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. 2008
  2. Environmental Management Accounting Support for Rice Husk Processing Alternatives: Integrating Environmental Risk Considerations into Investment Decisions

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker) & Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    23.04.200825.04.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.03.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  4. econsense – Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e. V. (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    20082010

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  5. European Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    20082011

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. Hans E. Moppert-Stiftung (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    20082014

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer

  7. ICSS (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  8. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Jordis Grimm (Member)

    20082009

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    20082010

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  10. 2007
  11. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    30.11.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX30 Unternehmen im Internet

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Moritz Blanke (Speaker) & Jasmin Godemann (Speaker)

    03.10.200705.10.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch