(Outlet: Forbes) The Fund for Health, a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Initiative at the Wharton School joins other mission-driven funds in backing Twentyeight Health in its latest funding round.…Read More
(Outlet: Fortune Education) Top business schools have been at the forefront of developing and launching executive education programs on a variety of topics like advanced management, data science, and business analytics. Now another topic is being added to the mix: environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). This month, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which Fortune ranks as having the No. 4 full-time MBA program in the U.S., announced three new ESG-focused executive education certificate programs for financial professionals, senior leaders, and strategists.…Read More
(Outlet: Roll Call) According to the Center for Political Accountability and the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School’s CPA-Zicklin Index, nearly 78 percent of companies in the S&P 500 index fully or partially disclosed political spending last year.…Read More
(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
