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).

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  1. 4th International Conference »Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward«

    Adomßent, M. (Coordination), Bartsch, C. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Godemann, J. (Coordination), Herzig, C. (Coordination), Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Otte, I. (Coordination) & Timm, J.-M. (Coordination)

    14.09.1116.09.11

    Project: Scientific event

  2. EML-Symposium: 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Esders, M. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.12.0909.06.11

    Project: Research

  3. EML-Symposium: 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium in Lueneburg: 21.03.10-23.03.10

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff) & Esders, M. (Project staff)

    11.03.1008.04.11

    Project: Scientific event

  4. ABIS Doctoral Summer School 2013

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff) & Zvezdov, D. (Project staff)

    European Academy for Business and Society

    01.08.1330.06.14

    Project: Scientific event

  5. TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1831.03.25

    Project: Other

  6. Account4GreenEco

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2230.11.25

    Project: Other

  7. ICAEW: Accounting information and the accounting function in sustainability management

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bennett, M. (Partner) & Zvezdov, D. (Project staff)

    01.09.0811.02.11

    Project: Research

  8. Alumninetzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in Lateinamerika

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinke, T. (Project staff)

    18.04.0710.08.07

    Project: Other

  9. Business Case für erneuerbare Energieerzeugungs- und Nutzungskonzepte in KMU

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project staff)

    01.06.1431.07.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  10. FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Santa Cruz, A. (Project staff)

    01.03.1009.06.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  11. AGF: Comparing Environmental Management and Strategies in the UK and Germany

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wehrmeyer, W. (Project manager, academic) & Wagner, M. (Project staff)

    01.03.0101.12.01

    Project: Research

  12. CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Windolph, S. E. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    01.04.0914.02.11

    Project: Research

  13. E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)

    01.05.1730.09.17

    Project: Other

  14. EMA Links - Environmental Management Accounting and the Links between Different Levels of Decision-Making

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Burritt, R. L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0031.03.02

    Project: Research

  15. EMA-SEA: Environmental Management Accounting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in South-East Asia

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Viere, T. (Project staff) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)

    01.11.0331.10.07

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  16. EBEB: European Business Environmental Barometer

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Dyllick, T. (Partner) & Ytterhus, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0128.02.02

    Project: Research

  17. BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)

    01.07.0431.12.04

    Project: Research

  18. Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1331.07.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  19. Local Food GCSO: GCSO_Transferring and Scaling Sustainable Local Food Economy Solutions

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hagenbeck, J. (Project staff) & Hübel, C. (Project staff)

    01.07.1831.12.19

    Project: Other

  20. KuNaH: Hochschulen in Gesellschaft – Realexperimente transformativer Lern- und Forschungsprozesse für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen: Teilprojekt D - Begleitung Realexperimente und Synthese

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Potthast, T. (Coordination), Singer-Brodowski, M. (Partner), Nölting, B. (Partner), Parodi, O. (Partner) & Scheiding, C. (Project staff)

    01.10.2230.09.25

    Project: Research

  21. Unilever: Impulsierung einer nachhaltigen Ernährungsweise

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wüst, S. (Project staff)

    12.09.1730.06.19

    Project: Other

  22. handprint approach: Increasing positive contributions to sustainability transformations

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. (Project staff)

    01.10.1931.12.19

    Project: Research

  23. Infernum 2019-2024

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sachs, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1931.12.24

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  24. TM 1.3 IP Verbund 1 INaMi: Innovations- und Transferverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Coordination), Klewitz, J. (Project staff), Schock, M. (Project staff), Schmitt-Sattelberg, A. (Project staff), Modelsee, F. (Project staff), Weber, U. (Project staff) & Schäffler, A. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    19.08.0931.03.16

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  25. INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Müller, J. (Project staff)

    01.11.0131.05.02

    Project: Research

  26. FSM I: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang I

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Dubielzig, F. (Project staff), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)

    01.02.0911.03.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  27. FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)

    01.03.1104.04.12

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  28. ILT MBA: International Leadership Training Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Grimm, J. (Project staff), Klinke, T. (Project staff) & Prox, M. (Project staff)

    01.11.0529.12.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  29. Vigoni: Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting in the Banking Sector

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Giese, N. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.0831.05.11

    Project: Research

  30. Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)

    01.07.0430.11.04

    Project: Practical Project

  31. MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Zvezdov, D. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)

    25.07.0711.03.11

    Project: Research

  32. INFERNUM: M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences - Infernum

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wüst, S. (Project staff) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)

    27.03.00 → …

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  33. NIKT: Nachhaltiger Konsum von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in der digitalen Gesellschaft - Dialog und Transformation durch offene Innovation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic), Silva, S. (Project staff), Weber, U. (Project staff), Hagenbeck, J. (Project staff), Norris, S. (Project staff), Eggers, A.-C. (Project staff), Revellio, F. (Project staff), Teuteberg, F. (Project manager, academic), Lenschow, A. (Project manager, academic), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Müller, K. (Project manager, academic) & Raabe, T. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    15.02.1514.05.18

    Project: Research

  34. Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung durch integratives Controlling

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wenzig, J. (Project staff)

    01.10.1814.10.20

    Project: Research

  35. RNE: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Konzepte und Instrumente

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Müller, A. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    01.12.0830.04.10

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  36. Ökonomische Folgen des Freizeitverhaltens im Wald: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung des neuen Waldgesetzes im Kanton Basel-Land

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Jenni, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0031.12.02

    Project: Research

  37. KT 03 TM 1.1 Biokerosin: Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels

    Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Averdunk, K. (Coordination), Barua, K. K. (Project staff), Groeneveld, J. H. (Project staff), Hüsing, E. (Project staff), Kügemann, M. (Project staff), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project staff), Moser, C. (Project staff), Wahl, N. (Project staff), Walmsley, D. (Project staff), Wreesmann, J. (Project staff), Bailis, R. (Project staff) & Burritt, R. L. (Project manager, academic)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.01.1131.12.15

    Project: Research

  38. Potenzial nachhaltig produzierten Camelina-Öls als Grundstoff für die Biokerosin-Produktion

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)

    30.04.1129.10.12

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  39. PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Partner), Halberstadt, J. (Partner), Schaltegger, S. (Partner), Leventon, J. (Partner), Heinrichs, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Wiek, A. (Partner), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Vilsmaier, U. (Partner), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Project staff), Pöggel, K. (Project staff), Hübel, C. (Project staff), Buhr, M. (Project staff), Beyers, F. (Project staff), Laudan, J. (Project staff), Albrecht, S. (Project staff), Weber, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Keβler, L. (Project staff), Hilser, S. (Project staff) & Juarez Bourke, S. (Project staff)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    08.12.1631.12.21

    Project: Research

  40. ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    04.04.0730.04.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  41. I4S: Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Partner) & Wicki, S. (Project staff)

    European Commission

    01.01.1331.12.16

    Project: Research

  42. Research Consortium ‘Sustainability governance of global value chains’

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Bülow, F. (Project manager, academic) & Ehbauer, B. (Project staff)

    01.08.2431.07.28

    Project: Research

  43. SPONSORs Zertifikats

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmitt, C. (Coordination) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)

    01.07.2230.06.24

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  44. Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lee, K.-H. (Project manager, academic)

    21.09.0929.04.10

    Project: Research

  45. Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schock, M. (Project staff) & Buttscher, C. (Project staff)

    01.01.0819.08.09

    Project: Research

  46. BSC: Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Figge, F. (Project staff)

    01.10.0031.12.02

    Project: Research

  47. NIREM: Sustainability Innovations in Regional SMEs

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Japsen, A. (Project manager, academic), Weber, U. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.03.1729.02.20

    Project: Other

  48. SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)

    10.11.0430.04.19

    Project: Other

  49. AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hasenmüller, P. (Project staff)

    01.07.0431.12.04

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  50. SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    15.06.0809.09.10

    Project: Research

  51. DB: Wertorientierte Ausrichtung des Umweltmanagements. Fallstudie Deutsche Bahn AG

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Jänicke, N. T. (Project staff) & Hellmann, K. (Project staff)

    01.08.0230.04.03

    Project: Practical Project