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Explore 10 ESG Courses at Penn for Spring Semester 2025
Deepen your knowledge, expand your toolkit, and power your impact this spring. Explore ten of the many ESG-related courses available to Penn and Wharton students in the upcoming semester. Read More
Adventure Capitalists
(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) Burton Flynn WG14 and Ivan Nechunaev WG19 have found themselves searching all over the world — quite literally — in their exhaustive hunt for emerging-markets investments. Read More
Saving Every Drop
(Outlet: Wharton Magazine) From piloting an Indian water-monitoring technology that helps farmers keep an eye on fish production to mobilizing $5.7 billion in capital toward toilets and taps, Wharton alumni are making a difference in the water industry. Read More
Knowledge at Wharton
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ESG Archives – Knowledge at Wharton
- How to Reduce the Risk of AI and Enhance Its Societal ImpactVisiting scholar Cornelia Walther makes the business case for “prosocial AI” and how it can benefit society while minimizing ethical risks.…Read More
- Are Corporate Human Rights Practices Up to Par?The Zicklin Bright Index evaluated 150 corporations and their human rights practices in 2023, revealing key challenges that are hindering progress.…Read More
- How Green Hydrogen Is Critical to Electrifying EverythingThe green hydrogen molecule has the potential to convert hard-to-decarbonize segments of the economy, but regulations stand in the way, according to a panel of experts who spoke at Wharton. …Read More
- ESG Investments Lead to Higher SalesConsumers really do care about ESG, according to research by Wharton visiting professor Jean-Marie Meier.…Read More
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