Günther in 2013
Edeltraud Günther (born October 10, 1965 in Augsburg) is a German economist and since 1996 professor at the Chair of Business Management, esp. Environmental Management and Accounting at the TU Dresden.
- 5Publications (selection)
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Career[edit]
Günther studied Business Administration from 1984 to 1989 at the University of Augsburg and 1989 Languages at the École de Traduction et d`Interprétation of the University of Geneva. From 1989 to 1994 she worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Accounting and Control at the University of Augsburg (Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. A.G. Coenenberg) and doctorate to a Dr. rer. pol. with the dissertation topic 'Ökologieorientiertes Controlling' (Environmental Management Control). From 1994 to 1996 she was a research assistant and project leader in the Economics Department of the Bavarian Institute of Applied Environmental Research and Technology GmbH (BIfA) in Augsburg.[1]
Since 1996, she is a professor at the Chair of Business Management, esp. Environmental Management and Accounting, at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the TU Dresden. Under the leadership of Günther the TU Dresden implemented an environmental management system according to EMAS (as the first German university of technology where this was done), which is regularly being validated since 2002.[2][3] Günther founded and now leads the Centre for Performance and Policy Research In Sustainability Measurement and Assessment PRISMA.[4]
On 1 September 2018, Prof. Edeltraud Günther took up the position of Director at the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).[5] Since its launch in 2012, the Dresden-based institute of the United Nations University develops strategies to promote the sustainable use and integrated management of environmental resources like water, soil, and waste.[6] She has been granted a leave of absence by the TU Dresden.
Günther was a visiting professor at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A. from August 2001 to February 2002 as well as from December 2005 to May 2016. Since January 2015 she is a visiting professor at Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.[1] In the summer semester of 2017 Günther was a visiting professor at the NUST – Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Research emphases[edit]
In her research, Günther works on ecological problems in the economics. The main emphases are environmental and sustainability performance, risk management, obstacle analysis, sustainable management, value-based management, as well as deceleration.[7]
Memberships[edit]
Edeltraud Günther is chairwoman of the DIN-working group for the development of the international standard DIN EN ISO 14051 “Material flow cost accounting” as well as ISO 14008 “Monetary valuation of environmental impacts from specific emissions and use of natural resources - Principles, requirements and guidelines” (since 2008).[8] From 2008 to 2013 she was leader of the 'Arbeitskreises Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung' (working group sustainable management) in the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.[9] She is a member of the working group 'Green Controlling' in the Internationaler Controllerverein e.V. (since 2013)[10] and in the working group Integrated Reporting in the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (since 2013).[11] Furthermore she is a member of the DFG - Senate Commission on Water Research (2006 to 2011 and since 2015),[12] member of the expert forum 'Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften' (sustainable management) in the Hightech Forum (since 2015),[13] member of the Class of Engineering Sciences of the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig (since 2014),[14] as well as member of the Commission of Sustainability Management in the Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e. V. (since1994).[15]
Günther is editor of the Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht ZfU (since 2009),[16] Sustainable Production and Consumption (since 2015),[17] Umweltwirtschaftsforum (since 2015)[18] and subject editor of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (since 2016).[19] Günther was an expert reviewer for the IPCC-reports.[20]
Awards (selection)[edit]
Best Paper Award of the Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (2015),[21] Highly commended Award of the Emerald LiteratiNetwork (2011),[22] second award 'plus energy house' with e-mobility (open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices) (2011),[23] B.A.U.M.-Umweltpreis (Environmental Award) in the category science (2008),[24] Teaching Award for the development of the teaching concept 'investing in a sustainable future' for the Procter & Gamble competition for the development of innovative Curricula (2005, together with Mark A. White).[1]
Publications (selection)[edit]
Books[edit]
- Günther, E., & Steinke, K.-H.(Eds.). 2016. CSR und Controlling - Unternehmerische Verantwortung als Gestaltungsaufgabe des Controlling. Berlin: Springer Gabler.
- Günther, E., & Bassen, A. (Eds.). 2016. Integrated Reporting - Grundlagen, Implementierung, Praxisbeispiele. Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.
- Günther, E., & Ruter, R. X. (Eds.). 2015. Grundsätze nachhaltiger Unternehmensführung. Erfolg durch verantwortungsvolles Management. (2., neu bearbeitete Auflage). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.
- Günther, E. 2008. Ökologieorientiertes Management: Um-(weltorientiert) Denken in der BWL. Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius.
- Günther, E., Kaulich, S., Scheibe, L., Uhr, W., Heidsiek, C., & Froehlich, J. (Eds.). 2006. Leistung und Erfolg im betrieblichen Umweltmanagement die Software EPM-KOMPAS als Instrument für den industriellen Mittelstand zur Umweltleistungsmessung und Erfolgskontrolle, inklusive CD-ROM mit einer Einführung in die Software EPM-KOMPAS. Lohmar: EUL Verlag.
- Günther, E. 1994. Ökologieorientiertes Controlling. Konzeption eines Systems zur ökologieorientierten Steuerung und empirischen Validierung. München: Vahlen Verlag.
Papers[edit]
- Herrmann, J., & Guenther, E., 2017. Exploring a scale of organizational barriers for enterprises' climate change adaptation strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production, in press. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3). doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.009
- Guenther, E., Endrikat, J., & Guenther, T., 2016. Environmental management control systems: a conceptualization and a review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Cleaner Production, 136(A): 147–171. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3) doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.043
- Rosen, Richard A., & Guenther, E., 2016. The energy policy relevance of the 2014 IPCC Working Group III report on the macro-economics of mitigating climate change. Energy Policy, 93: 330-334. (VHB-JOURWUAL: B, HB: 0,4). doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.025
- Guenther, E., Guenther, T., Schiemann, F., & Weber, G., 2016. Stakeholder Relevance for Reporting: Explanatory Factors of Carbon Disclosure. Business and Society,55(3): 361-397. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3). doi:10.1177/0007650315575119
- Bergmann, A., Stechemesser, K. & Guenther, E., 2016. Natural Resource Dependence Theory: Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Organizations. Journal of Business Research. 69(4): 1361-1366. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,4)
- Guenther, E., Guenther, T., Schiemann, F., & Weber, G., 2016. Stakeholder Relevance for Reporting: Explanatory Factors of Carbon Disclosure. Business and Society, 55(3): 361-397. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3). doi:10.1177/0007650315575119
- Guenther, E., Endrikat, J., & Guenther, T., 2016. Environmental management control systems: a conceptualization and a review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Cleaner Production, 136(A): 147–171. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3) doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.043
- Hueske, A.-K., Endrikat, J. & Guenther, E., 2015. External environment, the innovating organization, and its individuals: A multilevel model for identifying innovation barriers accounting for social uncertainties. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 35: 45-70. (VHB-JOURQUAL: C, HB: 0,4)
- Rieckhof, R., Bergmann, A. & Guenther, E., 2015. Interrelating material flow cost accounting with management control systems to introduce resource efficiency into strategy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108(B): 1262–1278. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,3).
- Trumpp, C., Endrikat, J., Zopf, C. & Guenther, E., 2015. Definition, Conceptualization, and Measurement of Corporate Environmental Performance: A Critical Examination of a Multidimensional Construct. Journal of Business Ethics, 126(2):185–204. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,5)
- Rosen, R. & Guenther, E., 2014. The economics of mitigating climate change: What can we know? Technological Forecasting and Social Change. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,4)
- Guenther, E. & Hoppe, H., 2014. Merging Limited Perspectives: A Synopsis of Measurement Approaches and Theories of the Relationship between Corporate Environmental and Financial Performance. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 18 (5): 689-707. (VHB-JOURQUAL: A, HB: 0,4)
- Guenther, E., Hueske, A.-K., Stechemesser, K., Buscher, L. 2013. The „Why Not“-Perspective of Green Purchasing: A Multi Level Case Study Analysis. Journal of Change Management, 13 (4): 407-423. (VHB-JOURQUAL: C)
- Günther, E., & White, M. 2013. Investing in a Sustainable Future - Innovative Lehrkonzepte für Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen. Die Unternehmung, 67(2): 154-169. (VHB-JOURQUAL: C)
- Nowack, M., Endrikat, J., & Guenther, E. 2011. Review of Delphi-based scenario studies: Quality and design considerations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78(9): 1603-1615. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,5)
- Günther, E., & Kaulich, S. 2005. The EPM-KOMPAS: an Instrument to Control the Environmental Performance in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Business Strategy and the Environment, 14(6): 361-371. (VHB-JOURQUAL: B, HB: 0,2)
- Günther, E., & Wittmann, R. 1995. Kondukte. Die Betriebswirtschaft, 55(1): 119-120. (VHB-JOURQUAL: C, HB: 0,1)
- Günther, E., & Wagner, B. 1993. Ökologieorientierung des Controlling. Öko-Controlling. Die Betriebswirtschaft, 53(2): 143-166. (VHB-JOURQUAL: C, HB: 0,1)
Literature[edit]
- Dorit Petschel (Bearb.): Die Professoren der TU Dresden 1828–2003. Böhlau Verlag, Köln / Weimar / Wien 2003, S. 302.
Notes[edit]
- ^ abc'Lehrstuhlinhaberin Frau Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Günther' (in German and English). TU Dresden. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Günther im Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon (in German), retrieved 2017-05-13
- ^'Edeltraud Günther'. EMAN. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'PRISMA Centre for Performance and Policy Research In Sustainability Measurement and Assessment'. TU Dresden. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^'United Nations University Selects Prof. Edeltraud Guenther to Head Dresden-Based Institute - UNU - Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources'. flores.unu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^'About UNU-FLORES - UNU - Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources'. flores.unu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^'Forschungsschwerpunkte - Professur für BWL, insb. betriebliche Umweltökonomie' (in German and English). TU Dresden. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Leitungsfunktionen in Arbeitskreisen - Inhaberin' (in German). TU Dresden. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Leitung' (in German). Arbeitskreis Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Mitglieder des Fachkreises Green Controlling' (in German). Internationaler Controller Verein eV. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Mitglieder des Arbeitskreises - Arbeitskreis Integrated Reporting' (in German). Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Senatskommission für Wasserforschung' (in German). DFG. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Mitglieder des Fachforums' (in German and English). Hightech Forum. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Edeltraud Günther, Prof. Dr. rer. pol. — Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften' (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Mitgliederverzeichnis - Wissenschaftliche Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement' (in German). Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'ZfU - Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht' (in German). dfv. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Sustainable Production and Consumption Editorial Board'. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum - Herausgeber' (in German). Springer. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Editorial Board - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment' (in German). Springer. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Expert Reviewers, Government Reviewers and Other Scientific Advisors of the IPCC WGIII Fifth Assessment Report'(PDF). IPCC. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'Juli 2015: Auszeichnung mit dem Best Paper-Award der Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy' (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'2011 Highly commended Award für wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung im Bereich Umweltleistungsbewertung' (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'2. Platz bei Wettbewerb 'Plusenergiehaus mit E-Mobilität' (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^'B.A.U.M.-Preisträger 2008' (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
References[edit]
- Literature by and on Edeltraud Günther in the catalogue of the German National Library
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