Launched in November of 2017, the UN Environment Faith for Earth Initiative recognizes the social, economic, moral, and environmental influence of faith communities, and established the initiative to "strategically engage with faith-based organizations and partner with them to collectively achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." As stated on the initiative's webpage: "Faith for Earth has three main goals: to inspire and empower faith organizations and their leaders to advocate for protecting the environment, to green faith-based organizations’ investments and assets to support the implementation of SDGs, and to provide them with knowledge and networks to enable their leaders to effectively communicate with decision-makers and the public."