# Professor Tensie Whelan is highlighted in a "Portraits of Excellence" feature for her work as Director of Stern's Center for Sustainable Business

1 Faculty News December 1, 2016 ![worth magazine logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/worth_192x144.jpg?itok=YI_f52wR)>

Excerpt from [Worth](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Worth%20Magazine_Tensie%20Whelan.pdf) -- "The Center helps companies implement sustainability measures by creating strategic goals and setting up internal accounting metrics to assess the financial impact of those decisions. ... Says [Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), 'We need to focus on demonstrating the business case, financially, for integrating sustainability into corporate strategy.'"

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