Mobilizing faith-based investments into impact

And let’s start with climate first.

Faith-based values have been the cornerstone of our society and civilization. However, there is a new and unexpected role for Faith-based organizations (FBOs) as large asset owners to shift (part of) their investments into a responsible portfolio with a net positive social and environmental impact. In order to do that we will need to prepare and support them as well as their Fiduciary Intermediaries, Identify what their faith-based values are, align them with global issues (e.g. climate/preservation of the creation).

As many FBOs are new to Impact Investing we want to ensure we point them towards the most effective solutions to deal with these global challenges and show them which of the solutions are investable. As many FBOs rely on Fiduciary Intermediaries for Investment Advice we also would like to support and help fiduciary intermediaries to help advise FBOs in this area.

The Faith Impact Project is the first tangible outcome of the work of the FIIND Impact Foundation.

The in-depth study by the Global Impact Investing Platform on faith-based investments in 2019 was the inspiration for starting this research. In December 2020 we began working on the Faith Impact Project with the support of our sponsor Porticus. We are proud to publish our first batch of research results on this online platform.

The results of our research are available for the greater good and, via the forms, you can request all documents as PDFs. We believe the results are thorough and we have reviewed them with religious scholars, climate experts and investment professionals. Nonetheless, we also see our work as a living document and we are open to positive, constructive feedback to further improve the results. Ultimately, our objective is to align faith-based investments with faith values and to move faith-based money to where it is really needed.