La foi et le bien commun

What La foi et le bien commun does

La foi et le bien commun (Faith & the Common Good) is a Canadian registered charity founded in 2000 and headquartered at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto. It operates as a national interfaith network dedicated to assisting and inspiring religious congregations and spiritual groups of all backgrounds to take collective action on environmental sustainability. The organization engages approximately 700 active faith communities across roughly 25 faith traditions, coordinates with 100+ partner organizations, and has completed more than 250 sustainability projects. Its programs span Greening Sacred Spaces (the flagship, with a three-tier Light/Medium/Deep Green certification framework covering eight categories from worship to climate justice), Faithful Footprints (a carbon reduction partnership with the United Church of Canada), Greening Canadian Mosques (developed with EnviroMuslims and including a multilingual toolkit), MLSM Canada (the Canadian chapter of the global Laudato Si' Movement), Faiths4Climate Conversations, and the Catholic Eco-Investment Accelerator Toolkit.

The organization is structured as a non-profit with a small core staff of roughly 8-9 people, including Executive Director Victor Reyes (as of November 2025), program coordinators, a building audit manager, and an energy coordinator. It delivers services through local chapters in cities across Canada, volunteer interfaith steering committees, and denominational partner networks. Revenue is generated from individual and faith community donations, nominal GSS Certification fees ($75 per application), grants from over 10 Canadian foundations (including McConnell, MakeWay, TD Friends of the Environment, and several community foundations), and product sales of the Sacred Green Teachings poster. Its marketing relies on a bilingual website, quarterly newsletters, social media, event-based engagement, and partner network amplification.

The organization's strategic positioning emphasizes its unique role as the only national interfaith charitable network in Canada dedicated specifically to mobilizing faith communities for sustainability, with a first-mover position in three niche verticals: mosque greening, Catholic eco-investment, and faith-building certification. Recent milestones include the Archdiocese of Gatineau becoming the first Canadian Catholic diocese to fully divest from fossil fuels in November 2025 through the MLSM Canada program.

Name

La foi et le bien commun

Legal name

Faith & the Common Good (charity registration # 82827 6121 RR0001)

Website

https://faithcommongood.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Faith & the Common Good is a Canadian interfaith non-profit network, founded in 2000, that supports approximately 700 faith communities across 25+ traditions with environmental certification programs, building audits, sustainability toolkits, and climate justice initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith Community Sustainability Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Interfaith & Ecumenical Councils and Dialogue Organizations (BPAGAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG), Faith-Based Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations (BPAGAJAK)

Keywords

• Interfaith sustainability programs
• Faith community certification
• Religious building audits
• Climate justice advocacy
• Greening sacred spaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Individual and Faith Community Donations: The organization relies heavily on donations from individuals and faith communities. Donations can be made via cheque (payable to Foi et bien commun), e-transfer, or online through CanadaHelps.
2. GSS Certification Application Fees: Faith & the Common Good charges a nominal fee of $75 per certification application. Each level (Light, Medium, or Deep Green) requires a separate application and payment.
3. Foundation and Corporate Funding: The organization receives funding from foundations including Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, Edmonton Community Foundation, Catherine Donnelly Foundation, Ottawa Community Foundation, MakeWay, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, Clean Community Fund, Gosling Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Region Waterloo, and Olive Tree Foundation.
4. Product Sales: Sale of the Sacred Green Teachings poster, a printed educational resource featuring ecological stewardship quotes from world religious traditions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Faith & the Common Good is a national interfaith charitable network that supports faith communities with educational programs, sustainability certification (Greening Sacred Spaces), building audits, eco-investment toolkits, and climate resilience projects. It delivers advisory services, workshops, webinars, and interfaith events to help congregations reduce their environmental footprint across more than 25 faith traditions in Canada.

Product overview

Faith & the Common Good operates as a network-based charitable organization offering multiple interconnected environmental programs and resources for faith communities. The core offerings include Greening Sacred Spaces (GSS) as the flagship program, supplemented by GSS Certification (Light Green, Medium Green, Deep Green levels), Green Audit services, and specialized programs such as Faithful Footprints (with United Church of Canada), Greening Canadian Mosques (with EnviroMuslims), Faiths4Climate Conversations, and MLSM Canada (Laudato Si' Movement). The organization also provides digital toolkits including the Greening Canadian Mosques Toolkit and Catholic Eco-Investment Accelerator Toolkit, along with physical products like the Sacred Green Teachings Poster. Programs are delivered through regional chapters, green teams within faith communities, and various engagement platforms including workshops, webinars, newsletters, and the online network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Greening Sacred Spaces (GSS) Faith & the Common Good's flagship environmental program that assists faith communities with both educational and spiritual dimensions of greening, including building audits, retrofits, and reducing environmental footprint.
• GSS Certification A three-level certification program (Light Green, Medium Green, Deep Green) that motivates, recognizes, and celebrates faith communities demonstrating commitment to environmental stewardship through action. Applications are $75 each.
• Green Audit Professional building audit service for faith buildings delivered across Canada by trained professionals including Stephen Collette (Building Audit Manager) and David Patterson (Energy Coordinator), who has performed over 60 such audits.
• Faithful Footprints A program working in partnership with the United Church of Canada toward carbon emissions reductions across United Church congregations nationwide.
• Greening Canadian Mosques A program developed in partnership with EnviroMuslims providing Canadian mosques with resources to embed sustainable practices within their facilities, including a comprehensive bilingual (English/French plus multilingual posters) toolkit covering waste management, water stewardship, energy conservation, sustainable transportation, community engagement, and Ramadan events.
• Faiths4Climate Conversations An interfaith event series bringing together diverse spiritual traditions and community activists to address sustainability and climate action, hosted at member faith community facilities.
• Mouvement Laudato Si' Movement (MLSM) Canada The Canadian chapter of the global Laudato Si' Movement, working with Catholics to turn Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si' into action for climate justice. Connects Catholic communities across Canada with global Laudato Si' initiatives, climate advocacy, and fossil fuel divestment campaigns.
• Catholic Eco-Investment Accelerator Toolkit A toolkit helping Catholic investors and those with retirement savings understand how their instruments align with values related to protecting creation, including guidance on divesting from fossil fuel industries and identifying alternatives.
• Sacred Green Teachings Poster A printed poster showcasing ecological stewardship teachings from the world's great religious texts and spiritual traditions, inspired by Scarboro Missions' Golden Rule poster. Available for purchase.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 faith communities engaged in sustainability action across Canada
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jaffari Community Centre (Thornhill, Ontario)coreOthers · 29 November 2022Host venue for Faiths4Climate Conversations events. The 161,000 sq ft facility is a LEED-inspired sustainability model for Canadian mosques, with an active eco team featured in Toronto Star and hosting numerous tours and workshops for GTA faith groups.
• EnviroMuslimscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership between Faith & the Common Good and EnviroMuslims to develop the Greening Canadian Mosques program — the first of its kind in Canada. EnviroMuslims co-developed the comprehensive GCM Toolkit covering waste management, water stewardship, energy conservation, sustainable transportation, community engagement, and Ramadan events. Both organizations co-host Faiths4Climate Conversations events. Olive Tree Foundation provided primary funding.
• United Church of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Faithful Footprints program, working toward carbon emissions reductions across United Church congregations nationwide. Aleyxa Gates Julien works closely with the United Church across the country as Faithful Footprints Coordinator.
• Laudato Si' Movement (Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith & the Common Good hosts MLSM Canada (Mouvement Laudato Si' Movement Canada), the Canadian chapter of the global Laudato Si' Movement. Agnes Richard serves as Canada Chapter Animator. The program connects Catholic communities across Canada with global Laudato Si' initiatives, climate advocacy, and fossil fuel divestment campaigns.
• Green UmmahminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresented at Faiths4Climate Conversations on their 'Greening Our Communities' program tailored toward engaging youth with sustainability questions. Youth panel co-moderated by Green Ummah's Aadil Nathani.
• Nature CanadaminorOthersPresented at Faiths4Climate Conversations on their work including a special report on Canada's logging emissions being equivalent to oil sands operations.
• Community Disaster Response Ontario (CDRO)minorOthersPresented at Faiths4Climate Conversations on the opportunity faith communities have to provide support during climate disasters such as floods, heatwaves, and snowstorms.
• Scarboro MissionsminorOthersThe Sacred Green Teachings poster was inspired by Scarboro Missions' Golden Rule poster. Scarboro Missions created the original interfaith golden rule poster that FCG adapted for environmental stewardship.
• Khalsa AidminorOthersPresented at Faiths4Climate Conversations on humanitarian work and how changing climate impacts the type and frequency of aid provided in Canada.
• Sustainability NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVictor Reyes previously worked with Sustainability Network on Vision2030, a collaborative initiative engaging 56 high-impact environmental NGO leaders across Canada on JEDI, youth engagement, Indigenous relations, and technology capacity building goals.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Blessed Earth: US faith-based organization inspiring evangelical Christians toward creation care and sustainability. Comparable in faith-focused environmental engagement, though denomination-specific to evangelical Christianity in the US.
• GreenFaith: US-based interfaith environmental organization mobilizing religious communities for climate action. Directly comparable as an interfaith network building faith-based sustainability programs and climate advocacy, though operating at larger US scale.
• A Rocha Canada: Canadian Christian conservation organization engaging faith communities in environmental stewardship and biodiversity protection. Comparable as a Canadian faith-based environmental nonprofit working at the intersection of faith and ecology.
• Interfaith Power & Light: North American interfaith climate organization working with religious congregations on energy efficiency, carbon reduction, and climate advocacy. Closely comparable mission and faith-community engagement model, though broader geographic coverage.
• Laudato Si' Movement: Global Catholic climate movement that inspires and mobilizes Catholic communities to action on climate. FCG hosts the Canadian chapter (MLSM Canada), making this an organizational parent-peer with directly overlapping programs and messaging.
• EnviroMuslims: Canadian Muslim-led environmental organization that co-developed FCG's Greening Canadian Mosques program. Strongly comparable as a faith-specific sustainability program developer serving a Canadian religious community.
• EcoChurch UK: UK-based environmental certification and award scheme for churches operated by A Rocha. Directly comparable as a faith-building tiered certification framework, with similar structure to FCG's GSS Certification program but Anglican-focused in the UK.

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute: Major global environmental research organization working on climate, energy, and sustainability. Comparable only as a broad incumbent in the environmental sector; FCG operates at much smaller scale and faith-focused niche rather than competing directly.

Emerging players

• Islamic Environmental Network: US-based organization engaging Muslim communities in environmental education and stewardship. Comparable as a faith-specific environmental program developer, though US-focused and not fully directly competing.

Others

• Sustainability Network: Canadian nonprofit capacity-building organization supporting environmental NGOs with training, resources, and peer networks. FCG's Executive Director Victor Reyes previously worked with Sustainability Network on Vision2030, making it a peer through leadership and sector adjacency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/FaithCommonGood
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC-8_L41lTcEOxnueHY_ifNA
• Facebookfacebook.com/FaithCommonGood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/faith-and-the-common-good
• Instagraminstagram.com/faithcommongood

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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