(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) These Wharton veterans are leading the way on key environmental and sustainability efforts in business.…Read More
On a Mission to Go Greener
ESG Initiative News
Everyone’s ignoring these investors’ warnings on climate risk. You shouldn’t.
(Outlet: The Washington Post) Benjamin Keys, a real estate and finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, is forecasting a more gradual decline in regional markets, rather than an imminent severe downturn.…Read More
The potential economic impact of Trump’s mass deportation promise
(Outlet: PBS News) Immigration is a key issue of this campaign. Vice President Harris says if elected, she will pass a bipartisan bill strengthening border security. Former President Trump promises a much larger crackdown including mass deportations. Zeke Hernandez, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, says “We have very clear evidence that native-born young men and women will simply not do those jobs. They will not take them, even during times of very high unemployment.”…Read More
How Does Your Rate Influence Your Monthly Bill?
(Outlet: Marketwatch) “While there are predictable seasonal patterns, weather extremes can quickly add to soaring bills even if you agreed on a fixed electricity price with your provider. If you want to avoid bill surprises, it is important that you occasionally check on your up-to-date power consumption through your utility’s online portal, and adjust if needed,” says Arthur van Benthem, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School.…Read More
What’s missing in the immigration debate
(Outlet: NPR) Immigration is a top concern among U.S. voters this election cycle. But Zeke Hernandez, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies immigration, thinks politicians and the media aren’t giving the public the full story.…Read More
Trump’s mass deportation plan would be ‘economic disaster’ for US
(Outlet: The Guardian) “It would be an economic disaster for America and Americans,” says Zeke Hernandez, an economics professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, of Trump’s deportations threat. “It’s not just the immigrants would be harmed, but we, the people of America, would be economically harmed.”…Read More
Climate Change Should Make You Rethink Homeownership
(Outlet: The New York Times) As the Southeast begins to recover from back-to-back hurricanes, potential home buyers across the country should take notice of the billions of dollars in property damage from the storms, some of it uninsured. The tremendous loss in places such as Swannanoa, N.C., and Keaton Beach, Fla., shows that homeownership in a world of growing disaster risk is less of an asset than it once was, writes Ben Keys.…Read More
Explore 10 ESG Courses at Penn for Spring Semester 2025
Deepen your knowledge, expand your toolkit, and power your impact this spring. Explore ten of the many ESG-related courses available to Penn and Wharton students in the upcoming semester. …Read More
Adventure Capitalists
(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) Burton Flynn WG14 and Ivan Nechunaev WG19 have found themselves searching all over the world — quite literally — in their exhaustive hunt for emerging-markets investments.…Read More
Trump’s mass deportation plans would be costly. Here’s why
(Outlet: CNN) Experts say any path a future Trump administration picks would be complicated and costly, due to both the billions of dollars needed to fund mass deportation and the significant ripple effects that would hit the economy.…Read More