Dollar General workers traveled for nine hours to attend a rally demanding better pay and safer working conditions but were greeted with a closed door.
Partnering with UCF has allowed us to align our investment portfolio with our values and ensure the proper stewardship of our endowment. We are proud to share that they have offered more than $100,000 in outreach grants to organizations in the community.
United Church Funds has responded to our socially responsible investing calling without threatening the health of our investment. Together with the UCC financial ministries, UCF works to meet the financial needs of local churches to sustain and advance their missions.
By selecting UCF as our investment partner, Camp Adams has been able to find new financial stability that is based on careful management of funds. This stability is allowing us to explore environmental and eco-justice initiatives in a way we would not be able to if we were operating solely as a retreat center.
Dollar General workers traveled for nine hours by bus from Louisiana to attend a rally at corporate headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, on May 25, during the company’s 2022 annual shareholders’ meeting. They demanded better pay and safer working conditions, but were greeted with a closed door. Read more.
Over the last two years, there has been a spectacular increase in investments that focus on or include environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. UCF has prepared a report that examines the recent explosion of ESG investing universally, as well as the ways in which UCF, on behalf of its clients, has participated in and contributed to that growth. Download and read the report.