Our Strategy and Goals

EIRIS Foundation Strategy 2027-2030

Developed in 2026, this is EIRIS Foundation’s updated strategy for 2027–2030. It sets out the three priorities around which we focus our work, the conditions we are working to bring about, and our theory of change — how we believe lasting progress on sustainability (and particularly social factors) in finance is made.

The strategy builds on more than 40 years of work at the intersection of responsible investment, human rights, and public policy. It reflects both what we have learned about where we can make the greatest difference, and a sharpened articulation of why the three priorities are connected and mutually reinforcing.

Our Vision

A just and sustainable financial system – genuinely serving people and planet.

Our Mission

Working in the public interest across the investment chain by providing reliable, independent data and analysis, and partnering with others to ensure our outputs drive real change.

Our three strategic priorities:

Strategic Priority 1: Illuminating Corporate Lobbying

Bringing transparency and accountability to corporate lobbying on social outcomes. Through Social LobbyMap, we make lobbying data visible and enable investors, civil society and policymakers to identify where gaps exist between public commitments and political influence.

Strategic Priority 2: Highlighting Social Impacts

Filling the gaps in social data and practice for responsible investors. We build the benchmarks, data tools and practitioner communities that give investors the evidence and frameworks to act on social risks — through the Racial Equity Scorecard, the Conflict Risk Network, and human rights benchmarking work.

Strategic Priority 3: Equipping Asset Owners

Helping long-term and values-led asset owners shape markets. We work with charities and values-led investors to align their capital with their missions, with ambitions to extend this work to pension funds, faith-based investors and other long-term owners.

EIRIS Foundation Strategy Summary

'EIRIS Foundation Strategy 2027–2030 one-page summary'

How we drive change

Our three ways of working run across all three priorities: rigorous independent assessment and benchmarking; convening communities of practice; and thought leadership and partnerships. The diagram below shows how we intervene across the investment chain to bring about the conditions for a just and sustainable financial system.

'EIRIS Foundation Theory of Change — how we intervene across the investment chain

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