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. Published

    Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Sustainability - gesellschafts- und zukunftsfähig durch Nachhaltigkeitsmarketing

    Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2016, Die 10 wichtigsten Zukunftsthemen im Marketing. Stumpf, M. (ed.). Freiburg: Haufe Mediengruppe, p. 81-117 37 p.

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

  2. Published

    Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    Johnson, M., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S. & Viere, T., 2016, Advances and New Trends in Environmental and Energy Informatics: Selected and Extended Contributions from the 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Gómez, J. M., Sonnenschein, M., Vogel, U., Winter, A., Rapp, B. & Giesen, N. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 259-274 16 p. (Progress in IS).

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

  3. Published

    Mainstreaming of Sustainable Cotton in the German Clothing Industry

    Hansen, E. G. & Schaltegger, S., 2016, Sustainable Fibres for Fashion Industry. Muthu, S. S. & Gardetti, M. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Singapur: Springer Science+Business Media, Vol. 1. p. 39-58 20 p. (Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes).

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

  4. Published

    Bridging corporate and academic contributions: Proceedings of the first WBCSD and EMAN joint international sustainability accounting symposium, Geneva, 2015

    Irwin, R. (ed.) & Schaltegger, S. (ed.), 2016, Geneva/Lüneburg: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). 118 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  5. Published

    Business Models for Sustainability: A Co-Evolutionary Analysis of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation

    Schaltegger, S., Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Hansen, E. G., 01.09.2016, In: Organization & Environment. 29, 3, p. 264-289 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Berücksichtigung von Ökosystemleistungen in privatwirtschaftlichen Entscheidungen

    Schaltegger, S., Beständig, U. & Wuczkowski, M., 2016, Ökosystemleistungen in ländlichen Räumen: Grundlage für menschliches Wohlergehen und nachhaltige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. von Haaren, C. & Albert, C. (eds.). Hannover, Leipzig: Naturkapital Deutschland - TEEB DE, p. 308-325 18 p.

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

  7. Published

    Business models for sustainability: entrepreneurship, innovation and transformation

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), Hansen, E. G. (ed.) & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (ed.), 2016, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Inc. 144 p. (Organization & environment; vol. 29, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  8. Published

    Decision Support Through Carbon Management Accounting - A Framework-Based Literature Review

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2016, Corporate Carbon and Climate Accounting. Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D., Alvarez Etxeberria, I. & Günther, E. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Corporate Carbon and Climate Change Accounting: Application, Developments and Issues

    Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D., Günther, E., Csutora, M. & Alvarez, I., 2015, Corporate Carbon and Climate Accounting. Schaltegger, S., Zvezdov, D., Alvarez Etxeberria, I. & Günther, E. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 1-25 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Corporate Carbon and Climate Accounting

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), Zvezdov, D. (ed.), Álvarez-Etxeberria, I. (ed.), Csutora, M. (ed.) & Günther, E. (ed.), 2015, Cham: Springer. 257 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook