Aligning Capital With Values,
with the world’s first values-aligned investment framework.
Cardinal Aligned Investing Initiative
Cardinal Aligned Investing Initiative,
or CAII for short, is a Stanford University student-founded education initiative founded that focuses on providing free curriculum on Values-Aligned Investing, a framework that empowers investors to both improve their returns and incorporate their own ethical beliefs into their investments.
❌ ESG and Impact Investing have failed to incorporate a variety worldviews when thinking about how to invest for both financial social returns
❌ Students are not being taught correctly how to think about the impact of their investments beyond just financial returns; a lack of resources on how to do so is hurting the 600+ student-run investment funds that exist in just the United States alone
❌ People wrongly believe financial returns are mutually exclusive; Discontent with ESG has led to people compromising their worldviews for profits alone
Impact Is For Everyone.
CAII provides free, open-source educational resources primarily for students, along with professionals, interested in learning how to invest for both better returns and also to shape the world they want through Values-Aligned Investing (V.A.I.):
💡 Values-Based Investing (VAI) – VAI helps selects investments that align with any set of core values, ensuring both financial and social returns are prioritized.
📈 Proven Returns, Proven Impact — Research shows that aligning values with your investments does not hurt financial returns, but actually improves them
🔥 Cardinal Aligned-Investing Initiative — CAII provides one of the only comprehensive frameworks for engaging with Values-Aligned Investing and is specifically built for students!
Free, Open-Source Curriculum.
Interested in having us come speak?
In addition to our open-source curriculum, we also engage in free presentations, in-person or virtual, at universities across the United States. We encourage you to reach out to us, both with any questions you have or general inquiries.
Still confused about Values-Aligned Investing or CAII’s mission or want to learn more about us?
“You transition from adolescence to adulthood when you start giving the world more than you take from it”
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