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 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. 2003
  2. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kicheol Kim (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. EMAN (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Chair)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

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

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    20032007

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  5. Greener Management International (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2003

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  6. 2002
  7. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Katsuhiko Kokubu (Speaker) & Marcus Wagner (Speaker)

    07.07.200209.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Walter Wehrmeyer (Speaker), Marcus Wagner (Speaker), Carlos Pacheco (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Sustainable Value Added

    Frank Figge (Speaker) & Tobias Hahn (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Frank Figge (Speaker), Tobias Hahn (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Marcus Wagner (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker), Katsuhiko Kokubu (Speaker) & Marcus Wagner (Speaker)

    14.04.2002 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch