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Download key resources on faiths and investments here, including those published by ARC, FaithInvest's parent organisation, which are relevant to FaithInvest's work, as well as selected publications by other organisations. You can also check out our Annual Reports.
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FAITHINVEST PUBLICATIONS
Faith-consistent Investing and Smaller Organisations
This paper explores the challenges faced by smaller faith organisations that arise when the limited resources of small plans are stretched to meet the significant requirements for creating unique, customised investment programmes that reflect a faith’s values.
Impact Investing Roadmap
by FaithInvest 2022
Our Impact Investing Roadmap introduces three topics of relevance and importance to faith-based investors: understanding alignment versus Impact, private markets for impact investing, and tradeoffs between impact and investment outcomes.
Faith Long-term Plans
by FaithInvest 2021
The Faith Plans are long-term commitments by faiths to use their investments, land, buildings, purchasing power and influence to drive action on key issues including climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development. This guide provides a framework.
Bold Plans conference report
by FaithInvest 2022
'Excellent', 'riveting', 'inspiring' were some of the words used to describe our two-day Bold Plans and Faith-consistent Investing conference which brought over 100 people together in October 2022. Find out why, plus key takeaways from the event, in our Bold Plans report.
Values to Investment
by FaithInvest 2021
All faiths document what they value in terms of social principles and environmental beliefs, but not all have integrated those values into their investing. Our Investment Solutions team has produced a guide to help them do so: From Faith Values to Investment.
Good Intentions
by FaithInvest 2022
Our Good Intentions study (subtitled 'what faiths say about how they invest, and how they can do more) is a deep dive into publicly available faith investment policies and guidelines, and assesses the extent to which investments and values are aligned.
Sustainable Banking
by FaithInvest 2021
For socially responsible investors, your banking partner matters. So how can you find a bank that shares your values? And what are the trade-offs, if any? FaithInvest investigates the issue in its State of Sustainable Banking Report – now expanded and revised.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Mensuram Bonam
by Pontifical Academy, 2022
The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (an advisory body of scholars) has published a major new paper on faith-consistent investing called Mensuram Bonam, subtitled “Faith-Based Measures for Catholic Investors: A Starting Point and Call to Action'.
Guide to Jewish Investing
by Michael Lustig, 2021
This first-ever guide to Jewish impact investing by Jewish Funders Network member Michael Lustig provides an overview of impact investing concepts and defines what makes Jewish impact investing unique. Our view is that it is also very useful for all faiths.
Climate investments
by Operation Noah, 2022
Operation Noah's new report, Church Investment in Climate Solutions: Financing a Liveable Future, outlines how churches and faith institutions can take action on the climate crisis by increasing investment in climate solutions, such as renewable energy.
Investing in a Better World
UK Government, 2019
This report, published by the UK Government, is the most comprehensive study of the UK public’s demand for sustainable investment opportunities, with most saying institutions should avoid investing in companies that harm people or the planet.
Climate investments
by Operation Noah, 2022
Phase One report from the Oxford Faith-Aligned Impact Finance Project, which aims to deliver greater understanding of the state of impact investment in faith-aligned investment. This phase involved initial research for this multi-year programme.
ARC PUBLICATIONS
Zug Guidelines
by ARC 2017
The Zug Guidelines, published in October 2017, was the first publication to outline the investment priorities, alongside the ethical rationale behind their investment decisions, for 30 traditions from eight of the world's major faiths.
Many Heavens in Action
by ARC 2013
In 2012, Christian, Muslim and Hindu faith groups in sub-Saharan Africa launched action plans on the environment. Many Heavens One Earth in Action, tells the stories of initiatives that sprang from their plans – from tree planting to sustainable agriculture and more.
Faith-based ESD Toolkit
by ARC 2014
The Faith-based Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit was produced by ARC and the Kenya Organisation of Environmental Education. The first to mainstream faith values into ESD, it was showcased at the 2014 UNESCO global conference.
Faith in Finance
by ARC 2016
This ground-breaking 84-page paper, published in 2016 by our founder, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), was commissioned by OECD and UNDP to explore the role of faiths as investors in the future, particularly regarding the SDGs.
African Faith Commitments
by ARC 2012
Following the publication of faith long-term plans in 2009, nearly 30 more Plans were announced by African faith groups in 2012. The Many Heavens One Earth Our Continent guide outlines 24 of the commitments by those groups, launched in Nairobi in 2012.
Faith in Food
by ARC 2014
Faith in Food is a collaboration between farmers, food lovers and people of faith, looking at the relationship between food and six key faith groups. Eating is a moral act. Our choices of what, how and when we eat have a huge impact upon the Earth.
Faith in the Future
by ARC 2015
This 2015 publication outlines the Bristol Commitments made by 24 faith traditions from around the world in response the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals. It was part of the only consultation of the faiths by the UN about the SDGs.
Guide: Creating Your Plan
by ARC 2009
This guidebook to creating a faith long-term plan on the environment was created by ARC ahead of the launch of 32 faith commitments from around the world at the 2009 Windsor Celebration. It outlines the seven key areas for action as well as key questions to consider.
A Capital Solution
by ARC 2000
Subtitled Faith, Finance and Concern for a Living Planet, A Capital Solution was published by ARC and WWF in 2000, supported by the World Bank, looked at assets and land owned by the faiths, and was the first to discuss the need for faith-consistent investment policies.