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

    Ecopreneurship und Wettbewerbsstrategie: Verbreitung ökologischer Innovationen auf Grundlage von Wettbewerbsvorteilen

    Petersen, H., 2003, Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie. 361 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), Bennett, M. (ed.) & Burritt, R. (ed.), 01.01.2006, Dordrecht: Springer. 715 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 21)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Eco-Efficiency: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costs via Normalization

    Kicherer, A., Schaltegger, S., Tschochohei, H. & Pozo, B. F., 11.2007, In: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 12, 7, p. 537-543 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Umweltrechnungswesen und Umweltindikatoren

    Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 2001, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen. (Interdisziplinäres Fernstudium Umweltwissenschaften - Infernum)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

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    Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.) & Dyllick, T. (ed.), 2002, 1. Aufl ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag. 396 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Solutions Manual. A Resource for Course Leaders: Contemporary Environmental Accounting. Issues, Concepts and Practice

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2001, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges

    Rikhardsson, P. M. (ed.), Bennett, M. (ed.), Bouma, J. J. (ed.) & Schaltegger, S. (ed.), 01.01.2005, Dordrecht: Springer. 374 p. (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science; vol. 18)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  9. Published

    Gesellschaftliches Engagement von Unternehmen: reziproke Stakeholder, ökonomische Anreize, strategische Gestaltungsoptionen

    Hahn, T., 2005, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag. 238 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Unternehmerische Steuerung von Nachhaltigkeitsaspekten

    Schaltegger, S., 2004, In: Controlling. 16, 8/9, p. 511-516 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Contemporary Environmental Accounting: Issues, Concepts and Practice

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2000, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing. 462 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  12. Published

    The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard as a Framework for Eco-Efficiency Analysis

    Möller, A. & Schaltegger, S., 09.2005, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 9, 4, p. 73-83 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Wirtschaftswissenschaften

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), 2000, Berlin: Springer. 252 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Environmental Management Accounting: Purpose and Progress

    Bennett, M. (ed.), Rikhardsson, P. M. & Schaltegger, S. (ed.), 09.2003, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 418 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  15. Published

    Marktorientiertes Umweltmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  16. Published

    Öko-Rating: ökologieorientierte Bewertung von Unternehmen

    Figge, F., 2000, Berlin: Springer. 191 p. (Umweltnatur- & Umweltsozialwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  17. Published

    Interaktive Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen: Konzeption und Analyse der Internetnutzung von GF-500-Unternehmen hinsichtlich der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung

    Kim, K., 2005, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 248 p. (Europäische Hochschulschriften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  18. Published

    Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.) & Wagner, M. (ed.), 2006, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing. 625 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Integrative Management of Sustainability Performance, Measurement and Reporting

    Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 19.06.2006, In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. 3, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review