As a Turner ESG Senior Fellow and Research Assistant at the ESG Initiative, Penn Senior Marielle Kang engages with experts, works across diverse research projects, and mentors the next generation.…Read More
(Outlet: The New York Times) Wharton Climate Center Affiliated Scholar R. Jisung Park writes about how we don’t see what climate change is doing to us, and the changes we must make to our social and economic systems to survive the escalating warming. …Read More
The ESG Initiative is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the John M. Bendheim Loan Forgiveness Fund for Public Service.…Read More
(Outlet: Environmental Innovations Initiative) In recent work, part of the Public Deliberation on Climate Transitions and Well-Being research community, supported by the Environmental Innovations Initiative, Quinn, Kimbrough, and colleagues are seeking community input to understand how to enhance collective action on climate change through public deliberations. …Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Business Daily) Jean-Marie Meier, Wharton Visiting Professor of Finance, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to discuss new research on how ESG investing helps companies with consumers.…Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Business Daily) R. Jisung Park, Penn and Wharton Assistant Professor, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to discuss his new book, Slow Burn, and the hidden costs of climate change.…Read More
(Outlet: Daily Pennsylvanian) Sarah Light has been appointed as the inaugural Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor at the Wharton School. Presidential professorships aim to help Penn attract and retain accomplished scholars and recognize their contributions. The Wharton appointment is one of three such professorships at Penn, with the other two housed in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine. …Read More
(Outlet: Freakonomics Radio) Zeke Hernandez, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers (2024, available for pre-order), joins the show.…Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Business Daily) Serguei Netessine, Wharton’s Vice Dean for Innovation and Global Initiatives, joins the show to discuss his research on how an emphasis on ESG impacts a company’s value.…Read More
Two Wharton graduates and Bendheim Loan Forgiveness Awardees followed very different paths to build gratifying careers in social impact. They spoke recently to the next generation of undergraduates in the Turner ESG Fellows program to share their inspiring stories and offer practical advice.…Read More
