A new report from the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, supported by MMA, highlights significant progress in gaining global commitments to integrate social and environmental values with investment decisions.

The initiative, a collaboration of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, the UN Global Compact and institutional investors, recognizes that long-term business success is linked to society’s interests and needs. Released last week, the report showed that the number of investors which have committed to the principles has doubled to over 380 in the past year, representing more than $14 trillion.

MMA has signed the principles and contributed data that was used to develop the report. MMA is one of a few faith-based investor signatories in the U.S. As a shareholder in many corporations, MMA is committed to communicating its concerns with the corporations’ management about financial and social issues.

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