2025: Research posts in review

In 2025, FaithInvest published 50 research posts covering a wide range of subjects and developments related to faith-consistent investing (FCI).

Several of the posts focused on research, reports and articles published by FaithInvest, such as the foundational report From Faith Values to Investment, which was significantly revised and expanded in 2025. Also featured were the reports FCI: Challenging the Performance Penalty Myth, Blended Finance: Unlocking Capital for Impact and Competitive Returns, and Beyond Investment: Guidance for Enhancing FCI for Smaller Faith-Based Asset Owners.

Many other posts described the work of various investment service providers including Schroders on private markets, the Impact Evaluation Lab on measuring impact 'authenticity', Incofin on investing in nutrition in emerging markets, and many more.

We posted about our four FCI Forums, which included shareholder advocacy in March, Catholic Social Teaching in June, the 'journey' to impact investing in September, and Evangelical Approaches to FCI to conclude the series in 2025 in December. These Forums drew the largest numbers of attendees since the series began and continued the tradition of providing FCI insights from many faith traditions while exploring a range of investment techniques for implementation.

We believe our most actionable posts focused on how faith-based asset owners can more effectively and fully implement FCI and work with their advisors. These included posts such as:

• Seven steps to effective asset manager engagement: A guide for faith-based investors

• Faith-based due diligence: questions every faith-based investor should ask their asset manager

• Shareholder resolutions in 2025: An essential element for faith-consistent investing

• Investors seek faith-based options; advisors can do more to provide solutions

As a FaithInvest Network Subscriber you have access to all of these posts and many more on our website, located on the Research Posts page.

We encourage all our Subscribers to avail themselves of this resource!

Is there a topic you'd like to see covered in 2026? Let us know at info@faithinvest.org.

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