Wharton Announces ESG Executive Certificate Programming
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has launched an Executive Certificate in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing. The programme's goal is to give financial professionals the knowledge and skills they need to take ESG factors into account when making investment decisions.
The curriculum covers how ESG factors affect financial performance, the history and development of ESG investing, and the tools and techniques used to analyse and evaluate ESG risks and opportunities.
“The future of business is changing at an incredibly accelerated rate,” says Patti Williams, vice dean of Wharton Executive Education. “Wharton is launching these programs to serve as a partner in progress for leaders as they navigate shaping that future. We are convening the brightest business and academic minds to spark the much-needed exchange of knowledge and insights, and we’re doing it in an accessible, flexible way.”
“We’re not advocates, we’re not taking a position, we’re trying to help you do the analysis,” says Witold Henisz, vice dean and faculty director of the Wharton ESG Initiative and academic director of Executive Education ESG Programming. “We are providing an increasingly important set of tools for executives—the skills and strategies to value ESG factors as well as address them—in real time. These are factors that have been left out of the models, left out of the toolkits to businesses’ detriment, and as we’re doing the research that informs the next generation, we want to equip our current leaders for the frontier as well.”
Wharton ESG Essentials is a four-week foundational programme aiming to develop an understanding of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. After completing this programme, individuals have the option to continue their studies for an additional four weeks in one of three advanced certificate programmes: for Financial Professionals, Senior Leaders, and Strategists.
The goal of these programmes is to give executives the knowledge and skills they need to make good ESG decisions. The programme structure is blended, with virtual cohort meetings held once a week for two hours and self-paced online sessions that can be completed at the individual's convenience.
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