Knowledge at Wharton Article List

How Much Do Corporate Carbon Emissions Cost?

Two technicians in distance discussing between long rows of photovoltaic panels. Why should companies care about their carbon emissions?

New research from Wharton’s Robert Stambaugh and Luke Taylor looks into the financial and social burden of firms’ carbon emissions.Read More

The Hidden Cost of AI Energy Consumption

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AI will deplete our natural resources if leaders don’t act now, warns Wharton visiting scholar Cornelia Walther.Read More

How to Reduce the Risk of AI and Enhance Its Societal Impact

Illustration of a robot hand walking on a crosswalk between safety cones to show how prosocial AI can reduce the risk of AI

Visiting scholar Cornelia Walther makes the business case for “prosocial AI” and how it can benefit society while minimizing ethical risks.Read More

Are Corporate Human Rights Practices Up to Par?

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The Zicklin Bright Index evaluated 150 corporations and their human rights practices in 2023, revealing key challenges that are hindering progress.Read More

How Green Hydrogen Is Critical to Electrifying Everything

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The green hydrogen molecule has the potential to convert hard-to-decarbonize segments of the economy, but regulations stand in the way, according to a panel of experts who spoke at Wharton. Read More

ESG Investments Lead to Higher Sales

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Consumers really do care about ESG, according to research by Wharton visiting professor Jean-Marie Meier.Read More

How Does ESG Emphasis Impact a Company’s Value?

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Research co-authored by Wharton’s Serguei Netessine examines how discussing nonmaterial and material ESG factors in companies’ earnings calls influences their overall worth. Read More

The Overlooked Causes of Air Pollution

Short bursts of air pollution, often caused by indoor cooking, are being neglected by existing regulations, according to research by Wharton’s Susanna Berkouwer. Read More

Are Companies Embracing CSR?

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While ESG investing is reportedly waning on Wall Street, a new Wharton report looks at how top organizations are handling social responsibility.Read More

Will California’s New Climate Disclosure Rules Set a Standard?

Power plant in California, whose new state laws around climate disclosure go beyond the proposed SEC climate disclosure rule

Wharton’s Eric Orts believes California’s new laws on climate disclosure, which are broader than rules proposed by the SEC, will survive legal challenges to become the norm.Read More