# CSB Director Tensie Whelan Explains How Retirement Investments Can Help Protect the Environment

Center for Sustainable Business

March 25, 2021 ![Mashable Feature](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/mashable_0.png?itok=lYcag5xN) NYU Stern CSB Director, [Tensie Whelan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/our-team/about-tensie-whelan), was featured in *Mashable's* [article](https://mashable.com/article/how-to-invest-and-help-the-environment/), "How Your Retirement Investments Can Help Protect the Environment," in which she recommends the following for managing retirement investments with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria in mind: - Ask your company's 401(k) advisor if retirement offerings include ESG-focused funds
- Consider investing in ESG through an IRA or individual investing option as you have more control in what kinds of funds or companies you are contributing to

Whelan emphasizes the [UN Sustainable Development Goals](https://sdgs.un.org/goals) as a framework for defining investment objectives, ensuring those objectives align with that of the companies or funds you are investing in, and reviewing the environmental ratings of your investment choices.

Excerpt: "The idea of socially responsible investing has been around for a while, but the presence of ESG funds in retirement offerings is fairly new."

Read the full article [here](https://mashable.com/article/how-to-invest-and-help-the-environment/).