Your Faith Your Finance

A guide to money, faith and ethics

Your Faith Your Finance

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  • About Us
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  • Money & Faith
    • In The World Today
      • In The World Today
      • The Crash
      • Faith And Austerity
    • Wealth And Poverty In The Bible
      • Poverty In The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
      • Money In The Gospels
      • Poverty And Wealth In The Rest Of The New Testament
      • Poverty, Equality And The Churches
    • Usury And The Theology Of Money
      • Usury In The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
      • Usury In The New Testament
      • Usury In Christian History
      • Thinking About Usury
      • Idolatry
  • Where’s Your Money?
    • Your Own Money
      • Cash
      • Bank Accounts
      • Building Societies And Credit Unions
      • Pensions, Insurance And Investments
      • Taxes
      • Buildings And Land
    • Your Church’s Money
      • Bank Accounts
      • Building Societies
      • The Stock Exchange
      • Making Change
  • Banking
    • What Is Banking Really?
      • What Is A Bank?
      • Would You Credit It?
      • Interest And Sin
      • Your Money, Your Bank And Your Values
    • Types Of Banking
      • Current Accounts
      • Savings Accounts
      • Loans
      • Investment Banks
    • Ethical Banking
      • Avoidance (Negative Screening)
      • Support (Positive Screening)
      • Critical Engagement
      • Ethical Banks
        • The Co-operative Bank
        • The Islamic Bank of Britain
        • Reliance Bank
        • Triodos Bank
      • Moving Your Money
    • Individual Banks
    • Questions To Ask Your Bank
      • Question 1 – Overall Policy Statement
      • Question 2 – Who Owns The Bank?
      • Question 3 – Retail Or Universal Bank?
      • Question 4 – Arms Companies
      • Question 5 – Environmental Destruction
      • Question 6 – Food Price Speculation
      • Question 7 – Rate Of Interest And Charges
      • Question 8 – Basic Bank Accounts?
      • Question 9 – Tax
      • Question 10 – Living Wage
      • Question 11 – Bonus Ratio
    • Alternatives To Banks
      • Building Societies
      • Credit Unions
      • Peer-To-Peer Finance And Crowdfunding
  • Investing
    • What Is Investment?
      • Direct Shareholders
      • Nominee Holders
      • Indirect Shareholders
      • Pension Funds
      • Banks, Building Societies and Insurance Companies
    • Ethics And Investing
      • Gambling And Usury
      • Avoiding And Engaging
      • Keeping Track
    • Negative Screening
      • Avoidance
      • Divestment
      • Going Further
    • Positive Screening
      • Positive Screening
      • Investment As Mission
      • Mixed Approaches
    • Engagement
      • Shareholder Activism And Engagement
      • Critical Engagement
      • Engagement And Divestment
      • First Steps
    • Influencing Companies And Funds
      • Influencing Companies And Pension Funds
      • How To Engage
      • Contacting Companies
      • Contacting Pension Funds, Charities And Churches
      • Meetings
      • Company “Consultations”
      • Shareholder Resolutions
      • Public Campaigning And Using The Media
      • Is It Worth It?
    • Influencing Your Church’s Investments
      • Influencing Your Church’s Investments
      • Baptist Union Of Great Britain
      • Church Of England
      • Church Of Scotland
      • Methodist Church
      • Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers)
      • Roman Catholic Church
      • United Reformed Church
  • Spending
    • Questions To Ask Yourself
      • Background
      • Questions
    • Finding Out More
      • General Ethical Ratings
      • Environmental And Animal Welfare
      • Fairtrade
      • Pay And Conditions
      • Tax Avoidance
    • Boycotts
  • What Can I Do?
    • My Own Money
    • My Church’s Money
      • Make Your Money Promote Your Values
      • Use Your Money To Raise Your Voice
      • Put Economic Issue At The Heart Of Your Church’s Life
  • Group Discussion
    • Charity, Change And Choices About Money
    • Debt, Interest And Usury
    • Poverty In The Bible And Today
    • Jubilee And Justice
    • Jesus And Economic Action
    • Longer Exercise: Your Church’s Money
      • Part A
      • Part B
    • Longer Exercise: Your Own Money
      • Part A
      • Part B

Mixed Approaches

For most people who undertake positive screening this complements the negative screening that ensures the most immoral companies are avoided. Many ethical investors combine it with critical engagement to improve a company’s ethics – you can read more here.

Positive Screening

  • Positive Screening
  • Investment As Mission
  • Mixed Approaches
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