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. Conference Presentations
  2. Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations

    Nathalie Crutzen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    06.05.201308.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Innovation contests for sustainability innovations: Findings from a worldwide shoe innovation contest

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    25.11.201027.11.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Innovation in sustainable supply chains – A reflection on resources and SME collaboration with supply chain stakeholders

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    06.06.201208.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Jacob Hörisch (Speaker), Christian Herzig (Speaker) & Johanna Klewitz (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Marianne Esders (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations

    Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    01.06.201104.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Internetgestützte Berichterstattung der DAX-30 Unternehmen

    Moritz Blanke (Speaker), Jasmin Godemann (Speaker) & Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    21.09.200623.09.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30

    Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Management Competencies of Change Agents for Corporate Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptualization

    Maike Buhr (Speaker), Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Management Control in Supply Chain Management: A Concept and first Empirical Insights

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Magnus Westhaus (Speaker) & Matthias Freise (Speaker)

    07.06.201008.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Match or Mismatch?: Biofuel Sustainability Standards and local Producers’ Perspectives on Sustainable Feedstock Production

    Tina Hildebrandt (Speaker), Christine Moser (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    24.01.201325.01.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Measuring the Impacts of NGO partnerships The Economic and Societal Benefits of Community Involvement at Merck Ltd., Thailand

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    20.09.201022.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Motive activation in business models for sustainable textiles: A field study

    Aneta Woznica (Speaker), Birte Freudenreich (Speaker) & Gundula Hübner (Speaker)

    19.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance

    Hussain Gulzar Rammal (Speaker), Roger Burritt (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Katherine Christ (Speaker)

    17.09.201620.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle: Unternehmen in der Transformation

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker)

    20.11.201321.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX30 Unternehmen im Internet

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Moritz Blanke (Speaker) & Jasmin Godemann (Speaker)

    03.10.200705.10.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Networkers, Grazers, and Explorers: how sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs unfolds through a regional network setting.

    Johanna Klewitz (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  19. Partnerships for Corporate Sustainability: Capacity Development in South-East Asia

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Tobias Viere (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Raymond Leung (Speaker)

    07.11.200410.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Perform to Disclose or Disclose to Perform: Which Drives Which?

    Wei Qian (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    26.07.201328.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Product-Service Systems as Enabler for Sustainability Innovation: The Case of Service Stations in Kenya

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    26.10.201128.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Products service systems as enabler for sustainability-oriented innovation: The case of Osram’s off-grid lighting

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    27.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Rational Socially Responsible Investment

    Benjamin Tobias Peylo (Speaker)

    01.10.201203.10.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Social and ethical aspects in sustainability performance measurement and assessment. A systematic literature review

    Samanthi Luisa Silva (Speaker), Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    05.10.201607.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kicheol Kim (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Sustainability and internal supply chain management – A conceptual approach to intra-organisational knowledge transfer

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Sustainability and Internal Supply Chain Management: A Conceptual Approach to Intra-Organisational Knowledge Transfer

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review

    Julia Zufall (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    05.10.200906.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. Sustainability Management Accounting - Revolution or Evolution of Management Accounting?

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)

    10.05.200511.05.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Sustainability Reporters

    Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    04.09.200506.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development

    Jasmin Godemann (Speaker) & Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: Developments in Germany

    Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    17.09.200819.09.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Sustainability transformation of markets: How can companies contribute?

    Samanthi Luisa Silva (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages

    Simon Norris (Speaker), Julia Zufall (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Coauthor)

    03.07.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Anne Gerlach (Speaker)

    01.08.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Empirische Studie bei DAX & MDAX - Theorie & Praxis

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    30.09.201001.10.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen

    Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Coauthor)

    15.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Sustainable Value Added

    Frank Figge (Speaker) & Tobias Hahn (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability

    Frank Figge (Speaker) & Tobias Hahn (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the US, Germany and China

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker), Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker), Joel West (Speaker) & Xiahong Quan (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. The Diffusion of Sustainable Cotton: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Industry Transformation and the Role of Standards

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.06.201307.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. The Implementation of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asian companies

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

    25.04.200527.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch