(Outlet: S&P Global Market Intelligence) Business researchers with the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School estimated in July 2022 that municipalities and other public entities in Texas would pay between $303 million and $532 million more in interest on the $32 billion they borrowed during the first eight months after those laws went into effect.…Read More
(Outlet: The Washington Post) Benjamin Keys, a professor of real estate and finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School who has studied the effects of sea level rise on housing markets, weighs in on new research in the field.…Read More
(Outlet: Top MBA) Wharton MBA students Manuel Gallardo and Nehali Jain share their experience as Business, Energy, Environment and Sustainability (BEES) majors alongside commentary from Wharton Climate Center Co-Director Sarah E. Light.…Read More
(Outlet: Columbia Law Review) Sarah E. Light offers clarity on how the First Amendment should tackle issues at the nexus of science, politics, and markets.…Read More
In a format inspired by Iron Chef and Wharton’s own Iron Prof events, nine Wharton faculty members with expertise spanning from philosophy to accounting came together Wednesday, October 12 to share their research on climate and business to about 100 attendees at the Wharton Climate Prof event. Hosted as a part of Penn’s Climate Week and as one of the Wharton Climate Center’s first events under its new home, the recently established ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, it drew a packed house of curious students, alumni, faculty, and staff.…Read More
(Outlet: Knowledge at Wharton) Mirko Heinle explains this troubling trend of “greenhushing” and what it means for climate change.…Read More
(Outlet: The Daily Pennsylvanian) Vit Henisz on whether divestment from fossil fuel companies will have the environmental or economic impact advocates hope for.…Read More
(Outlet: AP News) The political fight is only getting fiercer over whether it’s financially wise or “woke” folly to consider a company’s impact on climate change, workers’ rights and other issues when making investments.…Read More
(Outlet: Knowledge at Wharton) New research co-authored by Wharton’s Arthur van Benthem breaks down how climate risk guides investors in energy companies…Read More
(Outlet: The Daily Pennsylvanian) Arthur van Benthem and Sarah Light on showcasing climate-related research to students.…Read More
