# Professor Tensie Whelan's remarks at the Business versus Climate Change Conference are highlighted

1 Faculty News December 4, 2016 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isabel-rimanoczy-edd-/the-values-revolution_b_13421430.html) -- "The former Rainforest Alliance President and current Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern, [Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), reminded the audience concerned with the potential impact of the new administration on climate initiatives, that, of the US latest GDP of close to US$ 18 trillion, US$ 15.6 trillion came from business in the US. Business is not waiting for the Federal Government to tell it what to do, and today less than ever."

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