Elevating the impact of research on the Value of Sustainable Business
The Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative at the Wharton School (Wharton Impact) conducts evidence-based research on the gap between corporate and investors’ impacts on natural, social, and human capitals and their financial valuations. Informed by this research, we offer 30+ courses that MBA and undergraduate students can assemble into a major and concentration, over a dozen co-curricular experiences, four Executive certificate programs, as well as speaker series, workshops, and events, and an expanding array of industry and policy convenings. We advance Wharton’s best-in-class education of current and future leaders, equipping them with the tools, skills, and perspectives needed to navigate a more complex and interconnected world.
Recent Research From Pillar Faculty
Meet some of the Wharton faculty doing impactful work for the Initiative.

Arthur van Benthem
Business Economics and Public Policy