Join us May 20th in Washington DC to find out
By Brian Grim, Ph.D.
Last week, the British trade minister Jonathan Reynolds addressed a breakfast of top business leaders on the importance of faith-friendly workplaces. He did this amidst consequential trade negotiations with India and also as trade negotiations with the US are pressing.
The breakfast, organised to coincide with the release of our 2025 UK Faith-Friendly Workplace Report, honoured the 20 most faith-and-belief friendly companies listed on the FTSE 100, which is the United Kingdom’s best-known stock market index of the 100 most highly capitalised blue chips listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Why Faith-Friendly is Good Business
In the world of high finance and global trade deals, the UK trade minister took time to congratulate business leaders for having organisations where people can bring their best selves to work, which for many includes their faith. Why? Such organisations create higher performing teams, foster increased levels of retention, and attract top talent — all bottom-line competitive advantages.
Our UK Faith-Friendly Workplace Report revealed a doubling in the number of British companies benchmarking progress in this area and a more than doubling of FTSE 100 companies giving people of faith an official voice within their companies. They do this through C-suite-sponsored, employee-led, faith-oriented business resource groups (BRGs or ERGs). In fact, more than one-in-four FTSE 100 companies (26%) report have faith ERGs, up from 12% just a year ago.
Will U.S. Fortune 500 Lag Behind?
By contrast, in 2024 we found that only 12.4% of Fortune 500 companies had faith ERGs, which is a tangible indication of having a faith-friendly workplace.
On May 20th, we will be releasing the 2025 Fortune 500 Faith-Friendly Workplace Report at our 6th annual “Dare to Overcome” Fortune 500 Faith@Work ERG conference in Washington DC. At that point we will see whether faith-friendly workplaces among US employers is on the rise.
Given the fact that faith-oriented ERGs are situated within corporate inclusion and belonging offices, we will see if current affairs have fostered or dampened faith representation in US workplaces.
To get the results of the US Faith-Friendly Workplace Report, join us on May 20th in Washington DC! We have invited Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address the conference (TBC).
