In accordance with its fiduciary duties, Wespath administers benefit plans and invests using Christian finance principles.
As of 2018[update], it held approximately $28 billion in assets for over 100,000 participants and over 120 United Methodist-affiliated institutions.
[1] Wespath follows the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for socially responsible investing.
[2] It identifies several countries as having "prolonged and systematic patterns of human rights violations,"[3] including the Central African Republic, Israel, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
[4] A total of 44 companies are excluded from its investment funds including all of Israel's major banks.