# Poets&Quants: After 10 Years, NYU Stern’s Sustainability Push Moves From Proof To Practice

0 April 11, 2026 ![Poets&Quants Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2026-04/pq_logo.png?itok=KLcfT6ah)CSB's Founding Director Tensie Whelan and new Director Amy Skoczlas Cole reflect on the Center's past decade of work and share insights on its focus for the next decade in this [Poets&Quants piece.](https://poetsandquants.com/2026/04/11/after-10-years-nyu-sterns-sustainability-push-moves-from-proof-to-practice/?pq-category=business-school-news&pq-category-2=mba&pq-category-3=mba-faculty&pq-category-4=mba-jobs&pq-category-5=mba-news&pq-category-6=news&pq-category-7=thought-leadership)

![Tensie Whelan headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2026-04/screenshot_2026-04-24_at_12.14.20.png.webp?itok=AuonFfUD)

> We need to be talking about sustainability through a business lens. Let’s not talk about climate change in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Let’s talk about climate change in terms of resiliency in your supply chains, in terms of energy cost savings, in terms of reduction of exposure to energy pricing volatility.

![Amy Skoczlas Cole headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2026-04/screenshot_2026-04-24_at_12.14.15.png.webp?itok=674phBa3)

> The super power we want our students to have is the ability to understand what’s going on outside – geopolitically, economically, environmentally, socially – and translate that into value creation for the companies they’re working for. That will make them invaluable

![Georgia Mohrbacher headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/small_230px_wide/public/2026-04/screenshot_2026-04-24_at_12.15.52.png.webp?itok=Sm3XdyZw)

> It was the first time anyone had explicitly and rigorously shown me the link between sustainable business practices and financial return, not as a feel-good narrative, but as a measurable driver of value

Georgia Mohrbacher (MBA '24) also shares her experience with CSB and the impact it has had on her career.

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