Dollars and Change Podcast

Dollars and Change Podcast


Latest Episodes

Why Employee-owned Companies Are Better at Building Worker Wealth
November 16, 2022

Whartons Katherine Klein talks to Corey Rosen, founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership, about how employee ownership plans are structured and why they yield great financial benefits for companies and workers alike. Hosted on Acast. See acas

Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs in East Africa
August 10, 2022

Whartons Katherine Klein talks to Julienne Oyler, co-founder and CEO of the African Entrepreneur Collective, which helps micro, small, and medium businesses across East Africa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Companies and Capital Can Be Forces for Good, with Jean Case, Founder of For What It’s Worth
June 16, 2022

Jean Case is a business leader, philanthropist, and author who served as a senior executive at AOL before launching The Case Foundation in 1997. She is also creator of For What It's Worth, a weekly newsletter to demystify impact investing, and the autho

The Hard Work Ahead to Realize the Promise of ESG Investing, with Vit Henisz, Wharton Professor and Founder of the Wharton ESG Analytics Lab
April 04, 2022

Vit Henisz, the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses ESG investing today the increasingly popular practice of considering companies environmental, social, and governance perfor

On Theater, Impact Investing, and Wealth Taxes with Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative
February 21, 2022

Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative, joins host and Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative Katherine Klein to discuss the work and strategy of her single-family office that focuses on impact investing and

How Clif Bar Delivers Impact with Roma McCaig, Senior Vice President of Impact & Communications at Clif Bar
January 26, 2022

Roma McCaig, Senior Vice President of Impact & Communications at Clif Bar, joins host and Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative Katherine Klein to discuss how Clif Bars business model produces a virtuous cycle where productive growth deli

How do impact investors measure impact? With Michael Brown, Head of Research at Wharton Social Impact Initiative
December 20, 2021

Michael Brown, Head of Research at Wharton Social Impact Initiative, joins host and Vice Dean Katherine Klein to discuss the complexities around impact measurement. Most impact investors report meeting or exceeding their impact performance metrics. But is

Investing in Transformational Social Innovators with Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green
November 30, 2021

Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green, joins host and Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative Katherine Klein to discuss Echoing Greens work as an early-stage funder of emerging social entrepreneurs. Supporting these extraordinary leaders i

How Cotopaxi Integrates Impact in Every Aspect of the Business with Davis Smith, Founder and CEO of Cotopaxi
October 27, 2021

Davis Smith, Founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, joins host and Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative Katherine Klein to discuss how the outdoor gear brand prioritizes impact in every aspect of the business—the supply chain, charitable giving, employ

Why Financial Inclusion Matters for Women with Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking
September 29, 2021

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Womens World Banking, joins host and Vice Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative Katherine Klein to discuss the need to increase womens financial inclusion access to bank accounts, insurance, mobile m

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