# Professor Tensie Whelan comments on ING's loan interest discounts for sustainable businesses

1 Faculty News May 4, 2017 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://newsletters.briefs.bloomberg.com/document/oiH6Xlj8UkoRds0FS37tPQ--_9ez27rf0ikvz4g7up7/investing) -- "More lenders may be interested in these kind of deals as data continues to show 'that companies with good sustainability performance tend to have lower risk and thus lower cost of capital,' [Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern School of Business, said May 1. 'It is a win-win — it rewards better sustainability performance by companies, reduces risk for lenders, and provides value to society.'"

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