Leading the Way in ESG Investing: 2023 Turner Impact Portfolio Challenge

Students sitting in a classroom smile while watching their fellow participants present during the TMIINT Semi Finals

Now in its fifth year, TIPC is a year-long, graduate student ESG investing competition produced by the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School and supported by naming sponsor Bobby Turner and founding corporate sponsor Bank of America. This year, 150 students spanning over 35 teams from 15 universities across the U.S. participated in total. These students join hundreds of TIPC alumni across the country who have completed the program.Read More

Europe’s Protected Area Policies Could Use a Little More Ambition

Changes in NDVI between 1985 and 2020 for all of Europe (left) and inside protected areas (right). NDVI is on a scale from 0-100, with values >80 usually being forests.

(Outlet: Kleinman Center for Energy Policy) Arthur van Benthem, Wharton Climate Center Faculty Co-Director, writes about his recent study that seeks to explore the effectiveness of Europe’s land protections and finds the quantity of land protected is not as important as policies that target areas with a meaningful trade-off between biodiversity gains and economic costs.Read More