Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
Organisational unit: Institute
- CSM-Research Field: Advanced Education & Capacity Building
- CSM-Research Field: Concepts & Instruments of Sustainability Management
- CSM-Research Field: Foundations of Sustainability Management
- CSM-Research Field: Management of Natural Resources
- CSM-Research Field: Social Entrepreneurship
- Stakeholder Relationships, Communication & Reporting
- Sustainability Accounting, Performance Management & Finance
- CSM-Research Field: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Transformation & Innovation
- Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Management
- Professorship for Sustainability Management
Organisation profile
The Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) at Leuphana University Lüneburg is an internationally oriented centre of excellence in research, teaching and academic training as well as in knowledge transfer in the fields of entrepreneurial sustainability management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship.
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The Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) at Leuphana University Lüneburg is an internationally oriented centre of excellence in research, teaching and academic training as well as in knowledge transfer in the fields of entrepreneurial sustainability management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship.
Research areas: Foundations of sustainability management and corporate social responsibility; Measurement, information and communication of sustainability; Management of stakeholder relationships; Conservation management and integrative sustainability management; Continuous education; Perspectives of social entrepreneurship research; SCHub:Social Change Hub; Evolutionary agents; Ashoka Youth Venture
Continuing education products
The MBA in Sustainability Management is the first university MBA in sustainability management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) worldwide. The e-learning supported distance learning degree programme can be completed in either part-time (two years) or full-time (one year). The MBA in Sustainability Management is accredited according to European guidelines and leads to the internationally recognised degree "Master of Business Administration" (MBA).
The CSM is also active in a number of other international continuing education programmes in CSR and sustainability management. For years the Centre has collaborated in continuing education and distance programmes with the FernUniversität Hagen (Germany’s leading open university) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT). The CSM organises the whole area of environmental management for their interdisciplinary programme of studies in environmental sciences (the Infernum Master of Science in Environmental Sciences at the UMSICHT Fraunhofer Institute).
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Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Energy: German Utilities and Renewable Energy
Richter, M., 11.2013, In: Energy Policy. 62, November, p. 1226-1237 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business model patterns of sustainability pioneers - Analyzing cases across the smartphone life cycle
Zufall, J., Norris, S., Schaltegger, S., Revellio, F. & Hansen, E. G., 20.01.2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 244, 15 p., 118651.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Models for Sustainability: A Co-Evolutionary Analysis of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation
Schaltegger, S., Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Hansen, E. G., 01.09.2016, In: Organization & Environment. 29, 3, p. 264-289 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Models for Sustainable Innovation: State-of-the-Art and Steps Towards a Research Agenda
Boons, F. A. A. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 04.2013, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 45, p. 9-19 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Buying organic: Decision-making heuristics and empirical evidence from Germany
Moser, A. K., 2016, In: Journal of Consumer Marketing. 33, 7, p. 552-561 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Calculating the True Profitability of Pollution Prevention
Schaltegger, S. & Müller, K., 1997, In: Greener Management International. 17, Spring, p. 53-68 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carbon Accounting for Sustainability and Management: Status Quo and Challenges
Schaltegger, S. & Csutora, M., 11.2012, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 36, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carbon footprinting of large product portfolios. Extending the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems to carbon information management
Zvezdov, D. & Hack, S., 01.11.2016, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 135, p. 1267-1275 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carbon Management Accounting: Explaining Practice in Leading German Companies
Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 03.2011, In: Australian Accounting Review. 21, 1, p. 80-98 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carbon Management Accounting and Reporting in Practice: A Case Study on Converging Emergent Approaches
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 07.09.2015, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 6, 3, p. 340-365 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Careless product use in access-based services: A rebound effect and how to address it
Ackermann, L. & Tunn, V. S. C., 01.04.2024, In: Journal of Business Research. 177, 11 p., 114643.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas
Brink, E., Aalders, T., Ádám, D., Feller, R., Henselek, Y., Hoffmann, A., Ibe, K., Matthey-Doret, A., Meyer, M., Negrut, N. L., Rau, A. L., Riewerts, B., von Schuckmann, L., Törnros, S., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J. & Wamsler, C., 01.01.2016, In: Global Environmental Change : Human and Policy Dimensions. 36, p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Changing the Rules: Business-NGO Partnership and Structuration Theory
Schneidewind, U. & Petersen, H., 1998, In: Greener Management International. 24, Winter, p. 105-114 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Circular business models for the fastmoving consumer goods industry: Desirability, feasibility, and viability
Bocken, N. M. P., Harsch, A. & Weissbrod, I., 01.03.2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 30, p. 799-814 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Circular value creation architectures: Make, ally, buy, or laissez-faire
Hansen, E. G. & Revellio, F., 12.2020, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1250-1273 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Classifying Entrepreneurship for the Public Good: Empirical Analysis of a Conceptual Framework
Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2010, In: Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 23, 3, p. 431-443 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Clean energy storage technology in the making: An innovation systems perspective on flywheel energy storage
Wicki, S. & Hansen, E., 20.09.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 162, p. 1118-1134 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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CO2-neutrales Unternehmen - was ist das?
Bode, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 19.10.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 4, p. 265-273 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Co-Creation of Social Entrepreneurial Opportunities with Refugees
Harima, A. & Freudenberg, J., 02.01.2020, In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 11, 1, p. 40-64 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability. Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development goals
Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. & Hockerts, K., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 131-152 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Combating Climate Change through Organisational Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of Internal Emission Trading Schemes
Hörisch, J., 2013, In: Corporate Governance. 13, 5, p. 569-582 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparing the research-practice gap in management accounting: A view from professional accounting bodies in Australia and Germany
Tucker, B. & Schaltegger, S., 21.03.2016, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 29, 3, p. 362-400 39 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Constellations of Transdisciplinary Practices: A Map and Research Agenda for the Responsible Management Learning Field
Laasch, O., Moosmayer, D., Antonacopoulou, E. & Schaltegger, S., 01.04.2020, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 162, 4, p. 735-757 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Consumers' purchasing decisions regarding environmentally friendly products: An empirical analysis of German consumers
Moser, A., 01.07.2016, In: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 31, p. 389-397 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Consumers' Responses to CSR Activities: The Linkage between Increased Awareness and Purchase Intention
Lee, K-H. & Shin, D., 06.2010, In: Public Relations Review. 36, 2, p. 193-195 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Contributions to Sustainability: What Kind of Information is Needed?
Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting. 2, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Contributions to the sustainable development goals in life cycle sustainability assessment: Insights from the Handprint research project
Kühnen, M., Silva, S. L., Beckmann, J., Eberle, U., Hahn, R., Hermann, C., Schaltegger, S. & Schmid, M., 03.2019, In: NachhaltigkeitsManagementForum. 27, 1, p. 65-82 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Controller als Partner im Nachhaltigkeits-Management
Petersen, H., Lühn, M., Nuzum, A-K., Schaltegger, S. & Wenzig, J., 01.04.2021, In: Controlling & Management Review. 65, 3, p. 8-15 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Controller und Nachhaltigkeit im Kontext neuer Berichterstattungspflichten
Lühn, M., Nuzum, A-K., Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2022, In: REthinking: Finance. 1, p. 25-33 9 p., REF1398613.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate change agents for sustainability: Transforming organizations from the inside out
Schaltegger, S., Girschik, V., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Weissbrod, I. & Daudigeos, T., 04.2024, In: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. 33, 2, p. 145-156 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: An empirical analysis informed by legitimacy theory
Silva, S., 10.04.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 292, 125962.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Environmental Performance Evaluation: Evidence from the Mepi Project
Tyteca, D., Carlens, J., Berkhout, F., Hertin, J., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M., 2002, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 11, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Sustainability Accounting: Beyond Unfreezing
Zvezdov, D., 2012, In: Journal of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability. 18, 3, p. 181-198 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate sustainability management accounting and multi-level links for sustainability – A systematic review
Schaltegger, S., Christ, K. L., Wenzig, J. & Burritt, R., 01.10.2022, In: International Journal of Management Reviews. 24, 4, p. 480-500 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Volunteering in Germany: Survey and Empirical Evidence
Herzig, C., 23.06.2006, In: International Journal of Business Environment. 1, 1, p. 51-69 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cost-benefit ratio and empirical examination of the acceptance of heathland maintenance in the Lueneburg Heath nature reserve
Müller, J., 01.09.2004, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 47, 5, p. 757-771 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cross-National Complementarity of Technology Push, Demand Pull, and Manufacturing Push Policies: The Case of Photovoltaics
Hansen, E. G., Ludeke-Freund, F., Quan, X. I. & West, J., 08.2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 66, 3, p. 381-397 17 p., 8424882.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Crowdfunding sustainable entrepreneurship: What are the characteristics of crowdfunding investors?
Tenner, I. M. & Hörisch, J., 25.03.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 290, 9 p., 125667.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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CULTURAL TENSIONS AND VALUES-ACTION GAPS IN SUSTAINABILITY-ORIENTED INNOVATION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC INQUIRY
Breuer, H. & Ivanov, K., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Innovation Management. 2450005.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Current Status of CSR in the Realm of Supply Management: the Case of the Korean Electronics Industry
Lee, K-H. & Kim, J-W., 13.03.2009, In: Supply Chain Management. 14, 2, p. 138-148 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Debating accounting and sustainability: from incompatibility to rapprochement in the pursuit of corporate sustainability
Baker, M., Gray, R. & Schaltegger, S., 27.03.2023, In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 36, 2, p. 591-619 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Debt for Brands: Tracking Down a Bias in Financing Photovoltaic Projects in Germany
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Loock, M., 08.2011, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 19, 12, p. 1356-1364 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Defining and Conceptualizing Impact Investing: Attractive Nuisance or Catalyst?
Hockerts, K., Hehenberger, L., Schaltegger, S. & Farber, V., 01.09.2022, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 179, 4, p. 937-950 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing a Green Business Portfolio
Ilinitch, A. Y. & Schaltegger, S., 01.04.1995, In: Long Range Planning. 28, 2, p. 29-38 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing sufficiency-oriented offerings for clothing users: Business approaches to support consumption reduction
Freudenreich, B. & Schaltegger, S., 20.02.2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 247, 10 p., 119589.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing sustainable business experimentation capability – A case study
Weissbrod, I. & Bocken, N. M. P., 20.01.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 142, 4, p. 2663-2676 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Lücke schließen: Konsumenten zwischen ökologischer Einstellung und nicht-ökologischem Verhalten
Haubach, C., Moser, A., Schmidt, M. & Wehner, C., 2013, In: Wirtschaftspsychologie. 15, 2/3, p. 33-47 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Diffusion of environmental management accounting for cleaner production: Evidence from some case studies
Burritt, R. L., Herzig, C., Schaltegger, S. & Viere, T., 01.07.2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 224, p. 479-491 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Discourses for deep transformation: perceptions of economic growth in two rural communities in Lower Saxony, Germany
Lübker, H. M., Abson, D. J. & Riechers, M., 01.11.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 6, p. 1827-1840 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review