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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...
Apr 13, 2023
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Publishes Position on Oil & Gas Sector
A UN-convened position statement from the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) highlights the necessary changes required in the global...
Apr 11, 2023
Headlines from three faith-based asset owners
I finally replayed the Sustainable Investing Landscape and Strategies event hosted recently by Church Pension Group (CPG) in the US,...
Apr 5, 2023
The Trade-Off Between Sustainable Investment & Fiduciary Responsibility
Research published in the Oxford Academic Capital Markets Journal suggests that the likelihood of achieving significant change in carbon...
Apr 4, 2023
Who uses OCIOs?
In our recent paper focusing on smaller faith-based asset owners, and my session at the CIIC event in Chicago, we highlighted three...
Mar 31, 2023
Faith-consistency isn’t just about investable assets
Faith-consistency isn’t just about investable assets, it can be about all a faith organization’s assets. We talk frequently about the...
Mar 27, 2023
New survey of climate change considerations in institutional portfolios
According to a recent survey* 71% of institutional (faith) investors claim that “climate change is at the centre of, or is a significant...
Mar 22, 2023
Mapping your faith-values
How do your organization’s faith-values map to frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or ESG Factors? Recognizing many...
Mar 16, 2023
Recapping our recent FCI interest group event
We were delighted to have had our best turnout ever for the Faith-consistent Investing Interest Group quarterly virtual event this past...
Mar 16, 2023
New peer survey on Endowment and Foundation investors
As members of faith organizations, you may oversee an endowment or foundation along with other assets (retirement, operating etc.) How...
Mar 6, 2023
Matching SDGs to Investment Screens
The UN’s SDGs are designed to be the “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet”. However, we’ve seen SDGs...
Mar 6, 2023
Phenix Impact Report: Where are Private Impact Investments Going? (Not Climate!)
Continuing on an ESG and SDG theme from last week (“how effective are the SDGs?”) – but taking a narrower impact investing perspective -...
Mar 2, 2023
How effective are the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The latest SDG report for 2022 calls for “an urgent rescue effort for the SDGs,” noting: “the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is...
Feb 27, 2023
The Difficulties in the Clean Energy Transition — Alternative Solutions
As the world moves to a more sustainable future, investors are faced with many methods in which to express their climate goals....
Feb 16, 2023
The transition to a low-carbon economy has tradeoffs to consider
Getting narrow on a topic many of us try to balance in our ethical investment oversight efforts – transition to a low-carbon economy has...
Feb 13, 2023
Climate-aware Return Assumptions
As investors, we’re typically building portfolios around long-term asset classes (stocks, bonds and cash) using risk, return and...
Jan 27, 2023
Don't miss our next FCI Interest Group meeting on March 9 where we'll explore the portfolio...
... performance and risk implications of using faith-aligned negative screens with Rashed Khan, Director of Portfolio Risk and Analytics...
Jan 25, 2023
What does your Board / Investment Committee know and what training might they need?
In our work with several of you, and hearing from others, identifying board / committee members and proper investment / values-investing...
Jan 24, 2023
We're seeking a 2023 Investing Intern - interesting project developing our FCI Fund Rating service.
Location flexible, slight preference for east coast US. Referrals welcome! My email: mathew.jensen@faithinvest.org
Jan 23, 2023
Divest or engage? A question to raise strong views or shrugs. With our early Sustainable Banking...
...project we received guidance from a well-known advocacy organization “it’s better to buy a share in a bank and advocate for change as...
Jan 21, 2023
Undertaking a Faith Consistent Investment plan is a generally a difficult endeavour.
Impact investments prove to be an effective way to meet FCI targets and UN SDGs; however, getting exposure to impact products can be...
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