# Stern's Sustainability for Competitive Advantage course is featured; Professor Tensie Whelan, Center for Sustainable Business Senior Associate Director Sophie Rifkin and two recent graduates are quoted

1 School News October 10, 2017 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquants.com/2017/10/10/at-nyus-business-school-sustainability-competitive-advantage/) -- "'Even if you’re not going to be working specifically in sustainability, businesses need to have employees who understand these issues, understand how to work with different stakeholders, and understand how sustainability can bring innovation and a competitive advantage,' says [Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), director of the Center and instructor of the course."

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