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. Social Network Analysis 2011

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Participant)

    24.10.201128.10.2011

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

  2. Society and Economy (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2009 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  3. Socio-Economic Analysis of Maintenance Measures for the Preservation of Open Landscapes (Case Lueneburg Heath)

    Jan Müller (Speaker)

    26.09.200129.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. South-East Asian Case Studies on EMA

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Tobias Viere (Speaker), Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    09.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Stakeholder Governance - A Longitudinal Analysis of UK-based Companies Listed in the BITC Corporate Responsibility Index

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    22.09.201024.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kicheol Kim (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Status und zukunftsweisende Ansätze für Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaft

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  9. Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

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

  10. Supply Chain Management (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2014

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch