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. 2017
  2. Sustainability transformation of markets: How can companies contribute?

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

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. A business management perspective on slow fashion

    Birte Freudenreich (Speaker)

    12.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. 2018
  5. Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)

    Nancy M.P. Bocken (Editorial Board), Ilka Weissbrod (Editorial Board) & Maria Antikainen (Editorial Board)

    20182020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  6. Processes of Sustainability Transformation. An inter- and transdisciplinary project

    Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Speaker), Stefan Hilser (Speaker), Charlott Hübel (Speaker) & Felix Beyers (Speaker)

    13.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Exploring business models of sustainability pioneers - An analysis of case studies in the smartphone industry

    Julia Zufall (Speaker), Simon Norris (Coauthor), Stefan Schaltegger (Coauthor), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Coauthor) & Ferdinand Revellio (Coauthor)

    27.06.201828.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Sustainable Textile School - SusTex 2018

    Maike Buhr (Speaker), Lisa Keßler (Speaker), Jorge Gustavo Rodriguez Aboytes (Speaker) & Felix Beyers (Speaker)

    10.09.201812.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  9. 2019
  10. Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)

    Simon Norris (Reviewer)

    2019 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  11. Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019

    Matthias Barth (Speaker), Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Participant), Maike Buhr (Participant), Sadhbh Juarez Bourke (Participant), Karoline Pöggel (Participant), Julius Rathgens (Participant) & Stefan Hilser (Participant)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  12. Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages

    Simon Norris (Speaker), Julia Zufall (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Coauthor)

    03.07.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch