Green Investment Declaration

Make your money work for God's creation

Money has power. And that power can either be harnessed for good or used to fuel harm. We might think carefully about how we manage our personal money – perhaps through giving to charitable causes, buying fairtrade, or using an ethical bank – but how often do we review the impact of our churches’ and faith institutions’ money? And when we do, how do we go about making this money work for the benefit of God’s creation?

This initiative has been developed by Operation Noah and JustMoney Movement to support Churches and other faith institutions across the globe to increase their investments in climate solutions to build a greener future.

By signing up to this Green Investment Declaration, your church or organisation is not just having a direct impact through your investments but, through speaking publicly about it, you’re also creating ripples throughout wider church and society encouraging others to do likewise. Together we can play our part in the restoration of Creation, starting with our finances.

About the Green Investment Declaration

Declaration Text

We (organisation name) believe that as a faith organisation we have the moral obligation to be advocates for climate, nature and humanity, which are all impacted by the climate crisis. We believe that our actions must help build a society that is just for all.

We therefore believe that it is our responsibility to align our investments with our faith values and move beyond negative screening to consider how our investments actively fund climate solutions to create positive social and environmental impacts.

By signing this declaration we acknowledge the importance of being on an investment journey to build a more just world for both people and the planet.

Three stages to the journey

Depending on where you are on your green investment journey, your organisation will start on one of three levels of this Declaration, outlined below.

As your green investments grow, so too will your Green Declaration, moving from an acorn, to a thriving sapling, to a mighty oak tree.

At each level, signatories will:

a) ensure their investment policy reflects the values of their organisation and its intention to invest in climate solutions; and

b) commit to promoting investments in climate solutions to their networks.

01 Acorn

Signatories at this level make a commitment to invest in climate solutions within 2-3 years, which includes ensuring their investment policy reflects the values of the organisation and its intention to invest in climate solutions.

02 Sapling

03 Oak

Register your interest

Fill in your details below to express your interest in signing up to the Green Investment Declaration, and we will be in touch with further information.

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and would never share your data with a third party. As this Green Investment Declaration is coordinated by FaithInvest, Operation Noah and JustMoney Movement, your contact details will only be used by these organisations for the administration of this initiative. You will not receive any further contact from us, but are invited to sign up to our newsletters to stay in touch.

Operation Noah is a charity registered in the UK. Charity No. 1138101