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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 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...
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...
Sep 7, 2023
Many investable markets are up this year…but not this 'sustainable' one
Carbon credits are controversial, but they may underpin or partially finance the impact fund you’re in, the grant work you’re doing, they...
Aug 30, 2023
A top-scoring FBAO’s FCI Journey
We recently had an opportunity to talk faith-consistent investing with an asset owner holding a top scoring – perfect 10 – investment...
Aug 24, 2023
Values-investing: is manager reporting up to snuff?
What is the state of values-based investment reporting, is it part of the solution to bringing sustainable investing to the masses, or...
Aug 21, 2023
Sustainable investing is smart, not political
FaithInvest Board Chair, and Chief Investment Officer for Wespath Institutional Investments (US Methodists) Dave Zellner is out with a...
Aug 17, 2023
Is sustainable investing counterproductive?
Seems a steady drip of academic research is out on the ‘real world’ impacts of ESG / sustainable investing, now with improving data sets....
Aug 9, 2023
Impact Imbalance?
GIIN is out with the “Impact Investor Demographics” report, which – inadvertently? – highlights an imbalance we’ve noticed: more impact...
Aug 3, 2023
How FBAOs engage in impact investing
Following up from our most recent FCI update (reviewed at the June FCI Interest Group meeting) and soon to be released in our updated...
Aug 2, 2023
Has increasing criticism of sustainable investing impacted sustainable funds?
Those of you in the US are no doubt aware of the rising “anti-ESG” chorus of critics (many renaming it “woke investing” – with this...
Jul 27, 2023
Using ESG criteria for faith-consistent investing: clarity is the key!
Working recently with a faith-based asset owner (FBAO) on their investment policy and guidelines (IP&G) – we learned that they had...
Jul 18, 2023
Guest Commentary: A response to our post 'How much does Artificial Intelligence know about FCI'
By Michael Lustig FaithInvest’s exploration of how ChatGPT can be applied towards drafting faith-consistent investing guidelines is...
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