# NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Hosts Panel on ESG and Impact Investing Across Asset Classes

On April 23, NYU Stern's [Center for Sustainable Business](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business) hosted a panel entitled, "ESG and Impact Investing Across Asset Classes."

![Professor Tensie Whelan, Jessica Zarzycki, Lee Gao, Ailene Holderness, Kyung-Ah Park](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/CSB---ESG-and-Impact-Investing-Across-Asset-Classes---Body.jpg)
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*From left to right: Professor Tensie Whelan, Jessica Zarzycki, Lee Gao, Ailene Holderness, Kyung-Ah Park*

The evening began with welcome remarks from Kyung-Ah Park, managing director and head of environmental markets at Goldman Sachs & Co. > "ESG and sustainability are becoming mainstream – both as a financial and a strategic lever for investors and companies.” [$GS](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24GS&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)' Kyung-Ah Park at an event co-hosted with [@NYUSternCSB](https://twitter.com/NYUSternCSB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on impact investing [pic.twitter.com/LIhwWjVqy4](https://t.co/LIhwWjVqy4)
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> — Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) [April 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/GoldmanSachs/status/1121149583495770113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The discussion, which was moderated by Professor [Tensie Whelan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), explored how investors across fixed income, public equity and private equity investing strategies integrate ESG and impact into investment decisions.

![Professor Tensie Whelan moderates the discussion on the challenges facing ESG and impact investors](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/CSB---ESG-and-Impact-Investing-Across-Asset-Classes---Body-1.jpg)
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*Professor Tensie Whelan moderates the discussion on the challenges facing ESG and impact investors*
> Happening now: CSB Director [@TensieWhelan](https://twitter.com/TensieWhelan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) moderates our panel organized in partnership with [@GoldmanSachs](https://twitter.com/GoldmanSachs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in which speakers from [\#GoldmanSachs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldmanSachs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), Pegasus Capital Advisors and [@NuveenInv](https://twitter.com/NuveenInv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will provide insight on [\#ESG](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ESG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) integration and [\#impactinvesting](https://twitter.com/hashtag/impactinvesting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) strategies [pic.twitter.com/OOiUu8k5Xm](https://t.co/OOiUu8k5Xm)
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> — NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (@NYUSternCSB) [April 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/NYUSternCSB/status/1120826551547854850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Panelists reinforced the idea that environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact investing is not 'one size fits all,’ sharing success stories from a variety of industries.

Panelists included: - Lee Gao, co-portfolio manager, Imprint Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Ailene Holderness, vice president, Pegasus Capital Advisors
- Jessica Zarzycki, senior director, co-portfolio manager and global sovereigns & emerging markets fixed income research analyst, Nuveen

For more information, please visit the [Center's website](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business).

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