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'Two fundamental moral principles guide our work in managing assets: the principle of human dignity and the concept of stewardship.'

– Church of Sweden

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ABOUT

FaithInvest supports faith groups and faith-based asset owners to invest in line with their beliefs and values. Scroll down to find out about our history as well as links to information about our Mission, our Strategic Plan, our Theory of Change, our Services, and more.

ABOUT US – A QUICK OVERVIEW
HISTORY

We were founded in 2019 after a landmark meeting in Zug, Switzerland, in 2017.

OUR MISSION

Find out why we exist, what we stand for and how we grow values-driven investing.

OUR SERVICES

Learn how we support faith-based asset owners through free-to-access and paid-for services.

BROCHURE

Take a look at our About FaithInvest brochure for an overview of who we are and what we do.

THEORY OF CHANGE

Our Theory of Change sets out the impact we seek and how we will achieve it.

STRATEGIC PLAN

Our Strategic Plan sets out our priorities and activities over the next three years. 

 ANNUAL REPORTS

Read our Annual Reports to find out about our events and activities.

OUR TEAM

Discover who we are, our trustees, our ecosystem of collaborators and how we are funded.

Our history
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OUR HISTORY

FaithInvest was founded in 2019 after a landmark Faith in Finance meeting of religious investors, philanthropies, the United Nations, national governments and investment firms, organised by our founding organisation, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), in Zug, Switzerland, in 2017.

The meeting recognised that the faiths could be a significant investment bloc on the global stock markets, and an important force that could help to make our world a better place. In order to make this a reality, the meeting unanimously concluded that a new organisation was needed, and so began two years of development which led to the launch of FaithInvest in 2019. 

However, our roots go much further back to the two decades that ARC spent engaging faiths on their investments and purchasing power.

2001

ARC, in partnership with Citigroup, begins to explore with partners such as ICCR and people involved in faith finance, whether the investment power of the religions could be a major environmental force for good.

 

Sept 2015

The UN asks ARC to organise the only formal consultation of the faiths about the new Sustainable Development Goals. The conference leads to the publication of the Bristol Commitments – pledges of practical action by the faiths to support the SDGs. Included were significant aspirations around investing in line with their values.

 

April 2005

These consultations lead to the creation of a new independent foundation, 3iG – the International, Interfaith, Investment Group – to promote faith-consistent investing. 3iG undertakes some important research but it was ahead of its time and ultimately failed.

Dec 2016

ARC publishes the ground-breaking paper, Faith in Finance, which was commissioned by OECD and UNDP to explore the role of faiths as investors, particularly in connection to the strategic development goals (SDGs) created last year by the United Nations.

March 2007

ARC publishes the Atlas of Religion  which includes the first attempt to chart the faiths' investments worldwide. 

Oct 2017

ARC organises a landmark meeting of 50 faith traditions, investment houses, foundations and the UN in Zug, Switzerland. The meeting includes the publication of the Zug Guidelines outlining the investment priorities and of different faith traditions. By unanimous agreement, it is agreed a new alliance is needed to accelerate faith-consistent investing.

ANNUAL REPORTS

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.

Sincere thanks from everyone at FaithInvest!

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