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How Diverse Stakeholder Coalitions Challenge Critical Mineral Mining in the US
Explore two cases in the US related to recent and developing critical mineral mining projects, and how coalitions of stakeholders build around Native American heritage sites to challenge them. Read More
A grant isn’t always the right tool: The case for program-related investments
(Outlet: Nonprofit Quarterly) Is philanthropy using all of its tools to drive social change? In this article, Michael Brown and Karen Anderson make the case for program-related investments (PRIs), which allow foundations to deploy loans, equity, and other repayable capital for charitable purposes, while providing regenerative capital. Read More
Impact Courses at Penn for Spring Semester 2027
Deepen your knowledge, expand your toolkit, and power your impact this spring. Explore some of the many courses across Wharton and Penn that bring together impact, value, and sustainable business. Whether you’re interested in climate finance, corporate responsibility, social impact, or more, there’s a course for you. Read More
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Don’t Abolish Business Schools. Make Them Accountable for Impact as well as Value
In response to a recent essay in The New York Times, Wharton Vice Dean Witold Henisz argues that business schools should prepare managers to evaluate both value creation and broader social and environmental impacts.Read More
How Extreme Heat Affects the Economy
Professor R. Jisung Park discusses climate change and the impact of extreme heat on academic success and worker productivity.Read More
Greenhushing: When Firms Do More Than They Say
Some companies downplay their environmental efforts, a practice known as greenhushing. A new working paper co-authored by Wharton’s Serguei Netessine finds that this gap between what firms say and what they do is associated with higher subsequent abnormal stock returns.Read More
Cookstove Subsidies Fight Climate Change at a Lower Cost
Clean cookstove subsidies are more cost-effective at reducing carbon emissions than subsidies for EVs or solar panels, according to a new study from Wharton’s Susanna Berkouwer.Read More
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