Praxis Investment Management Releases 2025 Impact Report Detailing Faith-Based Investment Strategies

Praxis Investment Management, a company of Everence and a leading faith-based investment manager, released its annual impact report, Real Impact Report 2025. This sixth edition highlights facts, figures, stories and examples of how stewardship investing creates real-world impact. The report also shares an excerpt from the firm's research on faith-based investing published earlier last year. More than ever, we think it's important to leverage as many impact strategies as possible, writes Praxis President Chad Horning, CFA in the report's introduction. Our work in advocacy and education, corporate engagement and proxy voting help deliver change at a global level. At the same time, we touch specific communities through our impact bond and community investing strategies.

The report, like the team's work, is organized around the seven distinct impact strategies that make up the Praxis ImpactX framework. Values + Risk Screening excludes 3.8-23.4% of companies in stock indices. Proxy Voting involved nearly 18,000 proposals on behalf of shareholders in 2025. Sustainability Integration means Praxis doesn't just screen out; it also invests in or invests a higher weight into companies that better represent core values. Positive Impact Bonds show that 35% of holdings of the diversified Praxis Impact Bond Fund were invested in socially or environmentally targeted impact bonds as of Dec. 31, 2025. Company Engagement involved directly engaging over 20 companies on subjects ranging from human rights and child labor to Creation care.

Advocacy and Education included participation in Freedom to Investment, which outlined why investors factor financially material considerations, including environmental and human rights impacts, into investment decisions. Community Development Investing, partnering with Calvert Impact and Capital Impact Partners, resulted in more than $25.8 million invested in CDI as of December 2025. 2025 was a big year for Praxis—we launched our first two ETFs and published research that proved what we know to be true: that investors want to align their faith with their values, said Mark Regier, Vice President of Stewardship Investing. We thank everyone in the Praxis community for making real-world impact possible as we invest together. To download a copy, visit https://www.praxisinvests.com/insights/RIR2025.

The report's importance lies in its detailed quantification of impact investing outcomes within a faith-based framework. By providing specific metrics across seven strategies, Praxis demonstrates that values-aligned investing can achieve both financial returns and measurable social change. The exclusion of 3.8-23.4% of companies through screening shows significant selectivity, while engagement with over 20 companies indicates active shareholder influence. The $25.8 million in community development investing and 35% allocation to impact bonds reveal substantial capital directed toward targeted social and environmental solutions.

This matters because it provides evidence-based validation for faith-based investing approaches at a time when environmental, social and governance considerations are increasingly important to investors. The report shows how proxy voting on nearly 18,000 proposals creates shareholder pressure for corporate responsibility. The integration of sustainability factors into investment decisions moves beyond simple exclusion to proactive support of companies aligned with values. For investors seeking to align their financial decisions with their faith, the Praxis report offers concrete examples of how investment strategies translate into real-world impact across multiple dimensions of social and environmental concern.