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).
- Conference Presentations
Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations
Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2013 → 08.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovation contests for sustainability innovations: Findings from a worldwide shoe innovation contest
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
25.11.2010 → 27.11.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovation in sustainable supply chains – A reflection on resources and SME collaboration with supply chain stakeholders
Harms, D. (Speaker)
06.06.2012 → 08.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives
Esders, M. (Speaker)
05.07.2009 → 08.07.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
01.06.2011 → 04.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internetgestützte Berichterstattung der DAX-30 Unternehmen
Blanke, M. (Speaker), Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
21.09.2006 → 23.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
07.09.2009 → 09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Levels of Individual Change Agency for Sustainability Transformation in the Clothing Industry – Exploring the Role of Individual Beliefs for Corporate Sustainability Transformations
Buhr, M. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Management Competencies of Change Agents for Corporate Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptualization
Buhr, M. (Speaker), Harms, D. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2015 → 30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
07.06.2010 → 08.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Match or Mismatch?: Biofuel Sustainability Standards and local Producers’ Perspectives on Sustainable Feedstock Production
Hildebrandt, T. (Speaker), Moser, C. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
24.01.2013 → 25.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Measuring the Impacts of NGO partnerships The Economic and Societal Benefits of Community Involvement at Merck Ltd., Thailand
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
20.09.2010 → 22.09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Motive activation in business models for sustainable textiles: A field study
Woznica, A. (Speaker), Freudenreich, B. (Speaker) & Hübner, G. (Speaker)
19.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance
Rammal, H. G. (Speaker), Burritt, R. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Christ, K. (Speaker)
17.09.2016 → 20.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle: Unternehmen in der Transformation
Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker)
20.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX30 Unternehmen im Internet
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Blanke, M. (Speaker) & Godemann, J. (Speaker)
03.10.2007 → 05.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Networkers, Grazers, and Explorers: how sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs unfolds through a regional network setting.
Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Overview of Current Trends in Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and its Link to Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)
24.10.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Partnerships for Corporate Sustainability: Capacity Development in South-East Asia
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Leung, R. (Speaker)
07.11.2004 → 10.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Perform to Disclose or Disclose to Perform: Which Drives Which?
Qian, W. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
26.07.2013 → 28.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Product-Service Systems as Enabler for Sustainability Innovation: The Case of Service Stations in Kenya
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
26.10.2011 → 28.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Products service systems as enabler for sustainability-oriented innovation: The case of Osram’s off-grid lighting
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
27.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rational Socially Responsible Investment
Peylo, B. T. (Speaker)
01.10.2012 → 03.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
29.08.2012 → 31.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
05.10.2016 → 07.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Socio-Economic Analysis of Maintenance Measures for the Preservation of Open Landscapes (Case Lueneburg Heath)
Müller, J. (Speaker)
26.09.2001 → 29.09.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
South-East Asian Case Studies on EMA
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
09.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stakeholder Governance - A Longitudinal Analysis of UK-based Companies Listed in the BITC Corporate Responsibility Index
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
22.09.2010 → 24.09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies
Kim, K. (Speaker)
15.05.2003 → 17.05.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability and internal supply chain management – A conceptual approach to intra-organisational knowledge transfer
Harms, D. (Speaker)
12.09.2011 → 14.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability and Internal Supply Chain Management: A Conceptual Approach to Intra-Organisational Knowledge Transfer
Harms, D. (Speaker)
12.09.2011 → 14.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review
Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 06.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting - Revolution or Evolution of Management Accounting?
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)
10.05.2005 → 11.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporters
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
04.09.2005 → 06.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development
Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
24.11.2005 → 25.11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: Developments in Germany
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
17.09.2008 → 19.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability transformation of markets: How can companies contribute?
Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages
Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)
03.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Gerlach, A. (Speaker)
01.08.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Empirische Studie bei DAX & MDAX - Theorie & Praxis
Harms, D. (Speaker)
30.09.2010 → 01.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)
15.03.2011 → 16.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Value Added
Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)
23.06.2002 → 26.06.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability
Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)
10.09.2001 → 11.09.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
12.08.2011 → 16.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Diffusion of Sustainable Cotton: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Industry Transformation and the Role of Standards
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
04.06.2013 → 07.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Implementation of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asian companies
Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)
25.04.2005 → 27.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research