The Good Capital Project, in collaboration with the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, is launching the Total Impact Portfolio Challenge – a competition to provide a hands-on opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to build 100% impact investment portfolios by integrating social and environmental impact across asset classes. “Good Capital Project…Read More
The following article excerpt was originally published in Issue 1 of Impact Magazine, Penn’s first student-run publication dedicated to social impact. Wharton Social Impact Initiative contributes a column for each issue, highlighting ways the broader Penn community demonstrates the commitment to social impact. Wednesdays are special. If you look around, you may see…Read More
Where others see problems, social entrepreneurs see opportunity. That’s the premise behind FastFWD – a collaboration among the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, the City of Philadelphia, and Good Company Group. Through FastFWD, the City of Philadelphia has issued an invitation to innovators across the world: Come to Philadelphia to develop…Read More
In today’s blog post, Wharton student Jay Lundy discusses his involvement with FastFWD — a partnership between the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, and GoodCompany Group. FastFWD connects social innovators and entrepreneurs with local government, unlocking opportunities to identify, cultivate and dispatch solutions to the pressing challenges facing cities across…Read More
Want to change the world? First, change yourself. That was the theme of the night, during Monday’s revealing tableside chat between Wharton alumnus Bobby Turner and actor, producer and tech investor Ashton Kutcher. The Lauren and Bobby Turner Social Impact Executive Speaker Series brings high-profile guests to campus to speak their lives…Read More
Wharton Social Impact Initiative is pleased to announce that The Lauren and Bobby Turner Social Impact Executive Speaker Series, featuring a discussion with Ashton Kutcher, is rescheduled for Monday, October 7. Further details and an invitation will follow. Interested attendees must re-register for a seat. The event is open to…Read More
Wharton senior and Wharton Social Impact Initiative Resident Fellow Celia Lewis dispatches from the 2013 Social Capital Markets Conference, where she helped present FastFwd, a cutting-edge system for urban innovation created in Philadelphia earlier this year. What if we defined some of the most pressing urban challenges in our society…Read More
