Publications

Busch, Timo/van Hoorn, Victor/Stapelfeldt, Matthias/Prüßner, Eric. "Classification Scheme for Sustainable Investments. Accelerating the just and sustainable transition of the real economy". White paper. (2022)

Busch, T., Bruce-Clark, P., Derwall, J. et al.. “Impact investments: a call for (re)orientation.”. 1(2). (2021)

Busch, Timo. “Industrial ecology, climate adaptation, and financial risk ”. Journal of Industrial Ecology (2019) [in press]. Abstract

Kölbel, Julian Fritz/Busch, Timo. “Signaling legitimacy across institutional contexts—The intermediary role of corporate social responsibility rating agencies”. Global Strategy Journal (2019): S. 1–25. Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Markets must back climate mitigation”. Nature Correspondence 571(7763). (2019): S. 36-36. Article

Lundie, Sven/Wiedmann, Thomas/Welzel, Melanie/Busch, Timo. “Global supply chains hotspots of a wind energy company”. Journal of Cleaner Production 210. (2019): S. 1042-1050. Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Klimarisiken im Assetmanagement: Konsistenz der Daten”. Absolut Impact 02/2019. (2019): S. 37-43. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Kühn, Svenja. “Industrielle Symbiose: Eine Defizitanalyse für den Standort Deutschland”. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht 42(1). (2019): S. 33-68. Abstract

Louche, Celine/Busch, Timo/Crifo, Patricia/Marcus, Alfred. “Financial markets and the transition to a low-carbon economy: Challenging the dominant logics”. Organization & Environment 32(1). (2019): S. 3-17. Abstract

Friede, Gunnar. “Why don't we see more action? A metasynthesis of the investor impediments to integrate environmental, social, and governance factors”. Business Strategy and the Environment (2019) [in press]. Abstract

Busch, Timo/Lewandowski, Stefan. “Corporate carbon and financial performance: A meta-analysis”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 22(4). (2018): S. 745-759. Abstract

Busch, Timo/Bassen, Alexander/Friede, Gunnar. “Performance und Wirkung nachhaltiger Kapitalanlagen”. Greening Finance – Der Weg in eine nachhaltige Finanzwirtschaft. Hg. Stapelfeldt, Matthias/Granzow, Martin/Kopp, Matthias. Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2018, S. 171-185. [in German]

Guenther, Edeltraud/Busch, Timo/Endrikat, Jan/Guenther, Thomas/Orlitzky, Marc. “What we know about the economic payoffs of corporate ecological sustainability”. Business and Society 360: Corporate Social Responsibility. Hg. Weber, James/Wasieleski, David M.. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018, S. 325-352. Abstract

Hoppmann, Jörn/Sakhel, Alice/Richert, Marcel. “With a little help from a stranger: The impact of external change agents on organizational win-win investments in sustainability”. Business Strategy & the Environment 27(7). (2018): S. 1052-1066. Abstract

Busch, Timo/Friede, Gunnar. “The robustness of the corporate social and financial performance relation: a second-order meta-analysis”. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 25(4). (2018): S. 583-608. Abstract

Johnson, Matthew/Redlbacher, Friederike/Schaltegger, Stefan . “Stakeholder engagement for corporate sustainability: A comparative analysis of B2C and B2B companies”. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 25(4). (2018): S. 659-673. Abstract

Busch, Timo/Johnson, Matthew/Pioch, Thomas/Kopp, Matthias. Consistency of corporate carbon emission data. Hamburg: University of Hamburg /WWF Deutschland, 2018.

Rodriguez Lopez, Juan Miguel/Sakhel, Alice/Busch, Timo. “Corporate investments and environmental regulation: The role of regulatory uncertainty, regulation-induced uncertainty, and investment history”. European Management Journal 35(1). (2017): S. 91-101.Abstract

Kölbel, Julian Fritz/Busch, Timo/Jancso, Leonhardt Marinus. “How media coverage of corporate social irresponsibly increases financial risk”. Strategic Management Journal 38(11). (2017): S. 2266-2284.Abstract

Johnson, Matthew. “Knowledge acquisition and development in sustainability-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises: exploring the practices, capabilities and cooperation”. Journal of Cleaner Production 142(4). (2017): S. 3769-3781.Abstract

Sakhel, Alice. “Corporate climate risk management: Are European companies prepared?”. Journal of Cleaner Production 165. (2017): S. 103-118.Abstract

Lewandowski, Stefan. “Corporate carbon and financial performance: The role of emission reductions”. Business Strategy and the Environment 26(8). (2017): S. 1196-1211. Abstract

Slawinski, Natalie/Pinkse, Jonatan/Busch, Timo/ Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby. “The role of short-termism and uncertainty avoidance in organizational inaction on climate change: a multi-level framework”. Business & Society 56(2). (2017): S. 253-282.Abstract

Goldhammer, Bernhard/Busse, Christian/Busch, Timo. “Estimating corporate carbon footprints with externally available data”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 21(5). (2017): S. 1165-1179.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Bauer, Rob/Orlitzky, Marc. “ Sustainable development and financial markets – old paths and new avenues”. Business & Society 55(3). (2016): S. 303-329.Abstract

Schnittfeld, Nicole Luisa/ Busch, Timo. “Sustainability management within supply chains – a resource dependence view”. Business Strategy and the Environment 25(5). (2016): S. 337-354.Download

Scheck, Barbara/Höchstädter, Anna Katharina/Busch, Timo. “Making money at the expense of the poor? An investigation of individuals’ preferences to impact invest versus donate”. ACRN Oxford Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives 5(2). (2016): S. 141-163.Download

Busch, Timo/Lenhart, Kim. “Sufficiency – new corporate strategy for sustainable consumption”. Sustainable Consumption – Institutions, Instruments, Initiatives. 1. Auflage. Hg. Jantke, Kerstin/Lottermoser, Florian/Reinhardt, Jörn/Rothe, Delf/Stöver, Jana. Baden-Baden: NOMOS, 2016, S. 443-460. [in German]Download

Johnson, Matthew/Schaltegger, Stefan. “Two decades of sustainability management tools for SMEs: how far have we come? ”. Journal of Small Business Management 54(2). (2016): S. 481-505.Abstract

Johnson, Matthew/Halberstadt, Jantje/Schaltegger, Stefan/Viere, Tobias. “Software and web-based tools for sustainability management in micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises”. Advances and new trends in environmental and energy informatics. Hg. Marx Gómez, Jorge/Sonnenschein, Michael/Vogel, Ute/Winter, Andreas/Rapp, Barbara/Giesen, Nils. Cham / Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2016, S. 259-274. Abstract

Busch, Timo/Sakhel, Alice. “The island logic: scaling-up the concept of self-preserving autarky”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 20(5). (2016): S. 1008-1009.Abstract

de Stefano, M.Christina/Montes-Sancho, María J./Busch, Timo. “A natural resource-based view of climate change: Innovation challenges in the automobile industry”. Journal of Cleaner Production 139. (2016): S. 1436–1448.Abstract

Johnson, Matthew. “Sustainability management and small and medium-sized enterprises: managers‘ awareness and implementation of innovative tools”. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 22(5). (2015): S. 271-285.Abstract

Lewandowski, Stefan. “Carbon emissions and corporate financial performance: A systematic literature review and options for methodological enhancement”. Corporate Climate Accounting. Hg. Schaltegger, Stefan/Zvezdov, Dimitar/Alvarez Etxeberria, Igor/Csutora, Maria/Günther, Edeltraud. Springer, 2015, S. 193-215.

Busch, Timo/Richert, Marcel. “The German ‘Energiewende’: RWE’s Strategic Choice”. (2015) Download

Paquin, Raymond L./Busch, Timo/Tilleman, Suzanne G.. “Creating economic and environmental value through industrial symbiosis”. Long Range Planning 48(2). (2015): S. 95–107.Abstract

Paetzold, Falko/Busch, Timo/Chesney, Marc. “More than money: exploring the role of investment advisors for sustainable investing”. Annals in Social Responsibility 1(1). (2015): S. 195 - 223.Abstract

Beske-Jansen, Philip/Johnson, Matthew/Schaltegger, Stefan. “20 years of performance measurement in sustainable supply chain management: what has been achieved?”. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 20(6). (2015): S. 664-680.Abstract

Hörisch, Jacob/Johnson, Matthew/Schaltegger, Stefan. “Implementation of sustainability management and company size: a knowledge-based view”. Business Strategy and the Environment 24(8). (2015): S. 765-779.Abstract

Friede, Gunnar/Busch, Timo/Bassen, Alexander. “ESG and Financial Performance: Aggregated Evidence from more than 2,000 Empirical Studies”. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment 5(4). (2015): S. 210-233.Abstract

Paetzold, Falko/Busch, Timo. “Unleashing the powerful few: sustainable investing behavior of wealthy private investors”. Organization & Environment 27(4). (2014): S. 347-367.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Schwarzkopf, Julia. “Carbon management strategies – a quest for corporate competitiveness”. Progress in Industrial Ecology - An International Journal 8(1-2). (2013): S. 4-29.Abstract

Weinhofer, Georg/Busch, Timo. “Corporate strategies for managing climate risks”. Business Strategy and the Environment 22(2). (2013): S. 121–144.Abstract

Pinkse, Jonatan/Busch, Timo. “The emergence of corporate carbon norms: Strategic directions and managerial implications”. Thunderbird International Business Review 55(6). (2013): S. 633-645.Abstract

Shrivastava, Paul/Busch, Timo. “Avoiding a global carbon crisis: Learning from the financial crisis”. Thunderbird International Business Review 55(6). (2013): S. 647–658.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Berger, Stephanie G./Paquin, Raymond. “Managing for Climate Risk”. Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Hg. Gallagher, Deborah Rigling. Thousand Oaks/CA: SAGE Publications, 2012, S. 527-535.

Busch, Timo/Pinkse, Jonatan. “Reconciling stakeholder requests and carbon dependency: what is the right climate strategy?”. .]: A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: Pressures, Conflicts, Reconciliation. Hg. Lindgreen, Adam/Kotler, Philip/Vanhamme, Joëlle/Maon, François. Surrey: Gower Publishing, 2012, S. 263-278.

de Lange, Deborah E./Busch, Timo/Delgado-Ceballos, Javier. “Sustaining sustainability in organizations”. Journal of Business Ethics 110(2). (2012): S. 151–156.Abstract

Hendrichs, Holger/Busch, Timo. “Carbon management as a strategic challenge for SMEs”. Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management 2(1). (2012): S. 61-72.Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Which emissions do we need to account for in corporate carbon performance?”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 15(1). (2011): S. 160-163.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “How hot is your bottom-line? Linking carbon and financial performance”. Business & Society 50(2). (2011): S. 233-265.Abstract

Busch, T./McCarthy, K./Dessain, V.. “ABB’s hydropower sustainability dilemma”. IVEY Teaching Case - Richard Ivey School of Business No 9B11M096. (2011)

Busch, Timo/Shrivastava, Paul. The Global Carbon Crisis - Emerging Carbon Constraints and Strategic Management Options. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2011.

Sprengel, David Christopher/Busch, Timo. “Stakeholder engagement and environmental strategy – the case of climate change”. Business Strategy and the Environment 20(6). (2011): S. 351–364.Abstract

Ziegler, A/Busch, Timo/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “Disclosed corporate responses to climate change and stock performance: An international empirical analysis”. Energy Economics 33(6). (2011): S. 1283–1294.Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Climate Change as challenge for companies: from risks to opportunities”. Reduction of Climate Change Causing Emissions in the Alps. Hg. Slowenisches Ministerium für Umwelt und Raumplanung/Ständiges Sekretariat der Alpenkonvention/ARGE ALP Geschäftstelle. Innsbruck: Karo Druck, 2011, S. 18-22. [in Italian and German]

Busch, Timo/Stinchfield, Bryan T./Wood, Matthew S.. “Rethinking sustainability, innovation, and financial performance”. Cross-Sector Leadership for the Green Economy - Integrating Research and Practice on Sustainable Enterprise. Hg. Marcus, Alfred/Shrivastava, Paul/Sharma, Sanjay/Pogutz, Stefano. New York: Palgrave Publishing, 2011, S. 81-105.

Busch, Timo/ Weinhofer, Georg/Hoffmann, Volker H. . “The carbon performance of the 100 largest US electricity producers”. Utilities Policy 19(2). (2011): S. 95-103.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Wolfensberger, Christoph. “The virtue of corporate carbon management”. International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management 3(2). (2011): S. 142–157.Abstract

Engau, Christian/Hoffmann, Volker H./Busch, Timo. “Airlines’ flexibility in facing regulatory uncertainty: to anticipate or adapt?”. California Management Review 54(1). (2011): S. 107-125.Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Organizational adaptation to disruptions in the natural environment: the case of climate change”. Scandinavian Journal of Management 27(4). (2011): S. 389-404.Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Corporate carbon performance indicators revisited”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 14(3). (2010): S. 374-377.Abstract

Banerjee, Bobby/Busch, Timo/Cooper, Tom/Mazutis, Daina/Stomp, Josephine. “MNCs’ social, ethical and legal responsibilities (corporate social responsibility)”. Research Companion to Green International Management Studies A Guide for Future Research, Collaboration and Review Writing. Hg. Deborah E. de Lange. Cheltenham / Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2010, S. 47-84.

Busch, Timo/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “ Ecology-driven real options: an investment framework for incorporating uncertainties in the context of the natural environment”. Journal of Business Ethics 90(2). (2009): S. 295–310.Abstract

Busch, Timo. Carbon Constraints - Corporate Strategies, Risk management, and Firm Performance. Saarbruecken: Suedwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2009.

Busch, Timo/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “Quo vadis, carbon? New uncertainties require corporate carbon risk management”. Energy. Hg. von Rohr, Philipp Rudolf/Walde, Peter/Batlogg, Bertram. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2009, S. 61-74. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Callsen, Sünje/Orbach, Thomas. “Financial markets as climate-relevant actors”. Acting Beyond Limits? Emission markets for Climate and Energy Policies. Hg. Schüle, Ralf. Munich: oekom Verlag, 2008, S. 152-163. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Holze, Beate. “Environmental cost accounting”. Corporate Environmental Management – Sustainable Production in Companies. 3. Vol. Hg. Baumast, Annett/Pape, Jens. Stuttgart: Ulmer, 2008, S. 191-205. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Klee, Howard/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “Curbing greenhouse gas emissions on a sectoral basis: the cement sustainability initiative”. Corporate Responses to Climate Change. Hg. Sullivan, Rory. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2008, S. 204-219.

Hoffmann, Volker H./Busch, Timo. “Corporate carbon performance indicators: carbon intensity, dependency, exposure, and risk”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 12(4). (2008): S. 505-520.Abstract

Hoffmann, Volker H./Busch, Timo. “Carbon and climate change – new challenges for corporate risk management”. UmweltWirtschaftsForum 16(2). (2008): S. 53-58. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “Emerging carbon constraints for corporate risk management”. Ecological Economics 62(3-4). (2007): S. 518-528.Abstract

Busch, Timo/Haas, Carmen/Hoffmann, Volker H.. “Carbon management as corporate success factor”. IO new management 7-8. (2007): S. 51-54. [in German]

Hoffmann, Volker H./Busch, Timo. “Carbon constraints in the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries”. Journal of Industrial Ecology 11(3). (2007): S. 4-6.Abstract

Busch, Timo. “Emission trading and effects on financial markets”. Emissions Trading and Business. Hg. Antes, Ralf/Hansjürgens, Bernd/Letmathe, Peter. New York: Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006, S. 257-272.

Busch, Timo/Beucker, Severin/Müller, Andreas. “Computer aided resource efficiency accounting”. Material Flow Management – Improving Cost Efficiency and Environmental Performance. Hg. Wagner, Bernd/Enzler, Stefan. Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, 2006, S. 21-55. Download

Busch, Timo/Liedtke, Christa. “Resource efficiency accounting”. Management Models for Corporate Social Responsibility. Hg. Jonker, Jan/de Witte, Marco. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2006, S. 274-280.

Busch, Timo/Liedtke, Christa/Beucker, Severin. “The concept of corporate resource efficiency accounting - A case study in the electronic industry”. Sustainability Accounting and Reporting. Hg. Schaltegger, Stefan/Bennett, Martin/Burritt, Roger. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006, S. 109-128. Abstract

Liedtke, C., Busch, Timo. Material-efficiency – Assessing Potentials, Accelerating Innovations, Fostering Employment. Munich: oekom Verlag, 2005. [in German]

Busch, Timo. “Ecology-oriented investment appraisals”. Scientific Library Sustainability Management – Basics, Methods, Examples. Hg. Lutz, Ulrich/Nehls-Sahabandu, Martina. Neidlingen: Gonimos Publishing, 2005, S. Section 02.11/ / Environmental Management. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Ritthoff, Michael. “Efficiency-due-diligence – between transparency, practicability, and complexity”. Material-efficiency – Assessing Potentials, Accelerating Innovations, Fostering Employment. Hg. Liedtke, Christa/Busch, Timo. Munich: oekom Verlag, 2005, S. 191-201. [in German]

Baumast, A/Busch, Timo. “Capital markets – engines for sustainable development? ”. UmweltWirtschaftsForum 13(4). (2005): S. 67-72. [in German]

Busch, Timo. “Care - computer aided resource efficiency”. Raising the Bar - Creating Value with the United Nations Global Compact. Hg. Fussler, Claude/Cramer, Aron/van der Vegt, Sebastian . Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2004, S. 126-128.

Busch, Timo/Liedtke, Christa. “How to implement the MIPS-concept in firms”. The Ecological Backpack – Economy for a Future with Future. Hg. Schmidt-Bleek, Friedrich. Stuttgart: Hirzel-Verlag, 2004, S. 207-208. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Rohn, H. “Eco-efficiency as a management tool – obstacles and practical application in Germany”. Basics of the Eco-efficiency Theory. Hg. Sergienko, O., Rohn, H.. St. Petersburg: 2004, S. 150-160. [in Russian]

Orbach, Thomas/Busch, Timo. “Towards sustainable banks and insurance companies”. Eco-Efficiency and Beyond. Hg. Seiler-Hausmann, Jan-Dirk/Liedtke, Christa/von Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2004, S. 177-181.

Busch, Timo/Beucker, Severin. “Resource-efficiency as management strategy for integrated product and process assessments”. UmweltWirtschaftsForum 12(2). (2004): S. 30-34.

Busch, Timo/Liedtke, Christa. “Sustainable innovations – first steps towards innovative and sustainable firms”. Wuppertal Special 30 (2004) [in German]

Hoffmann, Johannes/Scherhorn, Gerhard/Busch, Timo. “Darmstadt definition of sustainable investments”. Wuppertal Special 31. (2004) Download

Busch, Timo/Orbach, Thomas. “Environmental cost accounting – Types of environmental costs, applied concepts, and development perspectives”. Scientific Library Sustainability Management – Basics, Methods, Examples. Hg. Lutz, U.; Nehls-Sahabandu, M.. Neidlingen: Gonimos Publishing, 2003, S. Sektion 01.03. [in German]

Busch, Timo. “Sustainability in banks and insurance companies – current trends and development opportunities”. Umweltwirtschaftforum 11(4). (2003): S. 54-59. [in German]

Busch, Timo/Orbach, Thomas. “Sustainable finance sector: the sustainability performance of banks and insurance companies”. Wuppertal Paper 129. (2003) [in German]Download

Bals, Christoph/Busch, Timo/Rostock, Stefan. Climate change as risk factor for investments – a challenge for the risk and portfolio management of institutional investors. Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH, 2003. [in German]

Baedeker, Carolin/ Busch, Timo, et al. . 4 elements, 10 factors, 1 goal: eco-efficiency. Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institute, 2001.