Guenther, Edeltraud
Director
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-FLORES
- OFFICE:
- UNU-FLORES, Ammonstrasse 74, Dresden, 01067, Germany
- E-MAIL:
- guenther@unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49 351 8921 9370
- NATIONALITY:
- German
Research Interests
- Barrier analysis
- Environmental management control systems
- Resource Nexus in organisational practices
- Sustainability assessment
Education
- PhD, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Augsburg, Germany (1993)
- Dipl. -Kffr./Business Graduate in Auditing/Controlling, Financial Economics, Mathematical Methods, University of Augsburg, Germany (1989)
Appointments
- UNU Focal Point for the Environmental Management Group (EMG)
- Founder and Head of the Center for Sustainability Assessment and Policy PRISMA
- Chair for Business Administration, Sustainability Management and Environmental Accounting at TU Dresden
Biographical Statement
Prof. Edeltraud Guenther is a globally recognised expert in environmental management and sustainability assessment. She assumed the position of Director of United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) in Dresden, Germany on 1 September 2018.
Prof. Guenther’s research focusses on sustainability management, environmental accounting, and management control systems, with an emphasis on corporate responsibility, life cycle assessment, resilience, and sustainability assessment. As UNU-FLORES Director, Prof. Guenther is a vocal advocate for “Advancing the Resource Nexus”, which is also reflected in the Institute’s mission to create meaningful impact across the scientific landscape, and to champion the Resource Nexus as a vital scientific perspective.
Prof. Guenther received her doctorate in Environmental Accounting from the University of Augsburg and has held the position of Chair of Business Management, Sustainability Management and Environmental Accounting, at the Faculty of Business and Economics at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) since 1996. She founded the Centre for Performance and Policy Research in Sustainability Measurement and Assessment (PRISMA) in 2016 and has acted as the Centre’s Chair since then. As an international authority on environmental resource management, Prof. Guenther has held Visiting Professorships at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Kobe University, and University of Virginia.
In addition to her involvement on the editorial boards for a variety of scientific journals, Prof. Guenther is Editor-in-Chief for the Sustainability Management Forum (2015), as well as subject editor of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2016). In her own work, Prof. Guenther most notably poses the question “How does it pay to be sustainable?” and is a proponent for promoting the financial benefits of sustainability; this is demonstrated through her significant publication record of over 200 journal articles, and her contributions to several book chapters.
As part of strengthening the connections between UNU-FLORES and the wider United Nations network, Prof. Guenther was also one of the establishing Directors and the first Chair for UNU Water Network, which was initiated in 2019. In 2020, she was appointed UNU Senior Official for the Environmental Management Group (EMG).
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Articles
- Fietz, Bernhard and Guenther, Edeltraud (2021). Changing Organizational Culture to Establish Sustainability. Controlling & Management Review, 65, 32-40
- Morris, Jonathan, Georgiou, Isabella, Guenther, Edeltraud and Caucci, Serena (2021). Barriers in Implementation of Wastewater Reuse: Identifying the Way Forward in Closing the Loop. Circular Economy and Sustainability, n/a-n/a
- Scope, Christoph, Vogel, Maria and Guenther, Edeltraud (2021). Greener, cheaper, or more sustainable: Reviewing sustainability assessments of maintenance strategies of concrete structures. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 26, 838-858
- Jordaan, Sarah M., Combs, Cory and Guenther, Edeltraud (2021). Life cycle assessment of electricity generation: A systematic review of spatiotemporal methods. Advances in Applied Energy, 3, 1-15
- Fietz, Bernhard, Hillmann, Julia and Guenther, Edeltraud (2021). Cultural Effects on Organizational Resilience: Evidence from the NAFTA Region. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, n/a-n/a
- Bergmann, Patrick, Kamarás, Endre, Gleißner, Werner and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). Enhanced Cash Flow Valuation in Real Estate Management by Integrating Innovative Materials and Risk Assessment. Sustainability, 12(6), 1-26
- Hillmann, Julia and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). Organizational Resilience: A Valuable Construct for Management Research?. International Journal of Management Reviews, 00, 1-38
- Lueddeckens, Stefan, Saling, Peter and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). Temporal issues in life cycle assessment – a systematic review. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25, 1385-1401
- Damert, Matthias, Koep, Lisa, Guenther, Edeltraud and Morris, Jonathan (2020). Stakeholders and socially responsible supply chain management: the moderating role of internationalization. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, n/a-n/a
- Huang-Lachmann, Jo-Ting and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). From Dichotomy to an Integrated Approach: Cities’ Benefits of Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. Sustainability, 12(18), 1-17
- Plewnia, Frederik and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). The Transition Value of Business Models for a Sustainable Energy System: The Case of Virtual Peer-to-Peer Energy Communities. Organization & Environment, n/a-n/a
- Walz, Matthias and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). What effects does material flow cost accounting have for companies?: Evidence from a case studies analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1-21
- May, Nadine, Guenther, Edeltraud and Haller, Peer (2020). The sustainable use of wood as a regional resource—an ecological assessment of common and new processing technologies for wood poles. Sustainability Management Forum, 27, 177-201
- Roos, Nicolas, Heinicke, Xaver, Guenther, Edeltraud and Guenther, Thomas W. (2020). The Role of Environmental Management Performance in Higher Education Institutions. Sustainability, 12(2), 1-17
- Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). Ökologie – Motor der Ökonomie. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, n/a-n/a
- Curosu, Iurie, Mechtcherine, Viktor, Vo, Duy M. P., Sennewald, Cornelia, Cherif, Chokri, Wölfel, Enrico, Scheffler, Christina, Gong, Ting, Heravi, Ali A., Tamsen, Erik, Balzani, Daniel, Shehni, Alaleh, Häußler-Combe, Ulrich, Fuchs, Alexander, Kaliske, Michael, Scope, Christoph and Guenther, Edeltraud (2020). Impaktsicherheit von Baukonstruktionen durch mineralisch gebundene Komposite: Materialebene. Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, 116(1), 45-57
- May, Nadine and Guenther, Edeltraud (2019). Shared benefit by Material Flow Cost Accounting in the food supply chain – The case of berry pomace as upcycled by-product of a black currant juice production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 245, 1-17
- Lee, Eunjoo and Guenther, Edeltraud (2019). End ‘End-of-Pipe’ Thinking to Gear Up Sustainability Thinking. Green Growth Knowledge Platform, n/a-n/a
- Guenther, Edeltraud (2018). Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften lohnt sich. Springer Professional, n/a-n/a
Book Chapters
- Koep, Lisa, Morris, Jonathan, Dembski, Nina and Guenther, Edeltraud, “Buying Practices in the Textile and Fashion Industry: Past, Present and Future” in Sustainable Textile and Fashion Value Chains: Drivers, Concepts, Theories and Solutions, ed. Matthes, André, Beyer, Katja, Cebulla, Holger and Arnold, Marlen Gabriele (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2021), 55-73.
- Kjellén, Marianne, Sinha, Ranu, Hebart-Coleman, David, Yaari, Elizabeth, Muratore, Enrico, Loeffen, Amanda, Pories, Lesley, Priscoli, Jerome Delli, Garrick, Dustin, Gilson, Gina, Herron, Colin, Guenther, Edeltraud, Jindal, Ambika, Willemart, Sebastien, Webley, Nicole and Kinna, Rémy, “Enabling multi-value approaches in water governance” in The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021: Valuing Water (Paris: UNESCO, 2021), 120-132.
Reports
- Guenther, Edeltraud, Greiling, Dorothea and Elert Soares, Thiago (2021). Nichtregierungsorganisationen als Träger der ehrenamtlichen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Sachsen. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
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- Resource Nexus Perspective on Climate Resilient Agri-Food System: Stakeholder Analysis, Land Management and Business Decisions (KlimaKonform)
- Organisational Decision-Making in Water Reuse for Smart Cities (SMART-WaterDomain)
- Advancement of developmental policy cooperation between NGOs in Saxony, involving the Entwicklungspolitischen Netzwerks Sachsen e.V.
- Analysis and Evaluation of the Sustainability and Resilience of Reinforcement Measures with Novel Mineral-bonded Composites
- eku Zukunftspreis 2020: Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity
- Developing the Biodiversity Economy in selected Landscapes in Namibia
- Barriers to the Adaptation and Implementation of Innovations related to Environmental Resources (water-soil-waste-energy) in Sub-Saharan Africa – the Case of Germany
- Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center – Aachen, Bangkok, Chennai, Dresden