Organisation profile

The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, approximately 30 members of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes both theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

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The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, about 30 researchers of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

 

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

Continuing education products

Das Fernstudium MBA Sustainability Management ist der weltweit erste universitäre MBA für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2003 ist er einer der führenden „Green MBA“ durch eine einzigartige und optimale Kombination aus Managementwissen, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Soft Skills und verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung

Die hohe Qualität des Weiterbildungsstudiums wird durch die Kompetenz der Dozierenden sowie vielfältige Praxispartnerschaften garantiert. Der MBA Sustainability Management ist akkreditiert und wurde zudem als UNESCO-Dekade-Projekt ausgezeichnet.

Das CSM ist darüber hinaus in weiteren internationalen Weiterbildungsprogrammen zu CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement aktiv. Seit Jahren arbeitet es erfolgreich in der Weiter- und Fernbildung mit der FernUniversität Hagen und dem Fraunhofer Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (UMSICHT) zusammen. Das CSM betreut u.a. den gesamten Bereich des Umweltmanagements für deren interdisziplinären Studiengang Umweltwissenschaften (infernum, Master of Environmental Sciences, MSc).

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2016
  2. Does EMA Tool Application Influence Carbon Performance and Information disclosure?

    W. Qian (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Jacob Hörisch (Speaker)

    13.07.201618.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance

    Hussain Gulzar Rammal (Speaker), Roger Burritt (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Katherine Christ (Speaker)

    17.09.201620.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Social and ethical aspects in sustainability performance measurement and assessment. A systematic literature review

    Samanthi Luisa Silva (Speaker), Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    05.10.201607.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. 2017
  6. Motive activation in business models for sustainable textiles: A field study

    Aneta Woznica (Speaker), Birte Freudenreich (Speaker) & Gundula Hübner (Speaker)

    19.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Vortrag: Measuring positive sustainability. A systematic literature review.

    Samanthi Luisa Silva (Speaker), Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    27.06.201729.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Vortrag: Social assessment and management of conflict minerals in supply chains. A systematic literature review

    Samanthi Luisa Silva (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    27.06.201729.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Corporate Responsibility Research Conference - CRRC 2017

    Ferdinand Revellio (Speaker) & Erik Hansen (Speaker)

    13.09.201715.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. (University) support programmes and sustainable regional development: Why, how, and with what impact?

    Marcus Wagner (Speaker), Markus Beckmann (Speaker), Klaus Fichter (Speaker), Erik Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.10.201706.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chains - Investigating the Cradle to Cradle Approach

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker) & Christopher Blauth (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review

    Julia Zufall (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch