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
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
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Active First Movers vs. Late Free-Riders? An Empirical Analysis of UN PRI Signatories' Commitment
Bauckloh, T., Schaltegger, S., Utz, S., Zeile, S. & Zwergel, B., 01.2023, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 182, 3, p. 747-781 35 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The dark triad and corporate sustainability: An empirical analysis of personality traits of sustainability managers
Pelster, M. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2022, In: Business Ethics, Environment and Responsibility. 31, 1, p. 80-99 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wirtschaft und Verkehrswende: Nachhaltigkeitstransformation der Autoindustrie
Schaltegger, S., 2021, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 2021, 3, p. 88-89 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Sustainability in Business: Integrated Management of Value Creation and Disvalue Mitigation
Beckmann, M. & Schaltegger, S., 28.06.2021, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management. Aldag, R. J. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 24 p. (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Environmental Accounting and the Management Challenge
Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Christ, K. L., 26.05.2021, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Shugart, H. H. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 19 p. (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Linking Sustainable Business Models and Supply Chains – Toward an Integrated Value Creation Framework
Norris, S., Hagenbeck, J. & Schaltegger, S., 01.12.2021, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 30, 8, p. 3960-3974 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Purpose durch Nachhaltigkeit: Zukunftsfähige Zweckbestimmung für Unternehmen und Controlling
Petersen, H., Schaltegger, S. & Nuzum, A-K., 2021, In: Controlling. 33, S, p. 26-30 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Controller als Partner im Nachhaltigkeits-Management
Petersen, H., Lühn, M., Nuzum, A-K., Schaltegger, S. & Wenzig, J., 01.04.2021, In: Controlling & Management Review. 65, 3, p. 8-15 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Materials and Energy Accounting
Burritt, R., Christ, K. & Schaltegger, S., 31.03.2021, Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., O'Dwyer, B. & Thomson, I. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 207-223 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Corporate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: An empirical analysis informed by legitimacy theory
Silva, S., 10.04.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 292, 125962.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Barriers to a sustainability transformation of meat production practices - An industry actor perspective
Huebel, C. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 29, p. 128-140 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Blockchain for the Circular Economy: Analysis of the Research-Practice Gap
Böckel, A., Nuzum, A-K. & Weissbrod, I., 01.01.2021, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 25, p. 525-539 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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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Unsustainability as a key source of epi- and pandemics: conclusions for sustainability and ecosystems accounting
Schaltegger, S., 15.12.2020, In: Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change. 16, 4, p. 613-619 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integration von Nachhaltigkeit in das Controlling: Praxisleitfaden für Unternehmen 2020
Nuzum, A-K., Petersen, H., Lühn, M., Wenzig, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, 19 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Circular value creation architectures: Make, ally, buy, or laissez-faire
Hansen, E. G. & Revellio, F., 12.2020, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1250-1273 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability learnings from the COVID-19 crisis: Opportunities for resilient industry and business development
Schaltegger, S., 26.08.2021, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 12, 5, p. 889-897 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltige Gewerbegebiete: Gut für die Biodiversität, attraktiv für Unternehmen
Beständig, U., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 29 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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The Emerging Research Field of Experimentation for Circular Business Model Innovation
Bocken, N. M. P., Weissbrod, I. & Antikainen, M., 02.07.2020, 5th International Online Conference on New Business Models: Sustainable. Circular. Inclusive. 1-2 July 2020. Conference Proceedings: Book of Abstracts. Jonker, J. & Faber, N. (eds.). Nijmegen: Radboud University Nijmegen, p. 106-110 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Integrating stakeholder theory and sustainability accounting: A conceptual synthesis
Hörisch, J., Schaltegger, S. & Freeman, R. E., 01.12.2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 275, 12 p., 124097.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Accounting for work conditions from modern slavery to decent work
Christ, K. L., Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 20.10.2020, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 33, 7, p. 1481-1504 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zahlen statt nur Worte: Was nachhaltiges Controlling bewirken kann
Schaltegger, S. & Michalski, A. M., 2020, In: IM+io. 02, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Nachhaltigkeit als Treiber des Unternehmenserfolgs: Ein mehrperspektivischer Controllingansatz
Schaltegger, S., 2020, In: REthinking: Finance. 2, 2, p. 34-39 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Impulsierung einer nachhaltigeren Ernährungsweise: Abschlussbericht
Schaltegger, S., Wüst, S. & Petersen, H., 15.05.2020, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 114 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Responsible Management Learning and Education in Need of Inter- and Transdisciplinarity
Beckmann, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education. Moosmeyer, D. C., Laasch, O., Parkes, C. & Brown, K. G. (eds.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 561-577 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Special issue on Responsible Management Learning: Change and Innovation for Sustainability, Responsibility, Ethics
Laasch, O. (ed.), Moosmayer, D. C. (ed.), Schaltegger, S. (ed.) & Antonacopoulou, E. (ed.), 04.2020, Dordrecht: Springer. (Journal of Business Ethics; vol. 162, no. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Sustainability management from a responsible management perspective
Beckmann, M., Schaltegger, S. & Landrum, N. E., 2020, Research handbook of responsible management. Laasch, O., Suddaby, R., Freeman, R. E. & Jamali, D. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 122-137 16 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Business Opportunities for Sustainable Modular Product Designs: Briefing Paper of the ‘Innovation Network aiming at Sustainable Smartphones’ (INaS)
Revellio, F., Amend, C. S., Hansen, E. G. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 5 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Constellations of Transdisciplinary Practices: A Map and Research Agenda for the Responsible Management Learning Field
Laasch, O., Moosmayer, D., Antonacopoulou, E. & Schaltegger, S., 01.04.2020, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 162, 4, p. 735-757 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate and entrepreneurial contributions to sustainability transitions
Schaltegger, S., Hörisch, J. & Loorbach, D., 01.03.2020, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 29, 3, p. 1617-1618 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Business model patterns of sustainability pioneers - Analyzing cases across the smartphone life cycle
Zufall, J., Norris, S., Schaltegger, S., Revellio, F. & Hansen, E. G., 20.01.2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 244, 15 p., 118651.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of business models for sustainable consumption: A pattern approach
Lüdeke-Freund, F., Froese, T. & Schaltegger, S., 01.10.2019, A Research Agenda for Sustainable Consumption Governance. Mont, O. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 86-104 19 p. (Elgar research agendas).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Interoperability of mineral sustainability initiatives: A case study of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)
Junior, R. M., Sturman, K. & Imbrogiano, J. P., 28.05.2019, Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors: Outcomes for Society and the Environment. Vogt, M. (ed.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 215-229 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Developing sufficiency-oriented offerings for clothing users: Business approaches to support consumption reduction
Freudenreich, B. & Schaltegger, S., 20.02.2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 247, 10 p., 119589.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Es geht auch anders! Nachhaltigkeitspioniere krempeln die Smartphone-Branche um
Revellio, F. & Norris, S., 01.12.2019, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 4, p. 102-104 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development: A Review and Multilevel Causal Mechanism Framework
Johnson, M. P. & Schaltegger, S., 01.11.2020, In: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 44, 6, p. 1141-1173 33 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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The influence of feedback and awareness of consequences on the development of corporate sustainability action over time
Hörisch, J., Wulfsberg, I. M. & Schaltegger, S., 01.02.2020, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 29, 2, p. 638 - 650 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Foundational Aspects of Polycentric Governance: Overarching Rules, Social-Problem Characteristics, and Heterogeneity
Thiel, A. & Moser, C., 13.09.2019, Governing Complexity: Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity. Thiel, A., Blomquist, W. A. & Garrick, D. E. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 65-90 26 p. 3. (Cambridge studies in economics, choice, and society).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Guest editorial: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Vol. 10 No. 4
Crutzen, N. (ed.), Van Bockhaven, J. (ed.), Schaltegger, S. (ed.) & Giffinger, R. (ed.), 18.09.2019, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 10, 4, p. 646-653 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Strategies and drivers of sustainable business model innovation
Lüdeke-Freund, F., Schaltegger, S. & Dembek, K., 2019, Handbook of Sustainable Innovation. Boons, F. & McMeekin, A. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 101-123 23 p. 6Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Living Labs for Product Circularity: Learnings from the ‘Innovation Network aiming at Sustainable Smartphones’
Revellio, F., Hansen, E. & Schaltegger, S., 2021, PLATE – Product lifetimes and the environment: 3rd PLATE Conference, September 18–20, 2019 Berlin, Germany. Nissen, N. F. & Jaeger-Erben, M. (eds.). Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, p. 669-676 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Toward “hardened” accountability? Analyzing the European Union's hybrid transnational governance in timber and biofuel supply chains
Moser, C. & Leipold, S., 01.2021, In: Regulation & Governance. 15, 1, p. 115-132 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management: Establishing linkages
Norris, S., Zufall, J., Schaltegger, S. & Weissbrod, I., 01.07.2019, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on New Business Models: New Business Models for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation. Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Froese, T. (eds.). Berlin: ESCP Europe, p. 872-873 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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„Ganzheitliches Management von Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in Unternehmen“ (MERU): Unternehmensbezogene Rebound-Effekte Einführung und Übersicht
Wüst, S. & Schaltegger, S., 24.06.2019, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 16 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Business, the Natural Environment, and Sustainability: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective
Hörisch, J. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2019, The Cambridge Handbook of Stakeholder Theory. Harrison, J. S., Barney, J. B., Freeman, R. E. & Phillips, R. A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 132-144 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Sustainable entrepreneurship: Composing individual processes and collaborative transformations
Schaltegger, S. & Johnson, M., 2019, Decent Work and Economic Growth: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Leal Filho, W., Azul, A. M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. & Wall, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer, 11 p. (Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Workshop: Die Fleischbranche im Wandel - Wege und Ansätze einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation: Ergebnisdokumentation
Schaltegger, S., Hübel, C. & Zufall, J., 2019, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 30 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Performance measurement in sustainable supply chain management: linking research and practice
Beske-Janssen, P., Schaltegger, S. & Liedke, S., 2019, Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain. Sarkis, J. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 331-356 26 p. (Research handbooks in business and management series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Diffusion of environmental management accounting for cleaner production: Evidence from some case studies
Burritt, R. L., Herzig, C., Schaltegger, S. & Viere, T., 01.07.2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 224, p. 479-491 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Green technology innovation: Anatomy of exploration processes from a learning perspective
Wicki, S. & Hansen, E. G., 01.09.2019, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 28, 6, p. 970-988 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review