Past Events

On September 25, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and SustainAbility co-hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Innovating Investments for Climate Resilience." The discussion explored new ways of evaluating climate risk and innovative approaches to incorporating climate risk and resilience into investment products and decision-making. The panel, which was moderated by Professor Tensie…

On Tuesday, May 1, NYU Stern’s Business & Society Program (BSP) and Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) co-hosted the 2018 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture, delivered by Alan Murray, Chief Content Officer of Time Inc. and President of Fortune. This year’s talk was entitled “The Role of Sustainability in Today’s Business World.” Murray, who was introduced by Professor…

On April 3, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business hosted a panel discussion entitled, “The Intersection of Sustainability, Sports and Business”. The event was moderated by Lew Blaustein (MBA ’85), Founder and Chief Blogger at GreenSportsBlog, and included insights from David McKenzie, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility at Anheuser-Busch, Will Yandell, Regional Marketing Director…

On Feb. 15, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and GlobeScan co-hosted a panel discussion entitled, “Corporate Sustainability Leadership: Past, Present and Future Trends”. The event, which was co-moderated by Professor Tensie Whelan and GlobeScan co-CEO Chris Coulter, featured an overview of new expert stakeholder research on sustainability leadership by GlobeScan and reactions and…

NYU Stern’s Business & Society Program welcomed Preet Bharara, NYU Law Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence and former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to campus for the 13th annual Haitkin Lecture. In conversation with Professor Karen Brenner, Bharara shared highlights from his career as a prosecutor and US Attorney. Bharara emphasized the importance of public service and keeping…

On October 26, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business welcomed John McAvoy (MBA ’87), Chairman and CEO of Con Edison, to Stern for a conversation entitled, “How Sustainability Drives Success at Con Edison”. Ethical behavior is doing the right thing, the right way, every day. The discussion, which was moderated by Professor Tensie Whelan, focused on the principles and practices of…

On May 23, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and Ethical Systems welcomed Jack Ewing, European Economics Correspondent for The New York Times, for a discussion of his new book "Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal". Ewing, who has spent more than 20 years covering German business and economics, opened his presentation with a brief history of Volkswagen, which emerged in the…

On Wednesday, April 26, NYU Stern's Center for Business and Human Rights welcomed Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, for an event entitled "The Challenge of Maintaining Integrity on the Internet." He was joined by Professor Michael Posner to discuss the misuse and manipulation of internet platforms by third parties and how extremist content, fake news and intolerant discourse have spread across…