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 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. 2001
  2. Published

    Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit umsetzen: Beitrag einer Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Hahn, T., Wagner, M., Gminder, C. U. & Bieker, T., 01.10.2001, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 16, 5, p. 28-30 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Environmental Indicators for Business: A Review of the Literature and Standardisation Methods

    Olsthoorn, X., Tyteca, D., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M., 10.2001, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 9, 5, p. 453-463 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: von der Theorie zur Umsetzung

    Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 09.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 18 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    A Review of Empirical Studies Concerning the Relationship Between Environmental and Economic Performance: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?

    Wagner, M., 08.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 52 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Gewinner der Nachhaltigkeit: Sustainable Champions: Ansätze zur Analyse von Marktführern im Umweltbereich

    Petersen, H., 08.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 57 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    The Relationship between the Environmental and Economic Performance of Firms: What Does Theory Propose and What Does Empirical Evidence Tell Us?

    Wagner, M., Schaltegger, S. & Wehrmeyer, W., 06.2001, In: Greener Management International. 34, p. 95-108 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Eco-Efficiency in Corporate Budgeting

    Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 01.05.2001, In: Environmental Management and Health. 12, 2, p. 158-174 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit der Balanced Scorecard

    Figge, F., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 04.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 67 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    NGOs: Promoters of Sustainable Entrepreneurship?

    Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2001, Proceddings of the International Transdisciplinarity 2000 Conference: 'Transdisciplinarity: joint problem-solving among science, technology and society', Zurich, February 27 - March 1, 2000: Workbook 1: Dialogue sessions and idea market. Häberli, R. (ed.). Basel: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, p. 523-527 5 p.

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

  11. Published

    Ansatzpunkte zur Integration von Umweltaspekten in die „Balanced Scorecard“

    Deegen, T., 01.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 116 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers