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. Determinants of the Relationship Between Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level: An Empirical Analysis of the European Paper Industry

    Wagner, M. (Speaker), Phu, N. V. (Speaker) & Azomahou, T. T. (Speaker)

    01.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product. Poster Presentation

    Moser, A. K. (Speaker)

    24.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Debating Accounting and Sustainability: Incompatibility and Rapprochement in the Pursuit of Corporate Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    04.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Debating Accounting and Sustainability: Incompatibility and Rapprochement in the Pursuit of Corporate Sustainability

    Gray, R. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    05.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Daimler and Benz Foundation (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of private companies and organisationsTransfer

  6. Current Developments in Environmental Management Accounting: Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    08.02.200110.02.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Cultural Traits and 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)

    07.07.200209.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. CSR Leadership: An exploratory study

    Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)

    18.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Critical review of survey based research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Seuring, S. (Speaker), Gold, S. (Speaker) & Morana, R. (Speaker)

    14.06.200917.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Cranfield University

    Hansen, E. G. (Visiting researcher)

    15.02.201029.06.2010

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch