Sustainability as Financial Super Power:

How to Unlock Financial Value

 

The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, together with co-hosts Ceres, EDCI, EDF, ILPA, and UNPRI presents the fourth annual Private Equity Sustainability Practicum

 

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. ET, including a networking lunch

NYU Stern School of Business

 

How can private equity leaders turn sustainability into a driver of measurable financial value?

The Practicum brings together GPs, LPs, and portfolio company leaders to connect, exchange insights, and share practical approaches for using sustainability-linked strategies to strengthen business performance.

Through a keynote address, industry updates, a moderated fireside chat, an interactive discussion, and focused Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI™) deep dives, attendees will examine opportunities for value creation and preservation across regulation, market demand, supply chain management, and employee health and safety.

Program highlights include:

  • A keynote address from Tensie Whelan, Professor Emerita and Senior Advisor, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, on the latest sustainability value drivers in private markets
  • New data, research, and industry insights from CSB (Center for Sustainable Business), UNPRI, and EDCI (ESG Data Convergence Initiative).
  • An interactive discussion led by the Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern School of Business, Amy Skoczlas Cole, on the use of AI in uncovering sustainability-linked value creation.
  • ROSI™ deep dives focused on driving financial value from sustainability strategies in areas such regulation, market demand, supply chain management, and employee health and safety
  • A discussion on governance, e.g. how to institutionalize tracking and driving sustainability-linked value, case-based discussions and opportunities for audience Q&A
  • A networking lunch with peers from across private markets

This limited-capacity, in-person event includes access to all sessions and opportunities for Q&A with speakers.

Early registration: $99
Regular registration: $149

Register by November 14 to receive the $99 early registration rate. After that date, registration will be $149. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today

 

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