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. 2020
  2. Circular X | Advisory Group Member

    Ilka Weissbrod (Consultant)

    20202025

    Activity: Consultancy

  3. Virtual Keynote 'Fast learning for radical business model innovation'

    Ilka Weissbrod (Speaker)

    01.07.202002.07.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. 2021
  5. Vortrag: Accounting for work conditions from modern slavery to decent work

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Katherine Christ (Coauthor) & Roger Burritt (Coauthor)

    2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Vortrag: The Potential of Modular Product Designs to Increase User Satisfaction of Repair Services – Evidence from the smartphone industry

    Stefan Schaltegger (Coauthor), Clara Amend (Coauthor), Ferdinand Revellio (Coauthor) & Erik Hansen (Coauthor)

    2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. The social reduction of reality

    Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano (Speaker) & Harry Wels (Speaker)

    03.05.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Assessing and Managing Sustainable Business Models - A Status Update

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Coauthor), Krzysztof Dembek (Coauthor), Francesco Rosati (Coauthor), Roman Rauter (Coauthor) & Klaus Fichter (Coauthor)

    06.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Assessing and Managing Sustainable Business Models - A Status Update

    Stefan Schaltegger (Keynote Speaker)

    17.06.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. A Matter of Framing: Analyzing Value Communication in Sustainable Business Models

    Simon Norris (Speaker)

    30.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch