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

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2023
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Revisiting Renewable Energies: Liberating, Pacifying, and Democratizing

    Schaltegger, S., Linnenluecke, M. K., Dijkstra-Silva, S. & Christ, K. L., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Business and Society. 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Sustainability management accounting – enabling macro-level sustainability transformation towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Christ, K. L., Dijkstra-Silva, S., Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Meditari Accountancy Research. 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Sustainability impact assessment of new ventures: An emerging field of research

    Fichter, K., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Schaltegger, S. & Schillebeeckx, S. J. D., 15.01.2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 384, 12 p., 135452.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Managing entrepreneurial and corporate contributions to sustainability transitions

    Schaltegger, S., Loorbach, D. & Hörisch, J., 02.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 2, p. 891-902 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    The 'need for speed': Towards circular disruption-What it is, how to make it happen and how to know it's happening

    Blomsma, F., Bauwens, T., Weissbrod, I. & Kirchherr, J., 03.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 3, p. 1010-1031 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Debating accounting and sustainability: from incompatibility to rapprochement in the pursuit of corporate sustainability

    Baker, M., Gray, R. & Schaltegger, S., 27.03.2023, In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 36, 2, p. 591-619 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Wer gewinnt? Steigendes (DNP-)Anspruchsniveau an das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S., 28.03.2023, Das Nachhaltigkeitsbuch 2023. Schulze-Hausmann, S. & Bachmann, G. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V., p. 48-49 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

  10. Published

    Business Model Innovation for Sustainability

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Schaltegger, S., 30.03.2023, Corporate Sustainability: Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World. Rasche, A., Morsing, M., Moon, J. & Kourula, A. (eds.). Second Edition ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 388-411 24 p.

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

  11. Published

    Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift

    Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 31.03.2023, Radical Innovation Challenges: Corporate to Climate. Tidd, J. (ed.). World Scientific Europe, p. 351-377 27 p. (Technology Management; vol. 42).

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