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Pope Francis dies on Easter Monday, aged 88. World leaders pay tribute
FaithInvest expresses its deep sorrow and offers condolences to the global Catholic community upon the death of His Holiness Pope...
Bridging the Gap: New masterclass on engaging the trillion-dollar faith investment market
The faith-driven investment market is expanding rapidly – with faith-based asset owners managing trillions of dollars of investments ...
Survey: What do faith-based investors want from their asset managers?
This year FaithInvest is complementing its Faithful Finance training programme with a new course designed for investment professionals...
Launch of masterclasses in engaging faith-based investors for industry professionals
FaithInvest is launching a new programme of masterclasses aimed at equipping investment industry professionals with the tools and...
Faith-based investors: The time to lead is now
In times of uncertainty, leadership often emerges from unexpected places. Today, as we witness mounting pressure against sustainable and...
How can faith-based investors influence corporate behaviour? Learn more at our FCI forum on March 6
We've got a fantastic FCI Forum coming up on Thursday March 6, exploring how faith-based investors can influence corporate behaviour and...
Dr Lorna Gold appointed to head the Laudato Si' Movement
FaithInvest congratulates Dr Lorna Gold on her appointment as Executive Director of the Laudato Si’ Movement – one of FaithInvest’s...
Mathew Jensen takes up a new challenge
Mathew Jensen, CFA Director of Faith-consistent Investing Programmes Mathew Jensen has left FaithInvest to take up a position as Senior...
A new FCI ecosystem to be developed for Christian investors
FaithInvest came away from the recent Mensuram Bonam conference in London, UK, convinced that the event marked a watershed moment for...
Our third Faithful Finance training course just finished. How did it go?
What a wonderful Faithful Finance training course we have just completed, with participants from as far afield as Ireland and Sri Lanka,...
Working with your investment managers: new CIG resource
The UK-based Church Investors Group has published a new resource to support church investors in the process of working with their...
Mensuram Bonam summit marks major step forward for FCI in the Catholic Church
Catholic institutions have hundreds of millions of dollars to invest – but almost no investment options if they want to ensure their...
Solving the two-pocket problem: aligning values & investments
How do you motivate faith groups to actively drive impact through their investments? That was the question posed to FaithInvest's...
Survey finds 88% of Christians want investments to reflect values
Press release: 4 November 2024: A new survey has confirmed what FaithInvest already knew – that the vast majority of Christians who...
FIIND report challenges investors to rethink poverty reduction strategies
The FIIND Impact Foundation's latest report, Can you help solve multidimensional poverty with your investment portfolio? , presents a...
UUA pushes back against accusation of ‘woke’ investing
The Unitarian Universalist Association has pushed back against the accusation that it – and dozens of other US investors, including...
Tighter reporting rules for gas & oil companies? Consultation closes Friday
The gangster Al Capone did not go to jail for all the people he massacred, but the US authorities got him in the end – for tax evasion....
Role of finance in transforming the world's food and farming systems
FaithInvest recently attended a two-day TABLE workshop on the politics and economics of food system transformation at Oxford University....
Faith: The oldest currency in the world?
Our eyes were caught recently by a graphic produced by Visual Capitalist on the oldest currency still in use and trading today. The...
An intense few days with the 'heirs of hope' in Northern Ireland
FaithInvest founding president Martin Palmer spent an 'intense' few days in Northern Ireland last week at a series of events focused on...
Third round of our popular Faithful Finance training course starts Oct 29
FaithInvest launches the third round of its popular online course, Faithful Finance: An Introduction to Aligning Investments with Faith...
Leading environmental campaigner Martin Palmer joins faiths in Northern Ireland on climate justice
F aithInvest Founding President and prominent environmental campaigner Martin Palmer will join faith-based organisations and civil...
Dave Zellner: A pioneer in FCI and responsible investing
FaithInvest considers itself very fortunate that its Chair of Trustees, Dave Zellner, is taking on a more active role in the organisation...
Dave Zellner assumes leadership role as Executive Chair, launches capital campaign to fund major expansion
Press release: FaithInvest is delighted to announce that Dave Zellner, longtime Chief Investment Officer of Wespath Benefits...
Launch of the Collaboratorium for faith consistent investing
FaithInvest is delighted to announce a new resource for anyone interested in faith- and values-consistent investing. Since 2020, eight...
Thinking Beyond an Apocalypse
A blog by FaithInvest Founding President Martin Palmer was featured today in Modern Church, a media outlet advocating 'for liberal...
FaithInvest announces resignation of Dr Lorna Gold, pays tribute to her service & 'unwavering commitment'
FaithInvest is sorry to announce the departure of its interim CEO Dr Lorna Gold, who has decided to step down at the end of her period as...
World Federation of Daoists takes a 'first step' onto the world stage
The World Federation of Daoists held its inaugural council meeting recently – and Martin Palmer was there to represent FaithInvest as...
A wonderful panel on faith & finance at the One Human Family conference
FaithInvest took part in the Focolare Movement's wonderful One Human Family international interreligious conference in Italy, where we...
FaithInvest's 2023 Annual Report published
As described in our recently released Annual Report, 2023 was a significant year for FaithInvest, with new partnerships and gratifying...
Webinar on ecological economics with Laudato Si' Action Platform
We had a wonderful webinar, entitled Practical Conversations on Ecological Economics, co-hosted with the Laudato Si' Action Platform,...
Charities are very interested – but cautious – about innovative ways of funding development: New paper
Press release: 20 May 2024: In an era of growing humanitarian needs and tighter aid budgets, charities are increasingly interested in other
FaithInvest Trustee Hayu Prabowo featured in NYT 'Green Islam' story
FaithInvest Trustee Hayu Prabowo was recently featured in a New York Times article, What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in the World’s Largest...
New video series equips faith investors to shape a sustainable future
Operation Noah and FaithInvest have launched a new video series entitled: 'Financing a Liveable Future: Church Investments in
Catholic groups are increasingly seeking to invest in line with values
Press release: 19 April 2024: As we celebrate Earth Day's 54th anniversary today, Catholic groups are showing increased 'devotion' to...
Back by popular demand: course on faith-consistent investing starts May 7
Press release, 12 April 2024: After a successful first online course on faith-consistent investing in February 2024, which filled up...
Faith-based investors complete first-of-its-kind FCI course
FaithInvest's first online course on faith-consistent investing (FCI) was recently completed by a group of faith-based asset owners – and...
New case study published about our work with Society of the Holy Child Jesus
FaithInvest has published a new case study describing its recent faith-consistent investing project with the Society of the Holy Child...
FaithInvest and NEPC release paper on Faith-based Investment Governance
A new paper from FaithInvest and investment consultant NEPC titled Faith-based Investment Governance explores the topic of investment...
Al-Mizan launched with high hopes, anticipation and acclaim
The long awaited Al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth was published last week amid high hopes and anticipation that this will have as big...
The eco-approach to managing faith-owned buildings
Faiths own a LOT of buildings, from cathedrals to temples, mosques to gurdwaras and more. But that's not all – faiths also manage around...
Nov 16, 2020
Pope calls on faiths to re-think how they invest their money
ANALYSIS: FaithInvest's Director of Engagement Lorna Gold assesses what the call by Pope Francis means for the growing movement for...
Nov 14, 2020
Faith values, business and green entrepreneurship
FaithInvest held a webinar to discuss how different faith traditions can contribute to rethinking business in the light of the climate...
Oct 30, 2020
Webinar: Creating your Faith Long-term Plan
The 'largest single programme of faiths acting on issues of the environment and sustainability that has ever taken place': That was how...
Oct 21, 2020
Responding to the climate and ecological crisis: A webinar
“If you want to build for a sustainable future, we are the building blocks” – Martin Palmer, CEO, FaithInvest On 19 October, Religions...
Oct 20, 2020
Press release: Green Entrepreneurship Massive Open Online Course
An online green entrepreneurship course has been developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), FaithInvest and other partner
Oct 15, 2020
Building a regenerative economy
A coalition of global leaders, businesses, institutions and individuals will come together in Parma, Italy, and online in a two-day...
Oct 6, 2020
Webinar invitation: Create a Faith Long-term Plan
Join us on Tuesday October 20 to discuss the Faith Long-term Plans programme in this FaithInvest webinar. The Faith Long-term Plans...
Oct 6, 2020
Press release: Faiths to develop environmental action plans
A major programme of practical action on the environment by faith groups globally has been launched to address key issues such as climate ch
Oct 5, 2020
Press release: Inspirational films celebrate eco-action
FaithInvest is delighted to announce a series of short films bringing together faith groups, artists and conservationists to launch a bold n
Sep 24, 2020
November Leadership training postponed
We regret that we have postponed the planned Leadership Programme, due to be held in partnership with Lassalle Haus in Zug, Switzerland,...
Sep 24, 2020
CelebrationEarth! films on EarthX TV
We are delighted to announce a series of short films celebrating the contribution of faith groups, artists and conservationists in...
Sep 24, 2020
CelebrationEarth! cancelled - but the film launches at EarthX
With regret, FaithInvest has cancelled its planned CelebrationEarth! event at St Albans Cathedral, UK, on Saturday September 19 due to...
Sep 14, 2020
David Zellner, Westpath, on the United Methodists' approach to values-driven investing
Dave Zellner is Chief Investment Officer at Wespath Institutional Investments, which oversees over $26bn in assets for the United...
Sep 1, 2020
Deeper human values must reshape the post-Covid world
That was the message in an opinion piece published on the Devex website and newsletter authored by FaithInvest Chief Executive Martin...
Aug 13, 2020
Explore values and investing in our first Leadership Programme
We are delighted to announce the new dates for the first FaithInvest Leadership Programme, entitled Building Bridges, postponed from May...
Jun 18, 2020
FaithInvest speaks at the JLens Impact Investing Summit
A successful Impact Investing Summit was held by the JLens Investor Network, despite being forced to move online by the Covid-19 crisis....
May 29, 2020
Covid: a once-in-a-century opportunity to change the world
Faith groups must not miss the opportunity to spur the world to use the Covid-19 crisis as a catalyst to tackle climate change. That was...
May 19, 2020
Vatican Covid-19 Commission
The Vatican has set up a Covid-19 Commission in response to the pandemic and to consider the role of the Church in helping manage the...
May 18, 2020
Global coalition of 42 faith institutions divest from fossil fuels
Monday 18, 2020: Today 42 faith institutions from 14 countries, including 21 from the UK, announce their divestment from fossil fuels....
May 18, 2020
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