# Professor Tensie Whelan discusses Nespresso's sustainability efforts

1 Faculty News February 20, 2017 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/nespresso-discover-sustainable-quality-coffee/2017/feb/21/encapsulating-business-with-a-sustainable-process) -- "[Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), former CEO of the Rainforest Alliance, says: 'The Nespresso AAA Program is one of the most rigorous and comprehensive programs in the coffee industry.'"

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