What’s the latest in the world of gender lens investing? This month, Wharton Social Impact Initiative and Catalyst at Large published Project Sage 3.0. This new impact investing report tracks venture capital, private equity, and private debt with a gender lens, analyzing data and trends through December 2019. How big…Read More
Of all the things we’ve learned since our founding in 2010, here is the most important one: we have learned exactly what our role in the impact ecosystem is. So who are we, this ten-year-old Wharton Social Impact Initiative, and what does this new decade hold for us? Social impact…Read More
Visionaries, rainmakers, trend-spotters, influencers, inventors, disruptors, advisers—these are Wharton alumni. Several members of the WSII team had the pleasure of attending the 52nd Wharton Global Forum in New York City, where we heard fascinating panels and networked with attendees. The common thread among these leaders in business, government, academia, and…Read More
In this episode of “Dollars and Change,” Shane Jensen, Co-Director of Wharton’s PhD program, Associate Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School and Host of Wharton Moneyball, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sandi Hunt to discuss urban analytics, understanding the economics and social functions of a city, on Dollars and…Read More
In this episode of “Dollars and Change,” hosts Nick Ashburn and Sandi Hunt talk with Alan Murray, President of Fortune and Chief Content Officer at Time Inc., to discuss the important role the press plays in advancing the dialogue for businesses to do social good, as well as his perspective…Read More
On Thursday, June 16 Wharton Social Impact Fellow Maureen Lally tuned in for a live recording of “Dollars and Change” on Wharton Business Radio, powered by SiriusXM. Here’s what she learned about workplace diversity and evolving investor attitudes. My soggy summer morning began with a trip to the SiriusXM studio,…Read More
