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Tensie Whelan, Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, spoke at the Second Annual Sustainability Investment Leadership Conference on May 17 at the New York City Bar Association in NYC.

Sophie Rifkin, Senior Associate Director of the CSB, spoke with Aya Abitbul about the role of businesses in tackling climate change

On June 30th, 2017, Tensie Whelan, Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and

Associate Editor of GreenBiz, Anya Khalamayzer, interviews Tensie Whelan, clinical professor of Business and Society and Director of the NYU Stern Central Sustainable Business.

Excerpt: "U.S. businesss face a challenging albeit exciting opportunity to step into the void left by the nation's withdrawal from the Paris Accord, says Tensie Whelan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University's Stern School of Business." 

Excerpt: "companies with good sustainability performance tend to have lower risk and thus lower cost of capital," Tensie Whelan

Excerpt: "In this climate, 'consumers are in a mood to notice' a brand's values, Tensie Whelan, Director of the Stern Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern School of Business told Mic."

"Let’s face it. This is now a legitimate question. GreenBiz Chairman Joel Makower spoke to the issue very directly in a February 2017 tweet:

Tensie Whelan describes the lessons she learned that led to the new Center for Sustainable Business's slogan, "A Better World, Through Better Business ."

Excerpt from Worth Magazine: "The Center helps companies implement sustainability measures by creating strategic goals and setting up internal accounting metrics to assess the financial impact of those de