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. Published

    The Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Investment in and Control of ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ Projects

    Herzig, C., Burritt, R. L. & Bode, S., 2008, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Accounting - measuring and managing business benefits: EMAN-EU 2008 Conference, Proceedings. Csutora, M. & Szerenyi, Z. M. (eds.). Budapest: Aula Verlag, p. 119-123 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Umsatzsteigerung durch Nachhaltigkeit: Potenziale und Hürden für Hersteller von Nahrungsmitteln

    Steinbach, A., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 112 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Ansätze zur Stärkung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit

    Brugger, F., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 84 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Zentrale Bedeutung des "Business Case for Sustainability" für nachhaltiges Investment

    Schaltegger, S., 2008, Nachhaltige Geldanlagen: Produkte, Strategien und Beratungskonzepte. Faust, M. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt School Verlag, p. 61-79 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Business and Emissions Trading from a Public Choice Perspective: Waiting for a New Paradigm to Emerge

    Tschochohei, H. & Zöckler, J., 01.01.2008, Emissions trading: Institutional Design, Decision Making and Corporate Strategies. Antes, R., Hansjürgens, B. & Letmathe, P. (eds.). New York, NY: Springer New York LLC, p. 21-35 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) as a Support for Cleaner Production

    Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M., Burritt, R. L. & Jasch, C., 01.01.2008, Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). [Dordrecht]: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 3-26 24 p. (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science; vol. 24).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), Bennett, M. (ed.), Burritt, R. L. (ed.) & Jasch, C. (ed.), 01.01.2008, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. 500 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 24)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Wie Human Ressource Management und gesellschaftliches Engagement Hand in Hand gehen: Corporate Volunteering zur Mitarbeiterbindung und -entwicklung

    Pinter, A., 29.01.2008, ALTOP Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  10. Published

    Ertrags-/Risikooptimierung von Nachhaltigkeitsfonds: eine konzeptionelle und empirische Untersuchung

    Peylo, B. T., 04.2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 174 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Types of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Conditions for Sustainability Innovation: From the Administration of a Technical Challenge to the Management of an Entrepreneurial Opportunity

    Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 30.04.2008, Sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship: New Perspectives in Research on Corporate Sustainability series . Wüstenhagen, R., Hamschmidt, J., Sharma, S. & Starik, M. (eds.). Cheltenham [u.a.]: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 27-48 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Published

    The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Company-Level Measurement Approach for CSR

    Weber, M., 08.2008, In: European Management Journal. 26, 4, p. 247-261 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  13. 2009
  14. Published

    Accounting Information and the Accounting Function in Sustainability Management: Case Studies with Pioneers in Germany and the UK

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2009, Book of proceedings from the 5th International Conference Environmental Accounting - Sustainable Development Indicators 2009, 5th EA-SDI International Conference, EMAN, Environmental Management Accounting Network, April 23 - 24, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  15. Published

    Business Model Concepts in Corporate Sustainability Contexts: From Rhetoric to a Generic Template for "Business Models for Sustainability"

    Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 79 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  16. Published

    Business Models for Sustainability: Innovative Regional Business Models as Subject and Trigger of a Sustainable Change in the Energy Industry

    Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2009, Joint actions on climate change. 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Chemikalien-Governance: Chemikalienregulierung aus ökonomischer Perspektive

    Tschochohei, H., 2009, 1., Aufl. ed. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 228 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  18. Published

    Competence-Building in Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S., 2009, In: Public Service Review. 4, p. 182-183 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  19. Published

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Czymmek, F., Freier, I., Hesselbarth, C. & Kleine, A., 2009, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement: nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in Unternehmen. Baumast, A. & Pape, J. (eds.). 4., korr. ed. Stuttgart: Eugen-Ulmer-Verlag, p. 241-254 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  20. Published

    Dehydration and Pelletisation of Agricultural Biomass by Extrusion

    Müller, J., Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Lutzenberger, A., 2009, From research to industry and markets. G. F., D. S. (ed.). Hamburg, p. 427-429

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Die Operationalisierung nachhaltiger Strategiepfade für die deutsche Energieversorgung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der erneuerbaren Energien

    Unger, G., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 136 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  22. Published

    Environmental Cost Accounting: Managerial Implications for Sustainability Accounting and Management

    Lee, K-H., 2009, Book of proceedings from the 5th International Conference Environmental Accounting - Sustainable Development Indicators 2009, 5th EA-SDI International Conference, EMAN, Environmental Management Accounting Network, April 23 - 24, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic. Evangelista, J. (ed.). Prage: Purkyne University

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch