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Tensie Whelan in L.A. Biz on the Profitability of Sustainable Apparel

Managing for sustainability has significant financial benefits for apparel retailers.

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Tensie Whelan in Worth on the Conscious Fashion Movement

In a new Worth article, CSB Director Tensie Whelan describes the fashion industry’s shift towards sustainability. Fashion is one of the most polluting industries, given high chemical, water, and energy consumption, as well as poor waste management practices.

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Tensie Whelan on Sustainably-Marketed CPG Growth in Fortune

The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Sustainable Market Share Index, research on the growth of su

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Tensie Whelan Interviewed by Randy Cohen for Person Place Thing Podcast

Randy Cohen, four-time Emmy Award-winner and former writer of the New York Times Magazine column “The Ethicist,” interviewed CSB Director Tensie Whelan in September for his podcast, “Person Place Thing.”  They discussed the push for a corporate transition to sustainable business practices, touching

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Financial Times Highlights NYU Stern as Leader in Sustainable Business Education

NYU Stern and the Center for Sustainable Business were highlighted in a special Financial Times edition focused on the role of business schools in shaping the future of responsible business.

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Kevin Eckerle on Monetizing Sustainable Business in Innovation Forum Podcast

In an Innovation Forum podcast, Kevin Eckerle, CSB’s Director of Corporate Research & Engagement, explains how companies can identify the corporate advantages of sustainable business practices using the CSB-developed ROSI Methodology, and then monetize them. 

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Tensie Whelan on the Growing Issue of Waste and Big Businesses

Tom Szaky, the founder of TerraCyle, has launched a new initiative called Loop that is transitioning consumers away from single-use plastics.

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Stern MBA Class Creates Sustainable Fashion Playbook with CFDA

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) launched the “CFDA KPI Design Kit: A Sustainable Strategies Playbook for Measurable Change” in collaboration with a Stern MBA student team from the Sustainability for Competitive Advantage course taught by Clinical Professor of Bus

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Tracy Van Holt on Fishery Improvement Projects as a Governance Tool for Sustainability

Fishery Improvement Projects are improving the sustainability of global fisheries by engaging policy stakeholders who have the influence to change governance and common practices.

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Professor Robert Salomon Receives Bright Idea Award for Study on CSR and Lawsuits

Robert Salomon, Stern Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow of International Management as well as Vice Dean, Dean of Executive Programs, was awarded the "Bright Idea Award" sponsored by the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University for his study "Have You Been Served?