Our planet is projected to have 2.3 billion more religiously affiliated people by 2050 compared with just 0.1 billion more religiously unaffiliated people. That’s a 23-to-1 ratio in favor of religious growth. Research shows that this religious growth can be good for the workplace and the bottom lines of businesses – as long as restrictions on freedom of religion or belief are kept low. In such countries, innovative strength is more than twice as high as in countries where governments and societies don’t respect freedom of religion or belief. So, freedom to believe – or not believe – is good for business.

• Some of the research:
• — Future Global Religious and Economic Growth
• — Religious Freedom Helps Businesses & Economies Grow
• — Religious Freedom Linked to Economic Growth
• — Economic Growth Slowed by Decline in Religious Freedom
• — Religious Freedom Propels $1.2 Trillion US Religious Economy
• — Corporate Pledge on Freedom of Religion or Belief
• — Measuring the Fortune 200’s commitment to religious inclusion