance of the Balanced Fund, the subadvisory fees paid to Trillium, and the profitability to Trillium of its subadvisory relationship to the Balanced Fund. The Independent Trustees were assisted by independent counsel in considering these materials and the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement. The Trustees considered all the information provided to them by Trillium, including information provided throughout the year. In approving the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Matters considered in connection with their approval of the Subadvisory Agreement included the following.
Nature, Quality, and Extent of Services Performed. The Trustees noted that under the terms of the 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 volatility, risk, and portfolio turnover; 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 approximately $1 billion in assets. The Trustees also considered Trillium’s compliance record as well as the professional experience and responsiveness of Trillium’s compliance staff. The Trustees also considered Trillium’s leadership in social and environmental responsibility, including its shareholder advocacy efforts.
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 supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement.
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 the period ended August 31, 2011, the Balanced Fund’s one-, three-, five- and ten-year return had underperformed the Lipper Balanced Fund Index. Trillium became the Balanced Fund’s subadviser on November 28, 2005. The Trustees also considered the Balanced Fund’s decrease in volatility in the nearly six years since Trillium became the Balanced Fund’s subadviser. 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 Subadvisory Agreement.
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Costs of Services Provided and Profitability. The Trustees considered that the subadvisory fees paid by Green Century to Trillium under the Subadvisory Agreement were 0.40% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Balanced Fund up to $30 million, and 0.35% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Balanced Fund in excess of $30 million. The Trustees also that the subadvisory fees are paid by Green Century, and are not in addition to the advisory fees paid to Green Century by the Balanced Fund.
In evaluating the profitability of the Subadvisory Agreement to Trillium, the Trustees noted that based on information provided by Trillium, the relationship was not profitable. The Trustees noted that Trillium stated that it would not realize a level of profitability similar to that of its other advisory clients on the management of the Balanced Fund until assets approach $100 million. 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. In considering the cost allocation methodology used by Trillium, the Trustees took under consideration that Trillium does not provide advisory or subadvisory services to other mutual fund clients. 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 charges its institutional separate account clients.
After reviewing the information described above, the Trustees concluded that the fees specified in the Subadvisory Agreement, taking into account the nature and quality of services provided and the costs of the services provided by Trillium, supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement.
Other Benefits. The Trustees evaluated potential other benefits Trillium may realize from its relationship with the Balanced Fund. 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 reputational and other advantages Trillium may gain from its relationship with the Balanced Fund. The Trustees concluded that the benefits received by Trillium were reasonable in the context of the relationship between Trillium and the Balanced Fund, and supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement.
Economies of Scale. The Trustees also considered whether economies of scale would be realized by Trillium as the Balanced Fund grew 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 the Balanced Fund and considered that if the assets were to increase, Trillium could have the opportunity to experience economies of scale. They also noted that pursuant to the Subadvisory Agreement, the subadvisory fees paid to Trillium by Green Century include a breakpoint at $30 million, so that fees as a percentage of net assets decrease as assets in the Balanced Fund increase. The Trustees concluded that economies of scale could be realized as the Fund grew, and that the fee schedule as specified was appropriate, and supported the continuance of the Subadvisory Agreement.
Based on a review of all factors deemed relevant, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the Subadvisory Agreement should be continued for an additional one-year period.
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PRIVACY POLICY
The Green Century Funds respect the privacy of our shareholders and customers. Our policy is to safeguard the personal information you have entrusted to us.
We collect nonpublic personal and financial information from you for the purpose of opening and maintaining a Green Century Funds shareholder account. The information we collect may include your name, address, Social Security Number, birth date, telephone number, email address, and/or bank account number. This information may come from your request for Green Century literature, your account registration forms, transactions in your account and other correspondence.
We do not sell any information about our current or former customers to third parties. Green Century may share your personal and financial information with third parties only:
| • | | When authorized by you. |
| • | | As required or otherwise permitted by law. |
| • | | To process transactions and service your account. |
The third parties with whom we may share your personal and financial information, as described above, may include:
| • | | Affiliated and non-affiliated service providers (for example, the Funds’ Transfer Agent and printing and mailing providers who process transactions and service your account); |
| • | | Government agencies, other regulatory bodies and law enforcement officials (for example, for tax purposes or for reporting suspicious transactions); and, |
| • | | Other organizations, as permitted by law (for example, for fraud prevention). |
Our contracts with service providers require them to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Green Century restricts access to nonpublic personal and financial information about you to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to you. We require our employees to guard the confidentiality of your information and we maintain policies and procedures to safeguard your nonpublic personal and financial information.
Privacy Online. Just as we protect your personal and financial information collected on account registration forms and other correspondence, we also employ security measures to protect your information while you view your account or conduct transactions online. Our online account access website provides a secure platform to prevent unauthorized access to your information. Your Internet browser provides additional security by allowing us to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption up to 128-bit length encryption (the most secure system currently available) when transmitting your information. In an effort to provide the highest degree of security for your information, we strongly recommend the use of 128-bit encryption browsers. Versions of Mozilla 2.0 and higher, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher provide this level of security.
Encryption is the process for scrambling your identification and account information as it passes between our system and your computer. The encryption process is built into most Internet browsers. The larger the number of bits for encryption (e.g. 40 or 128) the more difficult (exponentially) it is for an unauthorized person to unscramble the transmission. The highest level of encryption commercially available is 128-bit and is what we recommend to access your information.
Notice. Green Century will provide you notice of our Privacy Policy annually, as long as you maintain an account with us. Green Century reserves the right to make changes to this policy. We will notify you in writing before we make changes that affect the way we collect and share your information. If you have chosen to receive Green Century documents electronically, we will provide notification to you via email. We will notify you through periodic updates of our Privacy Policy online when we make changes that affect the security measures we employ to protect your information while viewing your account information or conducting transactions online.
Should you have questions, please telephone us at 1-800-93-GREEN.
This Privacy Policy applies to the Green Century Funds and Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (7/09)
The Green Century Funds Privacy Policy is not a part of the Semi-Annual Report.
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Semi-Annual Report
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
711 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
INVESTMENT SUBADVISER (Equity 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)
803 West Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
CUSTODIAN
State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
TRANSFER AGENT
Huntington Asset Services, Inc.
2960 North Meridian Street, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46208
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
KPMG LLP
Two Financial Center
60 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
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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. Schedule of Investments
Included as part of the report to shareholders filed under item 1 of this Form N-CSR
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 30 a-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. Exhibits
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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.
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/s/ Kristina Curtis |
Kristina A. Curtis President and Principal Executive Officer April 9, 2012 |
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.
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/s/ Kristina Curtis |
Kristina A. Curtis President and Principal Executive Officer April 9, 2012 |
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/s/ Kristina Curtis |
Kristina A. Curtis Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer April 9, 2012 |