An Act for Responsible Investment would require the Massachusetts administration to divest public pension funds - taxpayer money - from all entities involved in activities that manufacture, produce, sell, or promote weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

This includes nuclear weapons companies, whose very existence pose a threat to the entire planet and play a reckless gamble with global security.

As of 2024, Massachusetts has approximately $2.1 billion invested in entities with ties to WMD, including nuclear weapons producers RTX Corporations (Raytheon), Northrop Grumman Corp, Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing, and more.  

Binding international agreements to negotiate disarmament, such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, make the nuclear weapons industry financially unviable in the long term. Many financial institutions are already removing themselves from nuclear weapons connections. Our public finances should not be held in that risk.

The logic is simple: our tax dollars should not fund destruction and killing. Imagine what divesting even a portion of that money could do to feed, house, educate, and heal our communities. Write to your representatives now.