Many of us are passionate about supporting charities that help people affected by cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases or illnesses.
However, as a supporter of NZAVS and animals, you may want to ensure your donations to these health charities do not support animal experimentation!
Health charities in NZ do essential work in different areas, including:
To be clear:
NZAVS Verified Cruelty-Free Charites:
We don’t have a list of NZ health charities that don’t fund or conduct animal experimentation yet – but we’re working on it!
While we develop this list of NZAVS Verified Cruelty-Free Charities, you can still take action for animals…
When you donate to health charities, make your position about animal testing clear by sending them a quick email.
We’ve made it easy for you to advocate for animals used for science when making a donation to a health charity - simply use one of our handy templates below.
By doing so, you can:
A: Mindful Money is an independent charity on a mission to bring transparency to investing. You can visit their Fund Checker to see what your current KiwiSaver is investing in on your behalf, areas of concern can include animal cruelty, human rights abuses, weapons and fossil fuels.
If your provider is not on this list, go to MindfulMoney, an independent entity with all providers.
A. The team at Pathfinder aims to show that you don't have to choose between investing your money ethically and getting good returns - they would like you to have both! While past performance is not a guarantee of future returns, their three-year returns have been stellar and as an active manager, they strive to continually make investment decisions that grow your wealth and community well-being. Learn more about Pathfinder’s top-ranking returns here.
A. While Pathfinder has policies around animal testing, factory farming, whaling, live exports and the use of animals for entertainment, it isn’t strictly 100% vegan.
For example, they don’t invest in factory farming, but they also don’t avoid investing in companies making products from wool - for example, WoolAid (who make wool bandages). You can find out more here.
A. Yes. "To help you save, the Government will make an annual contribution to your account as long as you meet these conditions:
Note that your employer contributions don’t count; it is what you have paid that matters.
If you contribute less than $1,042.86 from your pay, you can make a voluntary contribution to top up your account to qualify for the Government contribution.