# Professor Tensie Whelan explains the business case for sustainability

1 Faculty News June 1, 2018 ![Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/icas192x144.jpg?itok=-3jtMmEm)>

Excerpt from [ICAS](http://canorthamerica.icas.com/june-2018/#!/why-business-needs-sustainable-now) -- "'An organization should care about sustainability – environmental, social and economic – because it can drive competitive advantage, license to operate, employee engagement, risk reduction, and a variety of other things, as well as add value to society,' said [Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

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