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

    Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201308.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (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

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    06.06.201208.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Esders, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    01.06.201104.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Internetgestützte Berichterstattung der DAX-30 Unternehmen

    Blanke, M. (Speaker), Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    21.09.200623.09.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Herzig, C. (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

    Buhr, M. (Speaker), Harms, D. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Seuring, S. (Speaker), Westhaus, M. (Speaker) & Freise, M. (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

    Hildebrandt, T. (Speaker), Moser, C. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    20.09.201022.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Woznica, A. (Speaker), Freudenreich, B. (Speaker) & Hübner, G. (Speaker)

    19.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance

    Rammal, H. G. (Speaker), Burritt, R. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Christ, K. (Speaker)

    17.09.201620.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle: Unternehmen in der Transformation

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker)

    20.11.201321.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX30 Unternehmen im Internet

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Blanke, M. (Speaker) & Godemann, J. (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.

    Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  19. Overview of Current Trends in Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and its Link to Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    24.10.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

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

    07.11.200410.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Qian, W. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.07.201328.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    26.10.201128.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    27.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Rational Socially Responsible Investment

    Peylo, B. T. (Speaker)

    01.10.201203.10.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Silva, S. L. (Speaker), Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    05.10.201607.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Müller, J. (Speaker)

    26.09.200129.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. South-East Asian Case Studies on EMA

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

    09.11.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    22.09.201024.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kim, K. (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    05.10.200906.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

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

    10.05.200511.05.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Sustainability Reporters

    Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    04.09.200506.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development

    Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    17.09.200819.09.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)

    03.07.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Gerlach, A. (Speaker)

    01.08.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    30.09.201001.10.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)

    15.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. Sustainable Value Added

    Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability

    Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker), West, J. (Speaker) & Quan, X. (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    04.06.201307.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

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

    25.04.200527.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch