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).
- 2025
Sustainability Accounting for a transformation to green hydrogen
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
30.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2024
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2023
Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2022
Exploring the implications of the value concept for performance assessment of sustainable business models
Norris, S. (Speaker)
23.06.2022 → 24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Journal of Business Economics : JBE (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Business Research (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Sustainable Production and Consumption (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2021
Presentation: Pandemic paths and the necessity for sustainability transformations. How can sustainable entrepreneurship contribute?
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
18.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit heute. Zeitgeist, Chance und unternehmerische Herausforderung
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
16.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sustainable food value chain management - beyond standardized frames of sustainability?!
Imbrogiano, J.-P. (Organiser) & Steiner, B. (Organiser)
21.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
A Matter of Framing: Analyzing Value Communication in Sustainable Business Models
Norris, S. (Speaker)
30.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Assessing and Managing Sustainable Business Models - A Status Update
Schaltegger, S. (Keynote Speaker)
17.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Assessing and Managing Sustainable Business Models - A Status Update
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Coauthor), Dembek, K. (Coauthor), Rosati, F. (Coauthor), Rauter, R. (Coauthor) & Fichter, K. (Coauthor)
06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The social reduction of reality
Imbrogiano, J.-P. (Speaker) & Wels, H. (Speaker)
03.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Accounting for work conditions from modern slavery to decent work
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Christ, K. (Coauthor) & Burritt, R. (Coauthor)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: The Potential of Modular Product Designs to Increase User Satisfaction of Repair Services – Evidence from the smartphone industry
Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor), Amend, C. (Coauthor), Revellio, F. (Coauthor) & Hansen, E. (Coauthor)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2020
Vortrag: Nachhaltigkeit im Unternehmen: von guten Vorsätzen zum guten Umsetzen (digital). DUB Unternehmer-Magazin – Leitmedium zur digitalen Transformation, herausgegeben von Brigitte Zypries, Bundeswirtschaftsministerin a.D.
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
08.10.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Plenarvortrag am 74. Deutschen Betriebswirtschafter-Tag der Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft: Mangelnde Nachhaltigkeit als Ursache für Pandemien? Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement zur Bekämpfung (zukünftiger) viraler Epidemien
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
16.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Virtual Keynote 'Fast learning for radical business model innovation'
Weissbrod, I. (Speaker)
01.07.2020 → 02.07.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2019
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
Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019
Barth, M. (Speaker), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Participant), Buhr, M. (Participant), Juarez Bourke, S. (Participant), Pöggel, K. (Participant), Rathgens, J. (Participant) & Hilser, S. (Participant)
27.03.2019 → 29.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2018
Sustainable Textile School - SusTex 2018
Buhr, M. (Speaker), Keßler, L. (Speaker), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Exploring business models of sustainability pioneers - An analysis of case studies in the smartphone industry
Zufall, J. (Speaker), Norris, S. (Coauthor), Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor), Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor) & Revellio, F. (Coauthor)
27.06.2018 → 28.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Processes of Sustainability Transformation. An inter- and transdisciplinary project
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Hilser, S. (Speaker), Hübel, C. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Bocken, N. M. P. (Editorial Board), Weissbrod, I. (Editorial Board) & Antikainen, M. (Editorial Board)
2018 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2017
A business management perspective on slow fashion
Freudenreich, B. (Speaker)
12.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chains - Investigating the Cradle to Cradle Approach
Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Blauth, C. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: 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 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
(University) support programmes and sustainable regional development: Why, how, and with what impact?
Wagner, M. (Speaker), Beckmann, M. (Speaker), Fichter, K. (Speaker), Hansen, E. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
04.10.2017 → 06.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Corporate Responsibility Research Conference - CRRC 2017
Revellio, F. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. (Speaker)
13.09.2017 → 15.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Measuring positive sustainability. A systematic literature review.
Silva, S. L. (Speaker), Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2017 → 29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vortrag: Social assessment and management of conflict minerals in supply chains. A systematic literature review
Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2017 → 29.06.2017Activity: 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
- 2016
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
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
Does EMA Tool Application Influence Carbon Performance and Information disclosure?
Qian, W. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hörisch, J. (Speaker)
13.07.2016 → 18.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Green Innovation Processes in SMEs: Anatomy of a Learning Journey
Wicki, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
03.07.2016 → 06.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Value creation through business models - A stakeholder perspective
Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
25.05.2016 → 27.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product. Poster Presentation
Moser, A. K. (Speaker)
24.05.2016 → 27.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
02.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Schaltegger, S. (Office)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2015
From Fast to Slow Fashion: Management Challenges for the Sustainability Transformation of Business Models
Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Kaspar, U. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
20.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations
Buhr, M. (Speaker)
05.10.2015 → 07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
20 Years of Performance Measurement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: What has been achieved?
Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does ISO 14001 Lead the Way? Investigating the Application of relevant Sustainability Management Tools
Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research