These blended online programs pair Wharton’s world-class financial acumen with pioneering impact research to prepare executives and professionals outside of the classroom.
Wharton/PRI Executive Certificate: Impact, Value, and the Materiality of Sustainability
This program brings together leaders from across the investment and corporate sectors to explore the evolving nature of responsible investment, the materiality of sustainability factors, and how investors and companies can engage with these issues to preserve and create long-term value. In a unique blend of theory and practice, participants will master pivotal areas, including climate risk governance, competitive sustainability strategies, geopolitical scenario planning, and data analytics, while benefiting from Wharton Executive Education’s proven methodologies and teaching practices.
Wharton Sustainability Programs for Executives
Go beyond the headlines and rhetoric. Gain the clarity and fluency needed to not just understand the impact of ESG factors but to strategically and immediately harness them for your business. These blended online programs pair Wharton’s world-class financial acumen with pioneering ESG and sustainability research to prepare executives for the challenge of environmental, social, and governance topics.
Net-Zero Transformation
Acquire tools, concepts, and frameworks that position you to implement the various facets of your organization’s net-zero pledge or sustainability and decarbonization plan. Understand the main tradeoffs and the key questions you should be asking the specialists in your organization. Led by Wharton and University of Pennsylvania experts, including faculty from the Wharton Climate Center, this program helps you execute critical change management across your organization to make your environmental commitment a reality.
The Materiality of ESG Factors Specialization
Using insight and expertise from four esteemed Wharton faculty, Wharton Online’s free, self-paced Materiality of ESG Specialization is designed to provide learners with the fundamentals and history of ESG investing, and a close examination of the set of investment approaches that are informed by environmental, social, and governance factors.