Professional career

• December 2005 to May 2012 Visiting Professor of Commerce, McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.
• August 2001 to February 2002 Visiting Professor of Commerce, McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A.
• Since 1996 Professor on the Chair of Environmental Management and Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics at the TU Dresden
• 1994 to 1996 research assistant and project leader in the department of economy of the Bavarian Institute of Applied Environmental Research and Technology GmbH (BIfA), Augsburg
• June 1993 disseration "Ökologieorientiertes Controlling"
• 1989 to 1994 research assistant on the Chair of Accounting and Control at the University of Augsburg (Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. A.G. Coenenberg) [Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsprüfung und Controlling an der Universität Augsburg] and doctorate to a Dr. rer. pol.
• 1989 Language study at the École de Traduction et d`Interprétation of the University of Geneva
• Study of Business Administration from 1984 to 1989 at the University of Augsburg

Boards

Working Committee, Expert Activities

• steering committee of the idea competition "Sustainable Corporate Governance: Cost Consciousness – Business Benefits" of the German Council for Sustainable Development (since December 2011)
  
• Expert Reviewer for IPCC Special Reports"Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation " and"Manging the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption " (since 2010)
  
• Organization and Natural Environment (ONE) Internationalization/Integration Team of the Academy of Management (AOM) (since August 2010)
• Editorial board of Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht (ZfU) (Journal of Environmental Law and Policy) (since Oktober 2009)
• Chairwoman of the comittee "Material Flow Cost Accounting" of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) (since November 2008)
• Proponent in the advicer circle of the research project ["ÖKOPROFIT Dresden"] (since March 2006)
• Chairperson of the regional group South-East of the Association for Environmental Protection officers [Regionalgruppe Süd-Ost des Verbandes der Betriebsbeauftragten für Umweltschutz e. V. ] (since March 2005)
• Chairperson of the Commission Environment of the TU Dresden (October 1998 to November 2006)
• Member of the steering committee "Principles of environmental Protection standards committee" of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) (since October 2003)
• Chair of the working group Sustainable Business Governance of the Schmalenbach Association for Business Administration (since April 2002)
• Member of the Policy Comittee on Sustained Resource Management of Engineers (since May 2001)

Memberships

• Member of the Senate of the TU Dresden (since June 2006)
• Member of DFG - Senate Commission on Water Research [DFG-Senatkommission für Wasserforschung] (since January 2006)
• Member of UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative (since December 2005)
• Member of the AG Energy and Climate Protection in the Environment Alliance Saxony [Umweltallianz Sachsen] (seit April 2004)
• Member of the Association for Environmental Protection officers [Verband der Betriebsbeauftragten für Umweltschutz e.V.] (since March 2003)
• Member of the scientific advisory committee of the Foundation for the Right of Future Generations (FRFG) (since July 2001)
• Member of the Guideline Commission of VDI 4070 Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften of the Association of German Engineers(seit Mai 2001)
• Member of the Dresden Center for Spatial Development Research [Raumwissenschaftliches Kompetenzzentrum Dresden] (since July 2000)
• Member of the Library Commission of the Faculty of Business and Economics (since July 2000)
• Member of Economics Feminism and Science (efas) [Ökonominnen-Netzwerk] (since May 2000)
• Member of the Dresden Wood Community of Interest [Dresdner Interessengemeinschaft Holz (DIG Holz)] (since March 2000)
• Member of the workshop 14 "Ecological Balancing" of the German Society for Wood Research (since January 1999)
• Member of the Commission Environment of the TU Dresden (since 1997)
• Member of the Association for Ecological and Economic Research (since November 1996)
• Environment Appointee of the Faculty of Business and Economics (since May 1996)
• Member of the Commission of Sustainability Management [Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement ] in the Association of University Professors of Management [Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.] (since 1994)
• Member of the Association of University Professors of Management e.V. [Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.] (since 1994)

Former Activities

• Consultant at the Umwelttechnik-Board of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (March 2007 to September 2009) - First meeting 28th of March 2007 -
• Chair of the working group Environmental Management of the Schmalenbach Association for Business Administration (April 2002 to October 2008)
• Member of the committee Principles of Environmental Protection "Environmental Communication" of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) ( June 2002 to November 2006)
• Member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Technical Research [Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Technikforschung] at the Dresden University of Technology (November 1998 to June 2003)
• Member of the University Assambly of the Dresden University of Technology (May 2000 to May 2003)
• Expert of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the main subject "Integated Environmental Protection - operational instruments for sustainable management (November 1999 to May 2000)
• Vice-dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (May 1997 to April 2000)
• Trusted lecturer of the German National Merit Foundation (June 1997 to March 1999)

Awards

•  2005 Procter & Gamble fund's annual curriculum development support competition 
  The innovative concept "Investing in a sustainable future" has been awared as one of the three winners in 2005.
• 2008 B.A.U.M.-Umweltpreis (Environmental Award), category science
• 2010 selected faculty of Semester at Sea, Spring 2010 "Sustainability" to Mexico, Hawai, Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Ghana, Brazil (classes: Global Citizenship, Investing in a Sustainable Future)
• 2011 second award in the open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices "Plus energy house with e-mobility üort contribution "ecological material voncept, recycling and reuse" (http://www.forschungsinitiative.de/PDF/Presseinformation_Plusenergiehaus.pdf)
• 2011 Highly commended Award from Emerald LiteratiNetwork for their article "Guenther, E.;Greschner Farkavcova, V.: Decision making for transportation systems as a support for sustainable stewardship: Freight transport process evaluation using the ETIENNE-Tool", published in Management Research Review, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2010 
• "Dresden Carbon Foodprint" was one of the four nominees in the category "Excellent performance in environmental education" of the Environmental Award of Saxony 2011
  
  

 Teaching profile

Mainstreaming Environmental Management and Accounting in Business Education and Research and greening universities on a national and international scale.

• initiating a separate major field of study Environmental Management and Economics at Augsburg University in the early 1990s without financial resources
• since 1996 leading the Chair of Enironmental Management and Accounting at the TU Dresden
  
• Implementation of an environmental management system along EMAS at TU Dresden (as first german university of technology) as head of the environmental commission (first validation in 2003, revalidation in 2006 and 2009)
  
• environmental validation of all classes offered at TU Dresden
  
• developing of a innovative, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary teaching concept together with Mark A. White, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA (Procter+Gamble award for innovative teaching concepts in 2005)
  

Publications

Besides the publications of Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Guenther, publications of the Research Assistants are mentioned that originated from their time at the chair. To view the published german and english documents please visit our parallel German website [Veröffentlichungen].