Bright Now

Shaun Cooper is Head of Finance at the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood, a Catholic religious order that recently became the first UK signatory of the Catholic Impact Investing Pledge.

In this guest blog he shares the background on how and why the congregation decided to begin impact investing.

More than 70 prominent civil society leaders – including faith leaders, MPs, Councillors, pension fund trustees, investment experts and NGO directors – have signed an open letter countering the Pensions Minister Guy Opperman’s support of continued investment in fossil fuel companies, The Guardian has reported.