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Publications & Resources
Explore our original research on how sustainability strategies can improve business management and performance while addressing societal challenges.
Recently Published
- The Business Case for Zero Waste to Landfill by 2030: Working with Owens Corning's Fiberglass Insulation Business (Case Study)
- Banking on Climate: The Mortgage Lending Opportunity in Building Decarbonization (Report)
- FoodMapNY: Leveraging Private-Sector Innovation and Investment for Food Security (Report)
- Unleashing Sustainable Value in Food and Agriculture (Report)
- Green Finance Innovation: How Mortgage Lenders Can Drive NYC Building Decarbonization (Working White paper)
- What We Measure Today Does Not Matter When It Comes to Jobs (White Paper)
- Global Change Begins at Home: Advancing the UN Sustainable
Development Goals in NYC (Report) - Practitioners' Guide to Embedding Sustainability (Guide)
- The Road to Responsible Private Equity (White Paper)
- Anheuser-Busch Case Study: The Business Case for Sustainable Beer (Case Study)
- Ingredion Case Study: The Business Case for Biocontrol Use (Case Study)
- Hero Case Study: The Business Case for Sustainable Farming to Improve Biodiversity (Case Study)
- Natra Case Study: Measuring the Financial Return on Sustainability Investment in the Chocolate Industry (Case Study)
- Finding the Return on Sustainability Investments (Journal of Financial Transformation)
- The Role of Private Equity in the Decline of a Major Forest Products Company (Case Study)
- The Campaign to Reenergize ExxonMobil (Case Study)
- Green Chemistry: A Strong Driver of Innovation, Growth, and Business Opportunity (Report)
- Complementary Solutions for Holistic Impact Valuation: Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI™) and Impact-Weighted Accounting (IWA) (Report)
- The Business Case for Circularity at Reformation (Case Study)
- The Business Case for Implementing Sustainable Practices to Drive Financial Performance within the Automotive Sector (Case Study)
- How to Bring ESG into the Quarterly Earnings Call (MIT Sloan Management Review)
- The Business Case for Sustainability: Q&A with NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (Retail Industry Leaders Association)
- The Business Case for Sustainable Apparel (The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc.)
- Opinion: NYC's Equitable, Low-Carbon Future Requires Subsidies for Micromobility (City Limits)
- Financial benefits of reimagined, sustainable, agrifood supply networks (Journal of International Business Policy)
- Invest NYC SDG: A Finance White Paper, Models for Financing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (White Paper)
- Research Frontiers in the Era of Embedding Sustainability: Bringing Social & Environmental Systems to the Forefront (Hapres, Journal of Sustainability Research)
- How to Talk to Your CFO about Sustainability (Harvard Busines Review)
- U.S. Corporate Boards Suffer From Inadequate Expertise in Financially Material ESG Matters (White Paper)
- The Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI): Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies (Sustainable Consumption and Production)
- Do Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Finance Generate Better Financial Performance? A Review and Meta-analysis (SSRN)
- Existence inductive theory building to study coordination failures in sustainable beef production (Journal of Cleaner Production)
- Making a Better Business Case for ESG (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
- Using the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) Framework to Value Accelerated Decarbonization (Journal of Applied Corporate Finance)
- Embedding Sustainability Performance and Long‐Term Strategy in the Earnings Call (Journal of Applied Corporate Finance)
- ESG & the Earnings Call: Communicating Sustainable Value Creation (CSB & CEO Investor Forum)
- Sustainability-Marketed CPGs Outperform Conventional (Hapres Journal of Sustainability Research)
- Fintech Adapts to Demands for Sustainable and Convenient Investing (The Economist)
- Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies (The Review of Business: Interdisciplinary Journal on Risk and Society)
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Articles & Reports
- Banking on Climate: The Mortgage Lending Opportunity in Building Decarbonization December 2024
- FoodMapNY: Leveraging Private-Sector Innovation and Investment for Food Security November 2024
- Unleashing Sustainable Value in Food and Agriculture October 2024
- Will Banks Start Putting Their Money Where Their Properties Are? June 2024
- Global Change Begins at Home: Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in NYC June 2023
- Finding the Return on Sustainability Investments November 2022
- ESG Reports Aren't a Replacement for Real Sustainability, July 2022
- Green Chemistry: A Strong Driver of Innovation, Growth, and Business Opportunity, October 2021
- The Cultural Consensus of Sustainability-Driven Innovation: Strategies for Success, July 2020
- Sustainable Purchasing Patterns and Consumer Responsiveness to Sustainability Marketing Messages, March 2020
- EcoVadis & NYU Stern CSB 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer, July 2019
- "The Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI): Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies" in The Review of Business, June 2019
- Shareholders Are Stealing Our Jobs, October 2018
- Responsible Investing: Guide to ESG Data Providers and Relevant Trends, September 2017 (originally published in the Journal of Environmental Investing)
- How to Quantify Sustainability's Impact on Your Bottom Line, September 2017
- Deforestation-free Supply Chains: Financial Impact for Brazilian Beef Production, August 2017
- Catalyzing Green Infrastructure on Private Property: Recommendations for a Green, Equitable, and Sustainable New York City, August 2017
- Sustainability and Effective Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, April 2017
- SASB-Bloomberg Alignment Report, April 2017
- The Sustainability Business Case for the 21st Century Corporation, August 2016
- Harvard Business Review Excerpt: The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability
White Papers
- Green Finance Innovation: How Mortgage Lenders Can Drive NYC Building Decarbonization, by Marianna Koval and Tensie Whelan, March 2024
- Financing Mechanisms to Support Sustainable Practices, by Tom Manning, November 2023
- The Road to Responsible Private Equity, by Umachander Balakumar and Tense Whelan, February 2023
- U.S. Corporate Boards Suffer From Inadequate Expertise in Financially Material ESG Matters, by Tensie Whelan, January 2021
- Teaching Sustainable Finance: ways to integrate sustainability in finance education, by Rachelle Belinga, December 2020
- Sustainability Materiality Matrices Explained, by Sophie Rifkin, May 2019
- Green Bonds: What's New, What's Next, and Why Does it Matter?, by Tom Manning, December 2019
- Sustainability Assessment Tools, by Elyse Douglas and Tom Manning, January 2017
- Spotlight: Water Business Tools for Managing Water Resources and Risk, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, September 2016
Case Studies
- The Business Case for Zero Waste to Landfill by 2030: Working with Owens Corning's Fiberglass Insulation Business by Chisara Ehiemere, Maggie Paruta, March 2025
- Milestone: The Business Case for Decarbonization of Oil & Gas Waste Management--A Case Study on Slurry Injection by Chisara Ehiemere and Beverly Teng, November 2024
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company: Building Resilience in the Eye of the Storm, by Chet Van Wert, February 2024
- Anheuser-Busch Case Study: The Business Case for Sustainable Beer by Elyse Douglas and Maggie Paruta, January 2023
- Ingredion Case Study: The Business Case for Biocontrol Use by Divya Chandra, Elyse Douglas, and Alice Davison, January 2023
- Hero Case Study: The Business Case for Sustainable Farming to Improve Biodiversity by Elyse Douglas and Maggie Paruta, November 2022
- Natra Case Study: Measuring the Financial Return on Sustainability Investment in the Chocolate Industry by Chet Van Wert and Ulrich Atz, November 2024
- The Role of Private Equity in the Decline of a Major Forest Products Company by Paul Fowler with financial analysis provided by CSB, December 2021
- The Campaign to Reenergize ExxonMobil by Chet Van Wert, November 2021
- Case Study: The Business Case for Implementing Sustainable Practices to Drive Financial Performance within the Automotive Sector, by CSB and SASB, May 2021
- Case Study: The Business Case for Sustainable Apparel at EILEEN FISHER, by Sophie Rifkin and Rithu Raman, January 2021
- Thinking "Out of the Box:" Up-cycling for Planet, People, & Profit, by Tensie Whelan, December 2020
- Case Study: #OptOutside REI Co-op's Employee WellBeing Programs Allign with Positive Financial Outcomes, by Sophie Rifkin & Rithu Raman, November 2020
- Martin Guitar: Navigating Sustainability and Legacy, by Tristan Davis, Hakan Stanis, Zineb Touzani, Ananya Vidyarthi, and edited by Chet Van Wert, November 2020
- Innovating a New Business Model for Electric Utilities: Consolidated Edison's Brooklyn & Queens Demand Management Project, by Angus Chan, Gregory Gangelhoff, Amy Klopfenstein, and edited by Chet Van Wert, January 2019
- Case Study: Greyston Bakery, by Chet Van Wert, August 2018
- Parnassus Investments: A Contrarian, Socially Responsible Mutual Fund Manager, by Chet Van Wert, September 2017
- West Elm: Bringing Purpose to its Corporate Ecosystem Through Human Resource Practices, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, August 2017
- Citigroup, Inc.: Innovation in Energy Efficiency Financing, by Tom Manning and Randi Kronthal-Sacco, May 2017
- Avery Dennison: Innovative Marketing of Sustainability Attracts More Loyal Customers, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, April 2017
- Kashi: Growing the Supply Chain for Organic Food, by Chet Van Wert, April 2017
- Nike: Sustainability and Innovation through Flyknit Technology, by Carly Fink, August 2016
- Exxaro Resources Ltd: Mining and Water Risk Management Case Study, by Carly Fink, June 2016
- Nespresso: Supply Chain and Stakeholder Engagement Case Study, by Carly Fink and Tensie Whelan, May 2016