# About CSB ![NYU Stern School of Business](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/assets/images/16-0949_0406_4.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=TlJStqQQ) ## About the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business --- ![10 Year Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2025-09/10tagline_dark_rgb.png.webp?itok=UAEHvPHx) **The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business is celebrating 10 years with the vision of a better world through better business.** Businesses operate in a constantly changing ecosystem that features fewer resources, a warmer climate, increased social inequity, as well as more engaged stakeholders and increased transparency. Business leaders must understand how these shifts impact their business and find innovative solutions to societal challenges while maintaining financial performance. The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) was founded on the principle that sustainable business is good business, and is proving the value of sustainability for business management and performance at a time when people and the planet need it most. At CSB, we aim to help future and current business leaders embrace proactive and innovative mainstreaming of sustainability, resulting in competitive advantage and resiliency for their companies as well as a positive impact for society. ![Practice Forum ROSI Materials](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_300h/public/assets/images/20-0556_011_0.jpg.webp?itok=-nnL0G1o) ### Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders Through activities in education, research, and engagement, CSB prepares individuals and organizations with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to embed social and environmental sustainability into core business strategy. [Read Our mission and Strategy](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/mission-strategy) --- ![CSB Team Stock Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_300h/public/assets/images/West%20Elm%207.jpeg.webp?itok=uGcL-a90) ### Bringing Sustainability Perspectives to Stern Since 2016 CSB was founded in 2016 by Tensie Whelan, former President of the Rainforest Alliance. Today, the CSB team is comprised of a small yet driven group with diverse backgrounds in corporate strategy, research, education, and engagement. [Meet our team](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/our-team) --- ![CSB Advisory Body Main Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_300h/public/assets/images/benjamin-child-0sT9YhNgSEs-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=kxxjL9DQ) ### Guided By Proven Leaders in Sustainable Business CSB is guided by three advisory groups whose members have deep and relevant experience in environmental and social sustainability strategies, across private, public, non-profit, and academic fields. [Meet Our Advisors](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/advisory-groups) --- ## CSB in the News - Center for Sustainable Business — May 22, 2026 ![Trellis logo](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2024-07/news_icon_on_website_2.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=CK00VPHG) ## [Trellis: 3 things sustainability professionals can’t afford to outsource to AI](/trellis-3-things-sustainability-professionals-cant-afford-outsource-ai) — May 22, 2026 ![Trellis logo](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2024-07/news_icon_on_website_2.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=CK00VPHG) Amy Skoczlas Cole, the director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, breaks down what we cannot afford to turn over to AI in an article for Trellis. Key Takeaways: AI agents trained on outdated models won’t just overlook sustainability value; they will optimize against the identified… [ Read more about Trellis: 3 things sustainability professionals can’t afford to outsource to AI ](/trellis-3-things-sustainability-professionals-cant-afford-outsource-ai) - Center for Sustainable Business — May 8, 2026 ![Trellis logo](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2024-07/news_icon_on_website_2.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=CK00VPHG) ## [Trellis: Demystifying the ‘say-do’ gap in sustainable product purchases](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights/trellis-demystifying-say-do-gap-sustainable-product-purchases) — May 8, 2026 ![Trellis logo](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2024-07/news_icon_on_website_2.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=CK00VPHG) Companies have long complained about the “say-do gap”: Consumers say they want to buy sustainable products and that they’re willing to pay a premium, but don’t actually do so. Yet NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business' latest research shows a different say-do gap: consumers are buying, but… [ Read more about Trellis: Demystifying the ‘say-do’ gap in sustainable product purchases ](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights/trellis-demystifying-say-do-gap-sustainable-product-purchases) - Center for Sustainable Business — April 14, 2026 ![ImpactAlpha](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2023-07/Untitled%20design%20%2812%29.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=-PHgI4mN) ## [ImpactAlpha: How LPs can better assess sustainability-linked value creation](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights/impactalpha-how-lps-can-better-assess-sustainability-linked-value-creation) — April 14, 2026 ![ImpactAlpha](/sites/default/files/styles/192w_x_144h/public/2023-07/Untitled%20design%20%2812%29.png?h=c0fe724e&itok=-PHgI4mN) The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, or CSB, has researched the Return on Sustainability Investment, or ROSI, for a decade, working across industries and asset classes. We have consistently found that sustainability can drive significant value across the value chain. Through hundreds of… [ Read more about ImpactAlpha: How LPs can better assess sustainability-linked value creation ](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights/impactalpha-how-lps-can-better-assess-sustainability-linked-value-creation) [View all news and insights](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights) [2024-25 Annual Report](https://www.canva.com/design/DAG3rXG64SM/k1Vg6Iop08TckU4uXnoC1w/view?utm_content=DAG3rXG64SM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h7d5eabff85) [Subscribe](http://eepurl.com/cgKlPH) [Support](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/join-us/support-csb) ![Amy Skoczlas Cole headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_361h/public/2026-01/amy_headshot_0.jpg?h=849eae6b&itok=rqI1AUuU) ## Meet Amy Skoczlas Cole Amy Skoczlas Cole leads NYU Stern CSB as Director, bringing 30 years of experience spearheading the design and execution of sustainability initiatives that unlock growth, access new markets, enhance productivity, and reduce shareholder risk. [Learn More about Amy Skoczlas Cole](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/our-team/amy-skoczlas-cole)