Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors
About the class
In 2020, 36% of total global assets under management actively weighed ESG issues- increased from 21% in 2012. Over the past decade, the share of executives, board members, and investment managers who consider climate risk, racial justice and other ESG issues to be material to their business decisions has doubled. If a business case for ESG issues can be demonstrated, pools of capital are poised to make an impact.
Watch this virtual event, led by Wharton Professor Witold Henisz, Vice Dean and ESG Initiative Faculty Director, for a discussion about the rapidly evolving ESG landscape in financial services, corporate strategy, consulting, and entrepreneurship.
About the Presenter
Professor Witold Henisz
Vice Dean and Faculty Director, ESG Initiative at The Wharton School
Witold Henisz is the Vice Dean and Faculty Director of the ESG Initiative and Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer, former Managing Director at The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as an advisor to Engine No. 1 for whom he developed the Total Value Framework and co-authored a recent report for Focusing Capital on the Long Term (FCLT) on 'Walking the Talk’: Valuing a Multi-Stakeholder Orientation. His research examines the impact of political hazards as well as ESG factors more broadly on the strategy and valuation of global corporations. He has won multiple teaching awards and teaches extensively in executive education programs on these topics. He also helped design and participated in Dean James’ Fall 2021 Lecture Series Beyond Business.