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Tensie Whelan Featured on GreenBiz Podcast

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

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Professor Whelan talks with MBA students about the Paris Agreement

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." 

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Sustainable Finance: Director Whelan's Interview with Bloomberg

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

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"Want to use your money to change the world?" Director Whelan is interviewed about socially resonsible investing

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."

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Is Sustainability Sustainable in the Age of Trump?

"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:

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Tensie Whelan Feature

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

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Tensie Whelan highlighted in "Portaits of Excellence" feature

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

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The Values (R)Evolution

Excerpt from The Values (R)Evolution -- "A couple of years ago I ended the last chapter of my book, “Big Bang Being”, citing Chris Bache and his suggestion that we might be entering the era of Homo Spiritualis.

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Worth Magazine dubs Tensie Whelan "The Pragmatist"

Worth Magazine talks to Tensie Whelan, Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, about her time as President of Rainforest Alliance and her shift to academics to found

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Director Tensie Whelan interviews with Green Sense radio

Director Tensie Whelan spoke with Green Sense radio about her recent article in HBR, which discusses why good environmental practices are also good business practices.