(Outlet: United States Senate Committee on the Budget) Wharton Prof. of Real Estate Benjamin Keys delivered a senate testimony on how climate change is affecting insurance markets. …Read More
The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative at the Wharton School is excited to highlight ten of the many ESG related courses to be offered in the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania. As demand for ESG related courses continues to grow at the MBA and undergraduate levels, we are expanding our broad and multifaceted curriculum to deepen our students’ knowledge, expand their toolkit, and power their impact.…Read More
(Outlet: CPP Investments) Witold Henisz, Vice Dean of the ESG Initiative, joins CPP Investments and FCLTGlobal to discuss new research that shows there can be a payoff for employers that back up employee-centric talk with investments in their workforce, but it requires a thoughtful approach that includes effective communication to investors and multiple investment levers.…Read More
(Outlet: Analytics at Wharton) Analytics at Wharton provides funding to a wide variety of research initiatives. In this research spotlight, they profile Arthur van Benthem, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and co-director of the Wharton Climate Center, on his research into vehicle exhaust standards over time.…Read More
(Outlet: Times Higher Education) We have a duty to teach the next generation of business leaders about inclusivity, sustainability and corporate responsibility, say Erika H. James and Ilian Mihov.…Read More
(Outlet: S&P Global Market Intelligence) Business researchers with the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School estimated in July 2022 that municipalities and other public entities in Texas would pay between $303 million and $532 million more in interest on the $32 billion they borrowed during the first eight months after those laws went into effect.…Read More
The ESG Initiative is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the John M. Bendheim Loan Forgiveness Fund for Public Service.…Read More
Read on to learn about December’s global hot spots for business and conflict, from a 40-year high in consumer prices in Japan contributing to a cost of living crisis, to 10-year high interest rates in Australia meant to decrease inflationary pressures.…Read More
(Outlet: The Washington Post) Benjamin Keys, a professor of real estate and finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School who has studied the effects of sea level rise on housing markets, weighs in on new research in the field.…Read More
(Outlet: Penn Medicine News) The Fund for Health, a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Initiative at the Wharton School is now backing Twentyeight Health, an online platform and telemedicine service designed to expand reproductive health care access for women from underserved communities.…Read More
