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U.S. Global Investors, Inc..

GROW.US | Fund management activities

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is an investment management firm specializing in actively managed investment strategies. The firm provides investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals. Its investment strategies focus on global resources, gold and pr...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Not enough information to create an ethical profile.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-20
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is an investment management firm.

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Its core business activities, such as managing mutual funds and investment strategies, do not directly involve health-related products, services, or research. Therefore, the company's products and services have no significant positive or negative health impact, and it generates no revenue from products with direct health harms. Its operations do not have direct safety implications for physical or mental health, nor does it offer health-related products requiring accessibility considerations. The business model does not involve serving vulnerable populations with health needs, and its products do not carry health risks requiring disclosure. The company's R&D is not focused on health outcomes, and its operations do not generate significant health externalities. There is no evidence of specific health equity programs, healthcare workforce support initiatives, preventative health measures, healthcare data management, global health crisis response actions, mental health initiatives, pharmaceutical patents, food products, health education, addiction potential in products, or clinical trials conducted by U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
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The provided articles discuss general socially responsible funds or broad health equity initiatives by government bodies, but offer no specific data for U.S. Global Investors, Inc. on any of the health-related KPIs.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

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U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is an investment management firm providing advisory services to mutual funds, institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals. Its core business does not involve consumer lending, deposit services, or direct financial products to underserved populations, nor does it generate revenue from high-cost consumer credit products. Therefore, all KPIs related to consumer lending, debt products, financial inclusion initiatives, and associated outcomes are not applicable to the company's stated business model. No specific data points for U.S. Global Investors, Inc. were found in the provided articles for any of the Fair Money & Economic Opportunity KPIs.

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Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

No specific, concrete data points for GROW.US (U.S. Global Investors, Inc.) were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs under Fair Pay & Worker Respect. The articles discuss general market trends, CEO compensation across various S&P 500 companies or large Ohio employers, and the overall gender pay gap in the US, but do not provide any metrics directly attributable to GROW.US.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No evidence available to assess U.S. Global Investors, Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

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No evidence available to assess U.S. Global Investors, Inc. on Honest & Fair Business.

Kind to Animals

0

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is an investment management firm. The provided articles do not contain any specific, concrete data points or actions directly attributable to GROW.US regarding animal welfare, cruelty-free certifications, animal testing, humane operations, wildlife conservation, ethical input substitution, supplier audits, cage-free sourcing, innovation investment in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, animal-free R&D collaboration, or public policy engagement related to animal welfare. As an investment management firm, its core business model does not involve activities that would typically generate data for these KPIs, such as producing animal-derived products, conducting animal testing, or managing animal agriculture operations. Therefore, all KPIs are scored as N/A.

No War, No Weapons

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No specific, factual evidence pertaining to GROW.US (U.S. Global Investors, Inc.) and the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value was found in the provided articles. The articles discuss general ESG risks in the defense sector

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, investor approaches to weapons exclusions
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, or the conflict minerals compliance of a different entity (USI Global)
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, none of which directly provide data for GROW.US's performance against the specified KPIs.

Planet-Friendly Business

-20

U.S. Global Investors, Inc. reported no material legal proceedings or regulatory violations in its Form 10-K for fiscal year 2024.

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Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No specific data was found regarding U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, revenue reinvestment in local communities, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessments, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investments, local procurement, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural training completion.

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The provided articles primarily discuss financial performance, general sustainable investing trends, or the ESG profile of a specific fund managed by the company, rather than the company's direct actions or policies related to Respect for Cultures & Communities.

Safe & Smart Tech

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No evidence available to assess U.S. Global Investors, Inc. on Safe & Smart Tech.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

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No evidence available to assess U.S. Global Investors, Inc. on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.

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