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WELCOME TO OUR
FCI NETWORK!
Discover the key issues that our community of faith-based asset owners is focused upon and keep up to date with our weekly faith-consistent investing (FCI) research posts, our quarterly FCI Interest Group Forum and news about faith-based or faith-aligned investing. Join our growing network of subscribers.
WEEKLY
FCI RESEARCH POSTS
Our Investment Solutions team posts weekly on issues around values-driven and faith-consistent investing. Check out the latest posts below or visit our dedicated FCI Research Posts page. And join our subscriber network to get each weekly post delivered to your inbox.
FCI INTEREST
GROUP
We have a lively and active Faith-Consistent Investing (FCI) Interest Group Forum that meets online every quarter to discuss issues facing faith-based asset owners. These are short (45 minute), focused and solutions-oriented meetings that are open to subscribers to our network.
Our next meeting is on:
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Thursday, 6 March 2025:
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Subject to be determined
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Speakers to be announced
RECENT MEETINGS
FCI Forum: 5 December 2024
Fantastic discussion on Al-Mizan and Islamic finance, with Iyad Abumoghli, Director of UNEP Faith for Earth Coalition, and Omar Shaikh, Director of Global Ethical Finance Initiative. We learned about Al-Mizan's framework for aligning investments with ethical and sustainable practices, and how it integrates Islamic values into modern finance.
FCI Forum: 5 September 2024
Another great discussion, this time on investing with Jewish values, with Rabbi Jacob Siegel, the author of Put Your Money Where Your Soul Is: Jewish Wisdom to Transform Your Investments for Good, Neil Silverman, CFA, Principal of Mercer Investment Consulting; and Ari Hoffnung, Managing Director of JLens
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
FaithInvest seeks to increase the visibility and understanding of faith-consistent investing by actively promoting FCI within faith communities and in the wider finance world through research and thought leadership.
Check out our recent publications below and find more on our Resources page.
SHCJ CASE STUDY
The European Province of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus chose FaithInvest to help guide and accompany them on their journey of greater faith-consistent investing. This case study describes the process and results of this effort.
GOOD INTENTIONS
Our 2023 Good Intentions paper provides an update to our first in-depth, multi-faith analysis in 2022 of publicly available or submitted faith investment policies and guidelines, and assesses how far they align to faith values.
FAITH-BASED GOVERNANCE
Written in collaboration with investment consultant NEPC, Faith-based Investment Governance explores the topic of investment governance, with a focus on best practices, ethics and the faiths.
IMPACT INVESTING
Our February 2022 Roadmap discusses three key topics for faith-based investors: understanding alignment versus Impact, private markets for impact investing, and tradeoffs between impact and investment outcomes.
FCI & SMALLER ORGS
This March 2023 paper explores challenges faced by smaller faith organisations where limited resources are stretched in creating customised investment programmes reflecting a faith’s values.
FCI GUIDE
The Faith Values to Investment guide, pubished in September 2021, is aimed at faith organisations seeking to align their values and their investment policies, providing a framework for doing so.
EVENTS & GATHERINGS
We are working to build a broad-based, well-coordinated Faith-Consistent Investing Movement. To that end, we create spaces where the FCI Movement can come together for meaningful conversation and dialogue around relevant topics. Check out our flagship gatherings or find out about more about forthcoming events.
INVESTING IN A
LIVEABLE FUTURE
'A small profit reinvested regularly is something that can give huge amounts of leverage. Quite often a grant is given once... With an investment, every pound could be used 20, 30, 40, 50 times'
– Stewart McCulloch, Stewardship
We had a very lively and engaging conference of faith-based development agencies, business networks and philanthropies in London, UK, in May 2023. Co-hosted with Christian Aid's Salt Business Network, more than 100 delegates discussed whether investments and other non-aid financing mechanisms could help fund development.
'This is possible – we can create
a better future'
– Amy Clarke, Tribe Impact Capital
'Excellent', 'riveting', 'inspiring', 'mind opening' and 'uplifting' – these were some of the words used to describe FaithInvest's two-day Bold Plans and Faith-consistent Investing conference in London, UK, in October 2022. More than 100 people came together to discuss how to catalyse faith-consistent investing and move a greater proportion of faith-owned funds into initiatives focused on creating a better future for people and planet.
JOIN OUR
SUBSCRIBER NETWORK
Join our subscriber network to be part of the fast-growing Faith-Consistent Investing Movement, get early access to news and resources, and to meet and share experiences with like-minded organisations.
JOIN OUR SUBSCRIBER NETWORK
Be the first to hear about new events, workshops, research and news about our activities.
WHY JOIN?
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Be part of an engaged network of faith groups and faith-based asset owners working to increase their faith-consistent investing;
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Access to our Faith-Consistent Investing Interest Group: sharing experience, expertise and best practice, meeting quarterly
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Invitations to opportunities to learn and develop faith-consistent investment practices;
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Events to motivate, educate, inspire and collaborate with like-minded members of the network and the broader investments ecosystem;
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Access to curated individual investment-related services.
SUPPORT US
By donating to FaithInvest, your gift helps us develop the free-to-access tools, programmes and resources needed to support faith groups as across as wide a range of geographies and capacities as possible. We are very grateful for any support you can give us.