(Outlet: Washington Post) Vit Henisz comments on a new report about banks’ climate efforts.…Read More
Banks Far From Hitting Paris Climate Targets, Groups Warn
ESG Initiative News
WIVA students connected a gaming startup addressing youth mental health to crowdfunding platform
Students at Wharton Impact Venture Associates (WIVA), an experiential investing program at the Wharton School, researched SuperBetter, a science-backed mental health startup addressing mental health challenges for youth. Impressed by its potential impact, they connected the company to the crowdfunding platform Republic.…Read More
A Letter from Katherine Klein
Dear Friends of WSII, After ten years as Wharton’s Vice Dean for Social Impact, I have decided to step down from this terrific role and to return to being “just” a member of Wharton’s fantastic faculty. June 30, 2022 was my last official day as Vice Dean, and I am…Read More
Investing in Change at the 2022 Total Impact Portfolio Challenge
Each year the Total Impact Portfolio Challenge invites student teams to put theory into practice to create a “100% impact portfolio” for a hypothetical client. This year’s client was a fictitious $250 million dollar university endowment with a focus on tackling climate change and income inequality. The student teams were tasked with building a portfolio and demonstrating how the portfolio meets the endowment’s impact goals, financial return goals, target asset allocation, and risk tolerance.…Read More
There’s Another Reason Companies Should Tread Carefully With Political influence — The Stock Market Is Watching
(Outlet: MarketWatch) – A nonprofit that pushes for better disclosure of corporate political spending is sharply expanding its effort to track how forthcoming companies are, with the greater scrutiny prompted by Wall Street’s largest money managers. …Read More
Conservative Shareholders Strike Back
(Outlet: POLITICO) – ANTI-ESG GAINS STEAM — A lot of ink has been spilled on the upward trend of progressive shareholder resolutions at investor meetings.…Read More
Conversations about Risk Rating 2.0 – Part IV
June 3, 2022 The Wharton Risk Center is undertaking a series of interviews with experts on the new pricing approach for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), called Risk Rating 2.0. For today’s post, we spoke with two flood insurance agents—on opposite coasts of the country—about what they are seeing…Read More
How Should Companies Respond to ESG Issues?
(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) – How are companies responding to climate change, calls for corporate-board reform, and shifting expectations about their social responsibility? The annual Beyond Business series recently explored the complexities of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues through virtual discussions led by Dean Erika James.…Read More
Conversations about Risk Rating 2.0 – Part III
June 1, 2022 The Wharton Risk Center is undertaking a series of interviews with experts on the new pricing approach for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), called Risk Rating 2.0. In today’s post, we speak with Dave Burt, Founder & CEO of DeltaTerra Capital. DeltaTerra Capital is an investment…Read More
Conversations about Risk Rating 2.0 – Part II
May 24, 2022 The Wharton Risk Center is undertaking a series of interviews with experts on the new pricing approach for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), called Risk Rating 2.0. This new approach to pricing harnesses catastrophe models to help better understand flood risk. In this second post of…Read More