With so many people talking about impact, it’s hard to know what real impact is — or what strategies help achieve it. At Praxis®, we utilize seven distinct impact strategies across our funds to make a difference.
Impact investing
Measuring real-world change
Many faith-based, values-driven investors are familiar with screening — but that's only the beginning of the story.
ImpactX helps investors understand the relative difference various impact strategies can make. Like impact itself, X is a variable, X can be a multiplier, and X is often unknown.
Impact is a factor that must be carefully processed, rigorously managed, continuously improved and routinely redefined. That's our goal.
Values and risk screening
We use values and risk screening to limit our exposure to companies that cannot align with our shared stewardship investing values.
Proxy voting
Values-based proxy voting provides consistent corporate communication and support for important values and risk-driven resolutions on thousands of corporate ballots annually.
Sustainability integration
Sustainability integration ensures the intentional inclusion of material environmental, social and governance risk data in the investment selection process.
Positive impact bonds
Each positive impact bond, including green, social and sustainability bonds, delivers targeted, real-world benefit to the climate and/or communities through market-rate, fixed income investments.
Company engagement
Intentional dialogue with senior company leaders through both shareholder and bondholder engagement promotes real, impactful change in corporate policy and practice.
Advocacy and education
Active involvement with industry advocacy and education efforts helps promote a transparent business environment that benefits all stakeholders.
Community investing
Sustainable investments promoting the inclusion and development of underserved communities through community investing offer the most potential for real-world change where it is needed most.
Real Impact Reports
Reports and stories
Download the most recent quarterly and annual Real Impact Reports or view the latest articles to get an overview of how your investments make a difference.
Since 1994, we have shaped our approach to impact by asking the question "What more can we do?" - and integrating new strategies as they emerge over time.
We are guided by our core values, seeking to hold in tension a responsibility for the productive use of financial resources and a deep-seated concern for the individuals, communities and environments impacted by our investment choices.
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Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value, and have no bank guarantee. Praxis Mutual Funds and Praxis ETFs are advised by Praxis Investment Management, Inc. and distributed through Foreside Financial Services, LLC.
