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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 exciting road ahead for Islamic finance: A guest blog by Omar Shaikh
There are exciting developments taking place in the $4.5 trillion global Islamic finance industry. COP28 shone a spotlight on its...
Impact product design project seeks participants
FaithInvest is pleased to be jointly participating in an impact product design project led by the FIIND Impact Foundation. FIIND Impact...
The state of religion around the world: Martin Palmer on BBC Radio Scotland
FaithInvest's Founding President Martin Palmer was interviewed on BBC Scotland's Sunday Morning programme yesterday, on World Religions...
FaithInvest on advisory board for World Economic Forum Faith in Action report
The World Economic Forum has released a new report on the impact of faith-based action on the world's multiple crises, with case studies...
'People of faith are in a key position to change the narrative and rewrite the future'
That was the message that came through loudly and clearly at the grassroots events involving faith and civil society groups in Belfast,...
Lorna Gold meets faith & civil society groups in Belfast to discuss post-COP28 action
FaithInvest CEO Dr Lorna Gold is in Northern Ireland today and tomorrow for a series of grassroots events uniting faith and civil society...
A busy year and exciting opportunities: Martin Palmer rounds up the year
It's been just over three months since Martin Palmer handed over the CEO role to Dr Lorna Gold and became our Founding President. For our...
Where governments have failed, faiths must lead: Lorna Gold writes for Interfaith Power & Light
Faced with a deeply troubling outcome of COP28, what should faith groups who care deeply about climate change and care for God’s earth do...
New report highlights the impact of faith climate philanthropy
FaithInvest Founding President Martin Palmer has contributed an article to a new report on the impact of the Abrahamic faiths – Judaism,...
FaithInvest at COP28: Dr Lorna Gold assesses the highs and lows of the climate conference
FaithInvest CEO Dr Lorna Gold attended COP28 and delivered the Opening Address at the Faith Pavilion on December 4 – Finance Day. In this...
Jan 30
An update on Responsible Investing
Time for year-end tallying – and the numbers for responsible investment (RI) were up notably last year according to a new report out from...
Jan 23
ESG is dead: long live Rational Sustainability!
A new paper is out from London Business School on the needed evolution in ESG investing - and a proposal for a new approach - entitled...
Jan 16
Top Ten FCI Research Posts of 2023
In 2023, FaithInvest provided you with weekly insights to a variety of research being conducted in the area of faith-consistent...
Jan 9
Does ‘engagement’ improve companies and returns?
Very interesting ‘real life’ study out 'Does Paying Passive Managers to Engage Improve ESG Performance?', a 66-page working paper...
Jan 2
How COP28 was relevant for investors - if at all
ESG Investor is out with a sober and removed take on the outcomes of COP28 as relevant for us as investors and overseers of investment...
Dec 20, 2023
Introducing a FIIND product design project
FaithInvest’s friend organisation FIIND Impact Foundation, an Amsterdam-based impact investing non-profit, is launching a grant-funded...
Dec 20, 2023
When a sustainable investment underperforms
In aligning their investments with values, we often see faith-consistent investors including positive screening policies that target...
Dec 12, 2023
Lessons on delivering social impact
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the “big three” global consultants, is out with an interesting report on how banks can deliver both...
Nov 28, 2023
Private equity for positive change AND competitive returns
A new paper from researchers at MIT and EBS Business school 'ESG Footprints in Private Equity Portfolios…' looks at the relatively...
Nov 14, 2023
Singing from the same hymnbook: consistent ESG terminology
We regularly hear, and express, concerns over the varying definitions of values investing terms, like screening, stewardship, or ESG...
Nov 7, 2023
Are social impact investments too risky?
Interesting paper out entitled 'A Note on the Role of Social Impact Investments..' in Highlights of Science, an academic open access...
Nov 2, 2023
Applying ‘integrated impact investment’ to align social and financial goals
Attending an in-person FCI or Impact event is nearly always an energizing and affirming experience, and in the post-COVID era these...
Nov 1, 2023
The 10 Myths of ESG
A rather direct essay by London Business School professor Alex Edmans - 'the 10 Myths of ESG' - appears in the latest Financial Analyst...
Oct 24, 2023
An innovative approach to sustainable non-profit funding
In recent months, we’ve gotten to know the VOW Network, a organisation which is taking an innovative approach to funding the activities...
Oct 18, 2023
Addressing climate AND social issues simultaneously - can it be done?
All of us doing faith-consistent investing are in some way addressing underlying environmental AND social issues, and we wonder – can we...
Oct 12, 2023
Insights heard from a newcomer to faith-consistent investing
We had a wonderful opportunity to hear from a leader who is new to faith-consistent investing, with a faith-based asset owner, in this...
Oct 5, 2023
A think tank targets economic climate assumptions
A recent report from Carbon Tracker, a think tank founded by FaithInvest Advisor Mark Campanale, asserts that ‘pension funds are risking...
Oct 3, 2023
Assessing internal support for sustainable banking
It has been a while since we’ve written on Sustainable Banking, in part because one of the conclusions of the FaithInvest Sustainable...
Sep 27, 2023
The Role of Ethics Committees for Faith and Values Investors
We recently covered research and findings on the use of Ethics Committees by faith-based asset owners (often appearing under many names –...
Sep 13, 2023
Helpful guidance from The Investor Agenda on climate and investments – but does it suit all?
We’re working with several of you to integrate climate considerations into investment strategies. Because of this, we’re always keeping...
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