Center for Sustainable Business | Events

GlobeScan and NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business hosted a webinar on recently released consumer insights on sustainability. Moderated by Tensie Whelan.

The NYU Stern Business & Society Program hosted our 2025 Haitkin Lecture Series titled: Why is Gen-Z So Different? How The Great Rewiring of Childhood (2010-2015) Will Impact Everything
 

This industry-leading event convened investor and corporate sustainability professionals for an exchange of the latest research and insights on sustainability driving financial performance. The full-day program featured new research findings, panel discussions on implementation, candid conversations with executives, and interactive sessions to apply learnings. Participants gained practical tools and frameworks to better understand and apply value creation levers in sustainability.

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB), in collaboration with Ceres, GP ESG Working Group, iCI, ILPA, and UN PRI, presented the second annual Private Equity Sustainability Practicum, convening GPs, LPs, and portfolio companies to share responsible investment practices that drive positive value creation.

CSB hosted a panel discussion on career paths in social enterprise, followed by an opportunity for one-on-one discussions with impact-focused employers such as Acumen, Beyond Good, Etsy, Blue Ridge Labs, and more! Refreshments provided by Think Coffee.

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business hosted the global book launch of Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport by world-leading sport ecologist, Madeleine Orr. Madeleine was joined in conversation by sustainability executives with major professional sports leagues in the US moderated by Lew Blaustein of EcoAthletes, as well as in a one-on-one with Catie Collins (‘24), NYU soccer player. 

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business hosted a a unique undergraduate workshop in partnership with College to Climate for students to learn about what a career in climate can look like.

College to Climate is a climate careers company empowering the next generation of climate professionals with the knowledge, resources, and community necessary to find roles in space right out of university. Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd: 6-7pm at KMC Stern.

A panel discussion and networking on "Finding the Throughline" on careers in sustainability, moderated by Tensie Whelan. CSB welcomed former CEO of Bel Brands, Bill Graham, Jennifer Gootman, Global Head of Sustainability and ESG Strategy at Tory Burch, and Jenny Roberts, Senior Director of Sourcing and Sustainability at CAVA.

The NYU Stern Business & Society Program presented our 2024 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Lecture titled: How Business Can Help to Stop Human Trafficking.

A convening of investor and corporate sustainability leaders for an exchange of the latest research and insights on sustainability in practice. Through a curated program of new research findings, panel discussions on the implementation of strategies, frank conversations with executives on how to tackle the challenges, and interactive sessions to apply learnings, participants walk away with practical tools and frameworks to unlock financial value through embedded sustainability.

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, together with the Careers team, and SISA, gathered students tp learn more about navigating internship and career opportunities in sustainability. 

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and Urban Green Council held a discussion with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on the net zero plan for New York City and how finance can be a lever for decarbonization.

The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business is proud to support Stern's Social Impact and Sustainability Association (SISA) and fellow NYU schools in the 13th annual Symposium on February 10, 2023.