At this year’s Association of Provincial Bursars Annual Conference , FaithInvest asked attendees to raise their hands if they had reviewed their investment policy in the past twelve months. Around two-thirds of hands went up. It was a heartening sign. But it also prompted a deeper question: what does it actually mean to 'review' your investment policy?  For faith-based organisations, reviewing an investment policy is not only a governance obligation. It can provide a moment o

The World Economic Forum (WEF) turned its attention to impact measurement last week in an article entitled, Impact investment's open secret is spotty data. Better measurement can change that . The article reports that impact investing has now surpassed $1.1 trillion in assets under management, and goes on to describe it as being 'distinct from ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, philanthropy or corporate social responsibility (CSR)', which is certainly true

2024 was a year of change and consolidation for FaithInvest, as we outline in our newly published Annual Report. We navigated leadership transitions, sharpened our focus on what faith communities most practically need, and kept building the bridge between faith beliefs and investment decisions. Executive Chair Dave Zellner 'That image of a bridge has long guided our work because it is what we seek to be: a trusted span between values and action, between faith communities and

The ICCR, in collaboration with The Shareholder Commons, has published a compelling new guide for the trustees and staff of diversified asset owners: Engaging Asset Managers to Responsibly Steward Fund Assets and the Systems that Support Them . The objective of the guide is provide asset owners - including faith-based asset owners - with a toolkit to understanding and practicing system stewardship. The guide defines system stewardship as 'the work that investors do to protect

The world’s population expanded from 2010 to 2020, and so did most religious groups, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 2,700 censuses and surveys. But while some religious groups grew, others did not keep pace with global population growth, and the total global percentage of people affliiated with a faith or belief dropped from 84% to 75.8% , according to the report, How the Global Religious Landscape Changed from 2010 to 2010 . Since 2010, the share o

FaithInvest had the privilege of joining the Association of Provincial Bursars (APB) conference earlier this month – a gathering that brings together religious treasurers and finance leads from across the UK, writes Catherine Devitt . This was our second year attending the conference. In 2024, we took part in the Conference Marketplace, where we engaged with attendees about our Faithful Finance  training course for faith-based investors. This year, we had the pleasure of host

Many new faith-based funds, apps and screening tools have been launched this year, providing faith-based asset owners with a growing...

Press release: The movement of faith-based investing is growing fast as increasing numbers of religious groups seek to ensure their values are reflected in their investments.   Now non-profit FaithInvest has published a comprehensive guide, From Faith Values to Investment , t o help faith-based organisations develop faith-consistent investing (FCI) programmes.   FaithInvest Executive Chair Dave Zellner says the guide is very timely given the sharp rise in interest in FCI in r

FaithInvest has just completed an updated and significantly expanded version of our 2021 report: From Faith Values to Investment: A guide to faith-consistent investment policy and guidelines for institutional faith-based asset owners. The revised version is organised around: the fundamentals of faith-consistent investing; establishing and managing comprehensive FCI programmes; and action items for advancing FCI within faith organisations. It contains four case studies from a

Ethic is an SEC registered investment adviser founded in 2016 to provide technology-driven asset management services for values-oriented...

The global research non-profit World Resources Institute recently published the Financial Sector Guidebook on Nature-based Solutions...

FaithInvest exists to 'support faith organisations seeking to invest in line with their values to achieve environmental and social...

At our September 2025 Quarterly FCI Forum we addressed the process and paths by which faith-based asset owning institutions can become...

In our upcoming FCI Forum  on September 4, Faith-Consistent Investing (FCI) and the Journey into Impact , we’ll discuss how to overcome...

FaithInvest took part in an unusual and fascinating international forum held by the University of Hong Kong on the future of community...

Back in April 2022, the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance published a paper: "The Future of Investor Engagement: A call for...

In the first article of this two-part series, we provided guidance to help small faith-based asset owners (FBAOs) begin their...

In this two-part series, we aim to provide small, faith-based asset owners (FBAOs) with guidance that assists them in establishing and...

Last week, we wrote about a report from Praxis Investment Management,  Faith-Based Investing: The Conversation Clients Seek, The Value...

Press release: Faith-based investors globally control trillions in assets , yet most investment professionals are missing opportunities...

Faith-based investing is a growing priority for many investors, but most advisors aren't equipped to respond, according to new research...

FaithInvest has co-hosted an extraordinary gathering of faiths and traditional cultures in Australia – which was also live-streamed to...

We're pleased to release our latest publication, Blended Finance: Unlocking Capital for Impact and Competitive Returns . Blended finance...

This week we look back at our posts from the first half of 2025. Many of the 26 posts that we shared in the first six months of the year...

We've posted many times about the practice of shareholder engagement and its value as a means of expressing faith-based beliefs,...