Professorship for Sustainability Management

Organisational unit: Professoship

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

Main research areas

Areas of research

Foundations of Sustainability Management

Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Transformation & Innovation

Concepts & Instruments of Sustainability Management

Sustainability Accounting, Performance Management & Finance

Stakeholder Relationships, Communication & Reporting

Management of Natural Resources

Advanced Education & Capacity Building

Continuing education programmes

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).

  1. Environmental Management Accounting Support for Rice Husk Processing Alternatives: Integrating Environmental Risk Considerations into Investment Decisions

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    23.04.200825.04.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Environmental Management Accounting Support for Rice Husk Processing Alternatives

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Tadeo, B. D. (Speaker), Espiritu, R. E. (Speaker) & Layaoen, H. Z. (Speaker)

    25.04.200527.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Environmental Management Accounting. Purposes, Patterns, Paths

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    30.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Kokubu, K. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    14.04.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Training and Capacity Building for South-East Asia (SEA)

    Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)

    15.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Environmental Management Accounting as Support for Management Decision-Making: South-East Asian Case Studies

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    10.10.200512.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators Conference - EMAN 2009

    Zvezdov, D. (presenter)

    23.04.200924.04.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. EMAN (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Chair)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  9. EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting in collaboration with 22nd CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research 2004

    Schaltegger, S. (Organiser)

    03.03.200405.03.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting in collaboration with 22nd CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research

    Schaltegger, S. (Organiser)

    22.09.200623.09.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch