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).
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)
14.09.11 → 16.09.11
Project: Scientific event
EML-Symposium: 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Esders, M. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)
01.12.09 → 09.06.11
Project: Research
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)
11.03.10 → 08.04.11
Project: Scientific event
ABIS Doctoral Summer School 2013
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff) & Zvezdov, D. (Project staff)
European Academy for Business and Society
01.08.13 → 30.06.14
Project: Scientific event
TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.18 → 31.03.25
Project: Other
ICAEW: Accounting information and the accounting function in sustainability management
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bennett, M. (Partner) & Zvezdov, D. (Project staff)
01.09.08 → 11.02.11
Project: Research
Alumninetzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in Lateinamerika
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinke, T. (Project staff)
18.04.07 → 10.08.07
Project: Other
Schaffleisch: Aufbau eines Netzwerkes zur Förderung der Vermarktung von Schaffleisch aus dem Gebiet des NSG Lüneburger Heide
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
29.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Practical Project
B + U: Biodiversity and Business - Development and Diffusion of Approaches in Biodiversity Management
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Beständig, U. (Project staff)
16.12.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Research
Biodiversity: Business and Biodiversity Initiative
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Beständig, U. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
01.06.09 → 04.10.11
Project: Research
Business Case für erneuerbare Energieerzeugungs- und Nutzungskonzepte in KMU
Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project staff)
01.06.14 → 31.07.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
TM 1.5 Case Study Sustainability Management III: Case Study 7 "Sustainability Management III - Wenn der Misthaufen nebenan steht" - Ein Dorf und 42.000 Hühner auf der Suchen nach einem friedlichen Zusammenleben
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Giese, N. (Project manager, academic), Voigt, E. (Project staff) & Holder, S. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
19.08.09 → 31.01.16
Project: Practical Project
FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Santa Cruz, A. (Project staff)
01.03.10 → 09.06.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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)
01.03.01 → 01.12.01
Project: Research
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Windolph, S. E. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)
01.04.09 → 14.02.11
Project: Research
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2012. State of the art and progress of sustainability management in major German companies
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff), Hörisch, J. (Project staff) & Windolph, S. E. (Project staff)
01.08.11 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Slow Fashion: Creative, technical and economic innovations for mass-market offerings in the clothing sector
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kaspar, U. (Project staff) & Freudenreich, B. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.15 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Crowdfunding of Environmental Innovations: Identification of target groups and communication of success factors for start-ups & SMEs
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Tenner, I. (Project staff) & Buhr, M. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
06.12.18 → 19.09.22
Project: Research
Biomasse: Development of a practice-proven method to simultaneously dehydrate and pelletize agricultural biomass
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
07.12.06 → 14.11.09
Project: Research
Ein Management-Cockpit für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit - Einbezug ökologischer und sozialer Aspekte in die Methodik der Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
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)
01.05.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Other
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)
01.05.00 → 31.03.02
Project: Research
Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Education für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Unternehmen und Umwelt
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
30.04.02 → 31.03.05
Project: Teaching
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)
01.11.03 → 31.10.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Erstellung des deutschen Beitrags zum UN DSD Projekt "International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)
01.11.03 → 31.07.04
Project: Research
EBEB: European Business Environmental Barometer
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Dyllick, T. (Partner) & Ytterhus, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.01 → 28.02.02
Project: Research
BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Research
Meeting the Future: Fachkonferenz "Meeting the Future - Zehn Jahre Doktoranden-Netzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Tschochohei, H. (Project staff)
01.01.06 → 12.03.08
Project: Scientific event
Wildpark: Feasibility study as part of a qualification campaign in environmental education in a wildlife park
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.09.06 → 26.08.09
Project: Research
Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende
Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.13 → 31.07.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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)
01.07.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
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)
01.10.22 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
MERU: “Holistic management of energy- and resource efficiency in companies” (MERU)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wüst, S. (Project staff) & Norris, S. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Unilever: Impulsierung einer nachhaltigen Ernährungsweise
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wüst, S. (Project staff)
12.09.17 → 30.06.19
Project: Other
ERASMUS Türkei SEMA: Increasing awareness and recognition of sustainability, social and environmental management accounting in academic training and research
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Silva, S. (Project staff) & Beske-Janssen, P. (Project staff)
01.09.15 → 21.02.18
Project: Transfer (professional training)
handprint approach: Increasing positive contributions to sustainability transformations
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. (Project staff)
01.10.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Infernum 2019-2024
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sachs, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → 31.12.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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
19.08.09 → 31.03.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.11.01 → 31.05.02
Project: Research
FSM ILT: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Görtz, K. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
17.11.10 → 19.12.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
FSM ILT II: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule II
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Görtz, K. (Project staff) & Ross, S. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
22.09.11 → 30.09.13
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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)
01.02.09 → 11.03.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)
01.03.11 → 04.04.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ILT MBA: International Leadership Training Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Grimm, J. (Project staff), Klinke, T. (Project staff) & Prox, M. (Project staff)
01.11.05 → 29.12.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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
01.01.08 → 31.05.11
Project: Research
Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 30.11.04
Project: Practical Project
MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Zvezdov, D. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)
25.07.07 → 11.03.11
Project: Research
ECODRIVE: Measuring ECO-innovation: ecological and economic performance and DeRiVEd indicators
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Esders, M. (Project staff)
01.01.07 → 06.03.09
Project: Research
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)
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
15.02.15 → 14.05.18
Project: Research
Handwerk: Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum in Handwerksbetrieben und Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerken zur regionalen Entwicklung
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.10.02 → 30.09.03
Project: Research
Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung durch integratives Controlling
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wenzig, J. (Project staff)
01.10.18 → 14.10.20
Project: Research
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)
01.12.08 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Naturschutzmanagement in Heidelandschaften. Entwicklung eines Managementmodells für Kulturlandschaften mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Natura 2000 Regionen
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heitepriem, N. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.08 → 31.05.09
Project: Research
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)
01.01.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
Web Tools KMU: Online-Ansätze des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Johnson, M. (Project staff)
01.09.13 → 24.02.17
Project: Other
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
01.01.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
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)
30.04.11 → 29.10.12
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
PRIME - Changing understandings in businesses for the achievement of societal sustainability aims
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Imbrogiano, J.-P. (Project staff)
01.12.21 → 31.05.23
Project: Research
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)
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
MoDeSt: Produktzirkularität durch modulares Design – Strategien für langlebige Smartphones
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Revellio, F. (Project staff) & Amend, C. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.19 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
04.04.07 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
I4S: Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Partner) & Wicki, S. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Research Consortium ‘Sustainability governance of global value chains’
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Bülow, F. (Project manager, academic) & Ehbauer, B. (Project staff)
01.08.24 → 31.07.28
Project: Research
Sozio-ökonomische Analyse von Pflegemaßnahmen zur Erhaltung von Offenlandschaften unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Wirtschaftlichkeit und sozialen Akzeptanz
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.01.01 → 31.12.03
Project: Other
SPONSORs Zertifikats
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmitt, C. (Coordination) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)
01.07.22 → 30.06.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lee, K.-H. (Project manager, academic)
21.09.09 → 29.04.10
Project: Research
Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schock, M. (Project staff) & Buttscher, C. (Project staff)
01.01.08 → 19.08.09
Project: Research
BSC: Sustainability Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Figge, F. (Project staff)
01.10.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
SBC Kneipp: Sustainability Branding and Communication: Mit Social Media zu einer glaubwürdigen Nachhaltigkeitsmarke
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Mangold, T. (Project staff)
01.10.10 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
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)
01.03.17 → 29.02.20
Project: Other
SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)
10.11.04 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hasenmüller, P. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Transfer (professional training)
SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Harms, D. (Project staff)
15.06.08 → 09.09.10
Project: Research
Handabdruck: The Handprint: Measuring positive sustainability outcomes of products
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.06.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research
DB: Wertorientierte Ausrichtung des Umweltmanagements. Fallstudie Deutsche Bahn AG
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Jänicke, N. T. (Project staff) & Hellmann, K. (Project staff)
01.08.02 → 30.04.03
Project: Practical Project