# Professor Tensie Whelan weighs in on Morgan Stanley's recent commitment to measure the climate impact from loans and investments

1 Faculty News July 21, 2020 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from Reuters -- "'This is an exciting development--financial institutions need to better assess the emissions associated with their financing and Morgan Stanley, together with the other financial institutions engaged in the initiative are working toward developing a common methodology which will enable transparency and accountability,' said [Tensie Whelan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), director of the NYU Stern School of Business's Center for Sustainable Business."