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

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

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

    Andrea K. Moser (Speaker)

    24.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Rob Gray (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    05.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Daimler and Benz Foundation (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of private companies and organisationsTransfer

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

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Tobias Hahn (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    08.02.200110.02.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Katsuhiko Kokubu (Speaker) & Marcus Wagner (Speaker)

    07.07.200209.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. CSR Leadership: An exploratory study

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    18.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Stefan Gold (Speaker) & Romy Morana (Speaker)

    14.06.200917.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Cranfield University

    Erik G. Hansen (Visiting researcher)

    15.02.201029.06.2010

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  10. Corporate Sustainability Management as a Driver for Innovation and Development

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.09.200306.09.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Corporate Sustainability & Leadership Excellence

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    08.01.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. Corporate Sustainability & Leadership Excellence

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    22.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  13. Corporate strategy meets green technology

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    23.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. Corporate strategy and sustainability-oriented technologies

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    18.01.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editorial Board)

    2001 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  16. Corporate Responsibility Research Conference - CRRC 2017

    Ferdinand Revellio (Speaker) & Erik Hansen (Speaker)

    13.09.201715.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Corporate Responsibility Evolution Models: Concepts, Evidence and Implications

    Heiko Spitzeck (Speaker) & Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker)

    01.07.201003.07.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network - EMAN Asia-Pacific 2013

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    14.07.201315.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Conference - Global Economic Symposium 2010 (GES) (Event)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    28.09.201029.09.2010

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  20. Comparing Environmental Management and Strategies of Companies in the United Kingdom and Germany

    Walter Wehrmeyer (Speaker), Marcus Wagner (Speaker), Carlos Pacheco (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Circular X | Advisory Group Member

    Ilka Weissbrod (Consultant)

    20202025

    Activity: Consultancy

  22. Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chains - Investigating the Cradle to Cradle Approach

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker) & Christopher Blauth (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations

    Maike Buhr (Speaker)

    05.10.201507.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Case study research on sustainable supply chain management: What evidence has been found?

    Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Gold (Speaker), Jörg Schreiber (Speaker) & Romy Morana (Speaker)

    07.09.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Carbon Management Accounting

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    01.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    1998 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  27. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  28. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2006

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  29. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Simon Norris (Reviewer)

    2023 → …

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

  30. Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management ( B.A.U.M.) e.V. (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  31. British Academy of Management - BAM 2012

    Sarah Elena Windolph (Speaker)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. BOP aber wie? Neue Partner zur Entwicklung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle für Menschen in Armut - 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    10.07.2009

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

  33. Biosphärenreservate unternehmerisch management

    Karina Hellmann (Speaker)

    21.09.200623.09.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. Biodiversity Principles: Recommendations for the Financial Sector

    Uwe Beständig (Reviewer)

    01.10.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  35. Beyond the supply chain – Sustainability-oriented product innovations through a transdisciplinary approach

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    29.02.201202.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Benefits of the Bottom Line and Beyond: Corporate Volunteering in Germany

    Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    07.11.200410.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Australian Accounting Review (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2013 → …

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

  38. Audits, Siegel, Zertifikate - Glaubwürdige Nachhaltigkeit? - 2011

    Johanna Klewitz (Participant)

    10.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 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

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

    Stefan Schaltegger (Keynote Speaker)

    17.06.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Annual Meeting der Academy of Management 2017 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

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

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

    Simon Norris (Speaker)

    30.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. A Material Flow Cost Accounting Approach to Improvement Assessment in LCA

    Tobias Viere (Speaker), Martina Prox (Speaker) & Andreas Möller (Speaker)

    11.01.200913.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. African Journal of Business Management (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

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

  45. Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    20092012

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  46. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  47. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)

    Simon Norris (Reviewer)

    2024 → …

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

  48. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    20092011

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  49. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS 2015 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

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

  50. A business management perspective on slow fashion

    Birte Freudenreich (Speaker)

    12.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch