Humankind Investments ETF (HKND) Named ‘Newcomer ESG/Impact ETF of the Year’

HKND recognized by Fund Intelligence’s Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards 2021

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Humankind Investments LLC (“Humankind Investments”), a quantitatively driven asset manager specializing in socially responsible investments, announced today that it has been awarded ‘Newcomer ESG/Impact ETF of the Year’ by Fund Intelligence for its Humankind US Stock ETF (NYSE Arca: HKND).

HKND was launched in February 2021 with the goal of providing investors broad exposure to US equities with a focus on companies that contribute the greatest value to humanity, as measured by Humankind’s proprietary US Equity Index. The Index tracks the top 1,000 US companies that promote healthier, safer, more equitable and longer lives based on a quantitative analysis of each company’s impact on investors, consumers, employees and citizens.

“When I founded Humankind in 2019, it was driven by two key beliefs. First, that sustainable investing would become the mainstream way people invest, and second, products weren’t effectively evaluating environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors in a quantitative way,” said James Katz, Founder and CEO of Humankind Investments. “HKND’s proprietary model aims to solve this by bringing a more systematic approach to measuring a company’s societal impact in dollar terms, which truly sets us apart among the range of traditional ESG funds. We are honored to have the fund recognized by Fund Intelligence for this pioneering approach.”

HKND is notably the first Registered Investment Company to file with the SEC as a benefit corporation and incorporate ESG principles directly into its fiduciary responsibility. This recognition comes as the fund has reached approximately $100 million in assets under management earlier this month.

The Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards recognize and reward the people and organizations whose excellence, achievements and contributions to the fund industry have stood out over the past 12 months and were limited to participating advisers. The awards were held virtually on October 14thⁱ.

Humankind Investments was founded by CEO and former Vanguard analyst James Katz in 2019. Katz and his team bring 50+ years of combined experience to the firm, with previous roles at leading asset management firms and academic institutions. The firm was also shortlisted as a Newcomer ETF Firm of the Year with this first product launch of HKND.

About Humankind Investments

Humankind Investments, a quantitatively driven investment manager focused on socially responsible investments, was founded on the premise that it would be better for all of us if we widened our perspective and paid close attention to how our investments impacted humankind. Our mission is to give investors concrete and measurable ways to invest in a manner that generates rewards for themselves and for humanity. We offer socially responsible portfolio management services for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients as well as exchange traded fund products.

HUMANKIND BENEFIT CORPORATION

HUMANKIND US STOCK ETF

(Ticker: HKND)

Investment Objective

The Humankind US Stock ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the Humankind US Equity Index (the “Index”). The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without the consent of the shareholders of the Fund.

Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Humankind US Stock ETF. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained by calling 888-557-6692. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. The Humankind US Stock ETF is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC member FINRA/SIPC. Humankind Investments, LLC and Northern Lights Distributors, LLC are not affiliated.

Important Risk Information

The Fund is a recently organized, diversified management investment company with limited operating history.

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you can lose money investing in this Fund. SRI investment risk, which is the chance that stocks screened by the Index Sponsor for SRI criteria generally will underperform the stock market as a whole or that the particular stocks selected for the Index will, in the aggregate, trail returns of other mutual funds or ETFs screened for SRI criteria. In tracking the Index, the Fund may, from time to time, invest more heavily in companies in a particular economic sector or sectors, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector. The profitability of companies in the healthcare sector, as traditionally defined, including healthcare equipment and services companies, may be affected by government regulations and government healthcare programs, increases or decreases in the cost of medical products and services, an increased emphasis on outpatient services, demand for medical products and services and product liability claims, among other factors.

Companies in the technology sector, including information technology companies, may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel.

Investors in small- and medium-sized companies typically take on greater risk and price volatility than they would by investing in larger, more established companies. The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the values of the Fund’s investments, which may change due to economic and other events that affect markets generally, as well as those that affect particular regions, countries, industries, companies or governments. Although the Fund’s shares are approved for listing on the NYSE Arca (the “Exchange”), there can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop and be maintained for Fund shares. Although Fund shares are listed for trading on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained. The Fund is not actively managed and therefore would not sell an equity security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is removed from the Index. 7325-NLD-10262021

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ⁱ The Newcomer ESG/Impact ETF of the Year award is given to the most successful ETF launched on or after January 1, 2020, that participates in the awards contest and is focused on ESG issues as measured by a combination of factors, such as inflows, performance and innovation. No award should be construed by clients or prospects as a guarantee that they will experience a certain level of results if they invest in Humankind US Stock ETF or if Humankind Investments is engaged or continues to be engaged to provide investment advisory services, nor should it be construed as a current or past endorsement of Humankind US Stock ETF by investors, or of Humankind Investments LLC by any of its clients. This is not a testimonial nor is this a statement of an investor experience of Humankind US Stock ETF or client experience of Humankind Investments LLC’s advisory services.

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Erica Warfield

323-500-0922

pro-humankind@prosek.com

Source: Humankind Investments LLC