Professorship for Sustainability Management
Organisational unit: Section
- CSM-Research Field: Advanced Education & Capacity Building
- CSM-Research Field: Concepts & Instruments of Sustainability Management
- CSM-Research Field: Foundations of Sustainability Management
- CSM-Research Field: Management of Natural Resources
- Stakeholder Relationships, Communication & Reporting
- Sustainability Accounting, Performance Management & Finance
- CSM-Research Field: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Transformation & Innovation
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.
Topics
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
Spin-offs
see projects and MBA Sustainability Management
4th International Conference »Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward«
Adomßent, M., Bartsch, C., Fischer, D., Godemann, J., Herzig, C., Michelsen, G., Otte, I. & Timm, J.
14.09.11 → 16.09.11
Project: Scientific event
EML-Symposium: 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium
Schaltegger, S., Esders, M. & Harms, D.
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., Harms, D. & Esders, M.
11.03.10 → 08.04.11
Project: Scientific event
ABIS Doctoral Summer School 2013
Schaltegger, S., Harms, D. & Zvezdov, D.
01.08.13 → 30.06.14
Project: Scientific event
TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces
01.04.18 → 31.03.25
Project: Other
ICAEW: Accounting information and the accounting function in sustainability management
Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M. & Zvezdov, D.
01.09.08 → 11.02.11
Project: Research
Schaffleisch: Aufbau eines Netzwerkes zur Förderung der Vermarktung von Schaffleisch aus dem Gebiet des NSG Lüneburger Heide
29.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Practical Project
B + U: Biodiversity and Business - Development and Diffusion of Approaches in Biodiversity Management
Schaltegger, S. & Beständig, U.
16.12.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Research
Biodiversity: Business and Biodiversity Initiative
Schaltegger, S. & Beständig, U.
01.06.09 → 04.10.11
Project: Research
Business Case für erneuerbare Energieerzeugungs- und Nutzungskonzepte in KMU
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., Giese, N., Voigt, E. & Holder, S.
19.08.09 → 31.01.16
Project: Practical Project
FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management
Schaltegger, S., Seidl, N. & Santa Cruz, A.
01.03.10 → 09.06.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
AGF: Comparing Environmental Management and Strategies in the UK and Germany
Schaltegger, S., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M.
01.03.01 → 01.12.01
Project: Research
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D.
01.04.09 → 14.02.11
Project: Research
Slow Fashion: Creative, technical and economic innovations for mass-market offerings in the clothing sector
Schaltegger, S., Kaspar, U. & Freudenreich, B.
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., Tenner, I. & Buhr, M.
06.12.18 → 19.09.22
Project: Research
Biomasse: Development of a practice-proven method to simultaneously dehydrate and pelletize agricultural biomass
Schaltegger, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F.
07.12.06 → 14.11.09
Project: Research
EMA Links - Environmental Management Accounting and the Links between Different Levels of Decision-Making
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R. L.
01.05.00 → 31.03.02
Project: Research
Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Education für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Unternehmen und Umwelt
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., Viere, T. & Herzig, C.
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., Herzig, C. & Viere, T.
01.11.03 → 31.07.04
Project: Research
EBEB: European Business Environmental Barometer
Schaltegger, S., Wagner, M., Dyllick, T. & Ytterhus, B.
01.05.01 → 28.02.02
Project: Research
BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Research
Meeting the Future: Fachkonferenz "Meeting the Future - Zehn Jahre Doktoranden-Netzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften"
Schaltegger, S. & Tschochohei, H.
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. & Lüdeke-Freund, F.
01.09.06 → 26.08.09
Project: Research
Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende
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., Hagenbeck, J. & Hübel, C.
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., Lang, D. J., Potthast, T., Singer-Brodowski, M., Nölting, B., Parodi, O. & Scheiding, C.
01.10.22 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
MERU: “Holistic management of energy- and resource efficiency in companies” (MERU)
Schaltegger, S., Wüst, S. & Norris, S.
01.11.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
ERASMUS Türkei SEMA: Increasing awareness and recognition of sustainability, social and environmental management accounting in academic training and research
Schaltegger, S., Silva, S. & Beske-Janssen, P.
01.09.15 → 21.02.18
Project: Transfer (professional training)
handprint approach: Increasing positive contributions to sustainability transformations
01.10.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
TM 1.3 IP Verbund 1 INaMi: Innovations- und Transferverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand
Schaltegger, S., Petersen, H., Klewitz, J., Schock, M., Schmitt-Sattelberg, A., Modelsee, F., Weber, U. & Schäffler, A.
19.08.09 → 31.03.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)
Schaltegger, S., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J.
01.11.01 → 31.05.02
Project: Research
FSM ILT: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule
Schaltegger, S., Seidl, N. & Görtz, K.
17.11.10 → 19.12.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
FSM ILT II: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule II
Schaltegger, S., Görtz, K. & Ross, S.
22.09.11 → 30.09.13
Project: Transfer (professional training)
FSM I: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang I
Schaltegger, S., Dubielzig, F., Seidl, N. & Grimm, J.
01.02.09 → 11.03.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III
01.03.11 → 04.04.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ILT MBA: International Leadership Training Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
Schaltegger, S., Grimm, J., Klinke, T. & Prox, M.
01.11.05 → 29.12.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Vigoni: Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting in the Banking Sector
Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C. & Giese, N.
01.01.08 → 31.05.11
Project: Research
Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse
01.07.04 → 30.11.04
Project: Practical Project
MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation
Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D. & Viere, T.
25.07.07 → 11.03.11
Project: Research
ECODRIVE: Measuring ECO-innovation: ecological and economic performance and DeRiVEd indicators
01.01.07 → 06.03.09
Project: Research
INFERNUM: M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences - Infernum
Schaltegger, S., Wüst, S. & Sachs, B.
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., Hansen, E. G., Silva, S., Weber, U., Hagenbeck, J., Norris, S., Eggers, A., Revellio, F., Teuteberg, F., Lenschow, A., Marx Gómez, J., Müller, K. & Raabe, T.
15.02.15 → 14.05.18
Project: Research
Handwerk: Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum in Handwerksbetrieben und Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerken zur regionalen Entwicklung
01.10.02 → 30.09.03
Project: Research
RNE: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Konzepte und Instrumente
Schaltegger, S., Müller, A., Klewitz, J. & Harms, D.
01.12.08 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Ökonomische Folgen des Freizeitverhaltens im Wald: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung des neuen Waldgesetzes im Kanton Basel-Land
Schaltegger, S., Kleiber, O. & Jenni, L.
01.01.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
Web Tools KMU: Online-Ansätze des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
01.09.13 → 24.02.17
Project: Other
KT 03 TM 1.1 Biokerosin: Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Klein, A., Schaltegger, S., Averdunk, K., Barua, K. K., Groeneveld, J. H., Hüsing, E., Kügemann, M., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Moser, C., Wahl, N., Walmsley, D., Wreesmann, J., Bailis, R. & Burritt, R. L.
01.01.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Potenzial nachhaltig produzierten Camelina-Öls als Grundstoff für die Biokerosin-Produktion
Schaltegger, S., Klein, A. & Averdunk, K.
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. & Imbrogiano, J.
01.12.21 → 31.05.23
Project: Research
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Fischer, D., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S., Leventon, J., Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Vilsmaier, U., Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G., Pöggel, K., Hübel, C., Buhr, M., Beyers, F., Laudan, J., Albrecht, S., Weber, H., Rathgens, J., Keβler, L., Hilser, S. & Juarez Bourke, S.
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
MoDeSt: Produktzirkularität durch modulares Design – Strategien für langlebige Smartphones
Schaltegger, S., Revellio, F. & Amend, C.
01.07.19 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)
04.04.07 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
I4S: Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation
Schaltegger, S., Hansen, E. G. & Wicki, S.
01.01.13 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
SPONSORs Zertifikats
Schaltegger, S., Schmitt, C. & Sachs, B.
01.07.22 → 30.06.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability
21.09.09 → 29.04.10
Project: Research
Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy
Schaltegger, S., Schock, M. & Buttscher, C.
01.01.08 → 19.08.09
Project: Research
BSC: Sustainability Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S., Wagner, M., Hahn, T. & Figge, F.
01.10.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
SBC Kneipp: Sustainability Branding and Communication: Mit Social Media zu einer glaubwürdigen Nachhaltigkeitsmarke
01.10.10 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
NIREM: Sustainability Innovations in Regional SMEs
Schaltegger, S., Japsen, A., Weber, U. & Rudolph, N. S.
01.03.17 → 29.02.20
Project: Other
SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum
Schaltegger, S., Petersen, H., Klewitz, J. & Rudolph, N. S.
10.11.04 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni
Schaltegger, S. & Hasenmüller, P.
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Transfer (professional training)
SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies
15.06.08 → 09.09.10
Project: Research
Handabdruck: The Handprint: Measuring positive sustainability outcomes of products
01.06.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research
DB: Wertorientierte Ausrichtung des Umweltmanagements. Fallstudie Deutsche Bahn AG
Schaltegger, S., Jänicke, N. T. & Hellmann, K.
01.08.02 → 30.04.03
Project: Practical Project