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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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/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Business cases and corporate engagement with sustainability: Differentiating ethical motivations
Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 06.11.2018, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 147, 2, p. 241-259 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Cases for Sustainability: The Role of Business Model Innovation for Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Hansen, E. G., 05.2012, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 6, 2, p. 95-119 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Cases for Sustainability
Schaltegger, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, Vol. 1. p. 245-252 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Business Cases for Sustainability: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective
Schaltegger, S., Hörisch, J. & Freeman, R. E., 09.2019, In: Organization & Environment. 32, 3, p. 191-212 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Business Cases for Sustainability and the Role of Business Model Innovation: Developing a Conceptual Framework
Schaltegger, S., Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Hansen, E. G., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 32 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Business experimentation for sustainability: Emerging perspectives
Bocken, N. M. P., Weissbrod, I. & Antikainen, M., 25.01.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 281, 6 p., 124904.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Business Model Assessment: Taking a Stakeholder Perspective
Freudenreich, B., Saviuc, I. & Schaltegger, S., 2015, Measuring sustainability performance: bridging corporate and academic contributions. Rodney, I. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), p. 102-105 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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 paper › Working papers
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Business Model Experimentation for Circularity: Driving sustainability in a large international clothing retailer
Bocken, N. M. P., Miller, K., Weissbrod, I., Holgado, M. & Evans, S., 12.2017, In: Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. 2017, 1, p. 85-122 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review