Students at the ESG Initiative’s Wharton Impact Venture Associates (WIVA) excited to connect 7 Generation Games (7GG), an education technology startup, to the crowdfunding platform WeFunder.…Read More
The ESG Initiative at Wharton offers numerous curricular and co-currlicular opportunities for Penn and Wharton students to help them gain the experience, knowledge, and skills to shape an ethical and sustainable world through business. Here are five ways you can get involved – and how to stay up to date with our program offerings.…Read More
(Outlet: The New York Times) Nearly two dozen Republican state treasurers around the country are working to thwart climate action on state and federal levels, fighting regulations that would make clear the economic risks posed by a warming world, lobbying against climate-minded nominees to key federal posts and using the tax dollars they control to punish companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…Read More
(Outlet: The Boston Globe) President Biden’s rebound case of COVID-19 has highlighted the continued public health threat posed by the rapidly spreading BA.5 variant. COVID infections are becoming more common, with cases spiking in most states just when population immunity is dropping.…Read More
(Outlet: Financial Times) This past weekend we read with interest The Economist’s deep dive into environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. The central argument is that ESG “is deeply flawed”; that it is riddled with greenwashing and has become “an unholy mess that needs to be ruthlessly streamlined”. Those who have been around this space for a while know there is a good bit of it that is indeed in need of a good pruning.…Read More
(Outlet: Washington Post) – The world’s most influential banks need to substantially accelerate climate efforts if global temperature rise is to be kept within the targets of the Paris Agreement, an assessment released Thursday by an institutional investors group warned.…Read More
(Outlet: MarketWatch) – A nonprofit that pushes for better disclosure of corporate political spending is sharply expanding its effort to track how forthcoming companies are, with the greater scrutiny prompted by Wall Street’s largest money managers. …Read More
(Outlet: POLITICO) – ANTI-ESG GAINS STEAM — A lot of ink has been spilled on the upward trend of progressive shareholder resolutions at investor meetings.…Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) – How are companies responding to climate change, calls for corporate-board reform, and shifting expectations about their social responsibility? The annual Beyond Business series recently explored the complexities of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues through virtual discussions led by Dean Erika James.…Read More
(Outlet: Poets & Quants) – On the students’ first day canoeing along the Potomac River, Gabriella Gibson was charged with ensuring her team made it to the campsite on time, team members were…Read More
