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 in Sustainability Management includes both theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

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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, about 30 researchers 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 in Sustainability Management includes theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

 

Research Areas: Foundations of sustainability management and corporate social responsibility; Measurement, information and communication of sustainability; Management of stakeholder relationships, Conservation management and integrative sustainability management; Continuous education

Continuing education products

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).

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2009
  2. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Marianne Esders (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 20th International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference - ISPIM 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    21.06.200924.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    18.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Critical review of survey based research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Stefan Gold (Speaker) & Romy Morana (Speaker)

    14.06.200917.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility - 2009

    Sabrina Adamczyk (Speaker), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Ralf Reichwald (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. ISEOR and AoM: International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of CSR

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Leading Corporate Responsibility: Solutions Between Morality and Profits

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    02.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators Conference - EMAN 2009

    Dimitar Zvezdov (presenter)

    23.04.200924.04.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Developing New Markets for Moist Biomass: An Eco-efficient Approach of Dehydrating Agricultural Biomass

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker) & Jan Müller (Speaker)

    30.03.200901.04.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research