(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: Business Because) The Wharton School has announced the launch of a range of ESG focused online learning programs designed for business executives. The blended online programs are for cross-industry executives in charge of making high-stakes decisions and leading the implementation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into key business areas.…Read More
The Wharton Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative is proud to present an update to the POLCON (POLitical CONstraint) dataset, including new data through the end of the year 2020. The POLCON measure, developed by Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative Witold Henisz, is a quantitative measure of institutional constraints that uses a spatial model of political interaction and measures the feasibility of a change in policy given the structure of a nation’s political institutions.…Read More
In this month’s blog, we leverage the Wharton ESG Initiative’s Business and Conflict Barometer (BCB) Project to analyze the progression of conflict, sector by sector, in Ukraine since the earliest drastic signs of Russia’s mobilization along the border in early 2021.…Read More
As demand for ESG related courses continues to grow at the MBA and undergraduate levels, we are expanding our broad and multifaceted curriculum to help our students deepen their knowledge, expand their toolkit, and power their impact. Among the many ESG related courses being offered this semester, we’ve highlighted five.…Read More
(Outlet: Market Watch) CPA-Zicklin Index compiled in partnership between the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School and the Center for Political Accountability provides insight into changes to political spending transparency and oversight.…Read More
(Outlet: Inspiring Impact Magazine) ESG—short for Environmental, Social and Governance—is all the buzz in the business and investment worlds. But what exactly is ESG? And what is Wharton doing in this emerging field? Witold (Vit) Henisz, the recently appointed Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, answers your questions.…Read More
(Outlet: NPR) Vit Henisz on the biggest risks of GOP attacks on ESG and where we stand. …Read More
(Outlet: Fast Company) Vit Henisz on the new and disturbing trend of investing becoming politicized and what we can expect going forward. …Read More
Read on to learn about November’s global hot spots for business and conflict, from human rights abuses in Qatar surrounding the FIFA World Cup, to climate change induced migration in Pacific Island nations.…Read More
