investment management founded portsmouth new hampshire 1971 headquarters portsmouth new hampshire u.s. key people joseph keefe president & ceo steve falci chief investment officer julie fox gorte ph.d. svp for sustainable investing products mutual funds separately managed accounts number of employees 54 website paxworld.com pax world management llc pax world investment advisor to pax world funds is a sustainable investment firm . pax world integrates environmental social and corporate governance esg factors into investment analysis and portfolio construction . for over 45 years pax world has made it possible for investors to align their investments with their values and have a positive social and environmental impact . its platform of sustainable investing solutions includes a family of mutual funds as well as separately managed accounts . history edit pax world launched the first socially responsible mutual fund in the united states in 1971 . 1 the company was founded by luther tyson 2 and jack corbett 3 both of whom had worked on peace housing and employment issues for the united methodist church . it was their desire to make it possible for investors to align their investments with their values . at the same time they wanted to challenge corporations to establish and live up to specific standards of social and environmental responsibility . their vehicle the first broadly diversified publicly available mutual fund to use social as well as financial criteria in the investment decision making process was the pax world fund predecessor of what is now the pax world balanced fund . 4 in 2014 pax world management llc and ellevate asset management llc whose principal is sallie krawcheck partnered to form pax ellevate management . pax ellevate launched the pax ellevate global women s index fund the first broadly diversified mutual fund that invests in companies that are among the highest rated in the world when it comes to advancing women s leadership . references edit http www.socialfunds.com news print.cgi sfarticleid 2146 sarah m. gantz luther e. tyson 85 ; applied social activism to mutual fund investing obituary in boston globe 22 may 2008 http www.csrwire.com press releases 23234 jack corbett remembered mourned by pax world family http www.socialfunds.com news print.cgi sfarticleid 2146 external links edit pax world s official website gender equality fuels performance fa green november 2010 1 investing with standards research magazine june 2011 2 yahoo finance pax world pax world ceo one of most influential in business ethics ft s top feminist men help women succeed in business and beyond financial times september 2015 sustainable investing goes mainstream wall street journal january 2016 are you ready to invest in women green money journal march 2016 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pax world funds & oldid 740134568 categories mutual funds of the united statesethical investment navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 07 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view