Holger Petersen

Prof. Dr. Holger Petersen is a Professor of Business Administration with a focus on Sustainability Management at NORDAKADEMIE University of Applied Sciences in Elmshorn. He leads the Master's program in General Management and co-leads the Sustainability Leadership Forum (SLF) in collaboration with B.A.U.M. e.V. His career spans academic roles at Leuphana University’s Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), corporate sustainability consulting at UmweltBank AG, and advisory work in sustainability strategy for SMEs.

Education: Learned Bank Clerk (Bankkaufmann), PhD in Business Administration from Leuphana University on 'Competitive Strategies for the Dissemination of Ecological Innovations'.

Research Focus: Strategic sustainability management, integration of ESG principles into corporate controlling systems, ecopreneurship, and the intersection of sustainability with digital transformation. He emphasizes practical implementation of sustainability in SMEs through frameworks like the EU Taxonomy and Green Deal compliance.

Key Activities: Academic leadership in sustainability education, co-founding the Sustainability Leadership Forum, and bridging academic research with industry through initiatives like the Sustainability Leadership Forum and the Unternehmensforum Nachhaltigkeit (UNN) at NORDAKADEMIE.

Publications span over 20 years, with recent work addressing sustainability-controlling interfaces, human rights due diligence in supply chains, and purpose-driven corporate strategies aligned with environmental goals.