2025 EVENTS
29 September-2nd October 2025 – Hertfordshire, UK
Association of Provincial Bursars Annual Conference
FaithInvest's Catherine Devitt delivered a presentation on faith-consistent investing, entitled From Paper to Practice: Strengthening Your Investment Policy & Guidelines for Faith-Consistent Investing, at the APB Annual Conference, which brings together religious treasurers and finance leads from across the UK.
4 September 2025 - Online, FCI Quarterly Forum
Faith-Consistent Investing and the Journey to Impact
Faith groups share how they have successfully aligned their investment policies with their core faith values without compromising fiduciary responsibility or financial returns. With Christopher Rowe, CFA, Managing Director, Investments at The Church Pension Fund; Theresa Robinson, Executive Director, Raskob Foundation; and Sylvia Poniecki, Director, Impact Investments at Wespath Benefits and Investments.
9-11 July 2025, University of Hong Kong
Community Development in the Global South
FaithInvest Founding President Martin Palmer is a speaker at this three-day conference organised by the Global Society and Sustainability Lab at the University of Hong Kong and the Great Future Social Innovation Center Beijing. It convenes scholars, think tank experts and representatives from civil society and businesses across Mainland China, Global South countries, the US and UK, and aims to enhance mutual understanding between development actors.
28 June 2025, Sydney University, Australia
All Life Under Heaven
WWF International's Beliefs & Values Programme, FaithInvest (represented by our Founding President Martin Palmer), the Australian Taoist Association and the Universities of Hong Kong and Sydney are holding a day-long event, attended by representatives of all major faiths and traditional cultures as well as from environmental, economic and sustainable organisations, to explore the role of faiths in protecting all life on earth. This will be followed by a smaller event in New Zealand.
5 June 2025, online. FCI Quarterly Forum
Faith-consistent Investing and Catholic Social Teaching
Lively forum which discussed how Laudato Si', Catholic Social Teaching and Mensuram Bonam, published in 2022 as a call to action, are shaping faith-driven approaches to finance and investment in Catholic institutions. With Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, President of IOR (Vatican Bank); John O'Shaughnessy, Treasure & Chief Investment Officer, Franciscan Sisters of Mary; Petra Vujakovic, Impact Investments Manager for the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
2 April 2025, online
Faith-consistent Investing - Core Principles & Practices
As we mark the 10-year anniversary of Pope Francis's Laudato Si’ and reflect on 2025 as a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church, FaithInvest delivered a webinar on Faith-consistent Investing (FCI) for the Association of Provincial Bursars, looking at how aligning faith values with investment policies as well as recent developments in Catholic investing. This was a closed webinar for the APB Network.
6 March 2025, online. FCI Quarterly Forum
The Power of Shareholder Engagement Interest Group Quarterly Forum
We explored how faith-based investors can influence corporate behaviour to improve governance and drive positive change, with Tim Smith, Senior Advisor at ICCR, and Emily DeMasi, Regional Team Lead, North America EOS at Federated Hermes Limited.
25-27 February 2025, In-person conference, New York
ICCR Spring Conference
Annual event bringing together faith- and values-based investors who view shareholder engagement with corporations as a powerful catalyst for change. FaithInvest hosted a table talk, 'Breaking through barriers: advancing faith-consistent investing'. This is a member event.
18 Feb 2025, In-person event, London
Catholic Green Investment Roundtable
Roundtable organised by Operation Noah introducing a toolkit aligning investment strategies with the principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Speakers included:
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John O'Shaughnessy, Chief Financial Officer, Franciscan Sisters of Mary
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Rev Dr. Martin Poulsom SDB, Author and Senior Lecturer on Theology, University of Roehampton
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Bokani Tshidzu, Campaign Officer, Operation Noah