These Wharton veterans are leading the way on key environmental and sustainability efforts in business.
One veteran alumnus, Chris Robinson WG19 — a former fighter pilot in the Marine Corps — is helping companies maximize their sustainability efforts through his software firm, Clearyst. It wasn’t until his Investment Management class, which he attended while working in M&A investment banking at Goldman Sachs, that ESG clicked as a potential career path. “When I saw sustainability taking off as an industry, I saw it as a way to help businesses do the right thing,” says Robinson, who is engaging his company with the School through the Wharton ESG Integration Projects. The new initiative offers students the opportunity to work with organizations on real-world ESG projects. One current project involves a team of five Penn graduate students analyzing industry trends for Clearyst.
