FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET
GOOD INTENTIONS 2026
OUR MOST COMPREHENSIVE, IN-DEPTH STUDY OF FAITH-CONSISTENT INVESTING
Faith groups collectively manage billions of dollars in investments and overwhelmingly tell us they want to achieve positive impact with their financial assets. Our landmark new Good Intentions 2026 report, published in April 2026, examined 275 faith-based investment policies to assess the extent to which they have integrated their values into their investment practice.
GUIDED BY BELIEF BUT NOT YET BY PRACTICE
Landmark new study exposes gaps in faith-consistent investing
FaithInvest has been taking the temperature of the state of faith-consistent investing for several years by assessing real faith-based investment policies. Good Intentions 2026 is our biggest and most comprehensive, data-driven assessment to date of how faith values are embedded in investment decision-making.
The study evaluates 275 publicly available investment policies and guidelines using our Level One FCI Assessment Framework, which looks at how organisations articulate faith alignment across ten core areas of investment policy – from foundational beliefs and screening approaches, through to governance, portfolio construction, and ongoing review.
The findings reveal an evolving sector: while commitment to faith-consistent investing is growing, most organisations have yet to fully integrate their values into how capital is allocated, managed, and monitored.
We will hold an online global launch on Wednesday May 6 when study authors Catherine Devitt and Dave Zellner will discuss their findings. Register below (if the timing is difficult for you in your time zone, we will send you a recording afterwards).
In the meantime, fill in the form to access the full 104-page report or download a 12-page summary below.
OUR PARTNERS FOR GOOD INTENTIONS 2026
We are very grateful to our partners whose generous support facilitated publication of Good Intentions 2026.
LEAD SPONSOR
Federated Hermes Limited is the London-based subsidiary of Federated Hermes, Inc., a global asset management firm with US$902.6bn in assets under management for clients around the world, and a global leader in active, responsible investment since 1955.
Federated Hermes Limited aims to deliver enduring wealth creation that enriches our stakeholders, by investing responsibly. With roots going back to 1983, we have driven the evolution of best-practice stewardship and are one of the world’s largest
providers of engagement and stewardship services today. Our groundbreaking work in ESG integration, effective stewardship and our role in developing the original Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006 all underline our long-standing commitment to doing business the right way.
Today, our award-winning EOS at Federated Hermes Limited (EOS) stewardship service advises on more than US$2.3tn in assets to deliver corporate engagement and proxy voting services.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
CCLA was born through the launch of the Church of England Investment Fund in 1958 and is a pioneer of faith-consistent investing. With more than £14.9 billion in assets under management, it has a long track record of instigating positive change through its work on climate, modern slavery and mental health. it invests on behalf of parishes, churches, cathedrals and dioceses of every Christian denomination.
True to its origins, CCLA manages the CBF Church of England Funds, one of its three National Investing Bodies, and serves as the secretariat of the Church Investors Group. It launched its Catholic Investment Fund in 2021 which currently has assets of more than £210 million.
The Concord Advisory Group was founded in 1988 with a singular focus on delivering institutional investment advisory services. We provide strategic advice to institutions that want to improve the results of their investment programs. Our consulting services empower an organisation’s internal staff, investment committee and board members to become more efficient.
We have significant expertise in advising faith-based entities, including religious communities, dioceses, educational and healthcare institutions. Approximately 50% of Concord’s clients are affiliated with faith-based institutions, and our tenure with religious clients averages 13 years, with the longest in excess of 32 years.
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