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Careers in ESG: Insights from MBA Career Management
Jennifer Savoie, senior associate director in Wharton MBA Career Management, gives advice and insights into how job seekers can build meaningful, dynamic careers across ESG topics and industries. Read More
The Value of Corporate Purpose
(Outlet: Harvard Business Review) Instead of conceiving of the firm as a collection of managers writing contracts specifying roles and tasks and then struggling to get workers to comply, we need to develop theories that better match the organizations we lead, study, advise, and report on, argues Witold J. Henisz, Vice Dean of the ESG ...Read More
Emerging Trends in Institutional Social Responsibility
The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has released a new research report sharing insights on the current state of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG investing practices among a diverse range of large U.S. for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Read More
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- Are Companies Embracing CSR?While ESG investing is reportedly waning on Wall Street, a new Wharton report looks at how top organizations are handling social responsibility.…Read More
- Will California’s New Climate Disclosure Rules Set a Standard?Wharton’s Eric Orts believes California’s new laws on climate disclosure, which are broader than rules proposed by the SEC, will survive legal challenges to become the norm.…Read More
- How Retail Investors Value ESG and Frame Sustainable Investment StrategiesNew research co-authored by Wharton’s Christina Zhu finds that retail investors care a lot about firms’ ESG-related activities, but mainly whether they affect the value of their investments.…Read More
- This Company’s Sustainable Partnerships Helped Prevent Amazon Rainforest DeforestationA new study of Brazilian beauty company Natura shows how businesses can work with local stakeholders to preserve the environment and create change.…Read More
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