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. 2016
  2. Does EMA Tool Application Influence Carbon Performance and Information disclosure?

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

    13.07.201618.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Green Innovation Processes in SMEs: Anatomy of a Learning Journey

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

    03.07.201606.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Value creation through business models - A stakeholder perspective

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    25.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product. Poster Presentation

    Moser, A. K. (Speaker)

    24.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    02.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Schaltegger, S. (Office)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  8. 2015
  9. From Fast to Slow Fashion: Management Challenges for the Sustainability Transformation of Business Models

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Kaspar, U. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    20.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations

    Buhr, M. (Speaker)

    05.10.201507.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 20 Years of Performance Measurement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: What has been achieved?

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Does ISO 14001 Lead the Way? Investigating the Application of relevant Sustainability Management Tools

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 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

  14. Exploration of green technologies in SMEs: the role of ambidexterity, domain separation and commercialization

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

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Functions of Innovation Systems: the Case of Flywheel Energy Storage

    Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Czernin, F. (Speaker)

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  17. 2014
  18. G-Forum, 18. Forum Gründungsforschung - Interdisziplinäre Entrepreneurship Jahreskonferenz

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

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Exploration of sustainable technologies and Learnings from a failed small wind energy project

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

    08.10.201409.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. The Relative Importance of Behavioral Factors in Solar Photovoltaic Project Financing

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Hampl, N. (Speaker)

    22.09.201424.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Its Use in Research and Practice

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

    11.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Exploration deficiency: lessons learned from an unsuccessful sustainable energy technology innovation

    Wicki, S. (Speaker)

    08.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Legitimierung oder Gewinn: Was motiviert große deutsche Unternehmen für Nachhaltigkeit?

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201407.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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