A reverse vending machine that provides transit credits in exchange for recyclable goods. An immersive, cross-cultural exchange and language learning program that doesn’t require a passport. A grassroots anti-smoking movement to improve the health, environment, and brand of a city. A network of rooftop gardens connecting corporations with communities. These…Read More
Wharton Social Impact Initiative is pleased to announce the launch of the Urban Impact Scaling Lab, a website dedicated to sharing knowledge from academia and industry to strengthen the American city, starting with Philadelphia. The Scaling Lab is a project within WSII’s All In Philadelphia initiative and focuses on how business…Read More
This weekend, more than 150 Wharton alumni gathered to talk with us about business strategies for a better world. As part of Wharton Reunion Weekend, we were honored to host an alumni panel moderated by WSII Managing Director Sherryl Kuhlman, WG’01. The session—featuring panelists Abigail Bach, G’86 WG’86, Dawn Hines, WG’91, and…Read More
Chobani founder and chief executive Hamdi Ulukaya just announced that the company would be providing its 2,000 full-time employees with a combined 10 percent ownership stake in the company stock when it goes public or gets sold. The number of shares per employee would be determined based on tenure, but…Read More
Stephanie Kim, Wharton Social Impact Initiative’s Manager of Community Impact, walks through her process of developing, refining, and growing a fellowship program built with students in mind. “The Wharton Social Impact Initiative exists first and foremost because students demanded it.” WSII Managing Director Sherryl Kuhlman told me this my first day on…Read More
