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Climate and Sustainability at Penn

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
4:00-5:30pm ET

Written Responses to Remaining Questions

Co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Assembly, our guests during this 90-minute Seminar addressed questions submitted in advance on topics related to University investment policy and availability of “green” investment options for faculty and staff retirement plans; efforts to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of the portfolio; plans to reduce carbon-producing travel and to conventionalize carbon-free food consumption and a plastic-free Penn; and greening existing buildings and ensuring that to the extent possible new buildings are powered by renewables.  Panelists include:

  • Craig Carnaroli – Executive Vice President
  • Peter Ammon – Chief Investment Officer
  • Anne Papageorge – Vice President for Facilities and Real Estate Services
  • Marie Witt – Vice President, Business Services

The session’s moderators were:

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson – Chair of the Faculty Senate
  • Tori Borlase – Undergraduate Assembly Academic Initiatives Director
  • Bill Braham – Chair-Elect of the Faculty Senate
  • Steve Kimbrough – Past Chair of the Faculty Senate