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. 2004
  2. Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Training and Capacity Building for South-East Asia (SEA)

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

    15.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Dissemination of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asia

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

    04.03.200405.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting in collaboration with 22nd CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research 2004

    Schaltegger, S. (Organiser)

    03.03.200405.03.2004

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    27.02.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    20042008

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  7. Progress in Industrial Ecology (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2004 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  8. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Schaltegger, S. (Office)

    20042005

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. Swiss National Science Foundation (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    20042011

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  10. 2003
  11. Corporate Sustainability Management as a Driver for Innovation and Development

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    04.09.200306.09.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Gerlach, A. (Speaker)

    01.08.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Flexibility of Industrial Material Flow Networks

    Möller, A. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)

    29.06.200302.07.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kim, K. (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. EMAN (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Chair)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  16. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    20032007

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  17. Greener Management International (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2003

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  18. 2002
  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. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Kokubu, K. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    07.07.200209.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Wehrmeyer, W. (Speaker), Wagner, M. (Speaker), Pacheco, C. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Sustainable Value Added

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

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Theory and Application of a Tool for Value-Based Sustainability Management

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch