# Tensie Whelan interviewed about importance of sustainability for business

Center for Sustainable Business

November 2, 2016 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ethisphere_1.jpg?itok=WpWnrtXT) Excerpt from [Ethisphere](http://insights.ethisphere.com/sustainable-business/): "Sustainability for business is a journey, so we are all learning along the way. This is about redesign. It's hard to say that any business is fully sustainable right now. But the way that I would define it is a sustainable business at minimum is having no negative impact on material, environmental, social and governance factors in its business."

[Listen to the podcast here. ](http://insights.ethisphere.com/sustainable-business/)