Green IT Strategies

Loeser, Fabian; Erek, Koray; Zarnekow, Rüdiger

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-1972-2.ch004

Cited by 12 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As concrete measures, Murugesan (2008) suggests reducing the energy consumption of computers, refurbishing and reusing old computers, designing ecofriendly hardware, and manufacturing with minimal impact on the environment. Loeser (2013) confirms this definition for Green IT for the research work until 2013. Over the last decade, the research focus expanded from Green IT to Sustainable IT (Harmon et al, 2010).…”

Section: Sustainable Erpsupporting

confidence: 68%

Twin Transition : Sustainable Digital Decision Making in Enterprise Resource Planning

Dobhan¹,

Zitzmann²

2022

Mobility in a Globalised World 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The European Union is striving to achieve the goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. A crucial factor for achieving this goal is the so-called twin transition. It describes the simultaneous digital and sustainable transition of the European economy. If implemented correctly, ongoing digitization contributes significantly to the desired sustainability. It, in turn, also means that digital processes supported by software should consider sustainability goals. Business software and, in particular, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the most applied tool for the digitization of business processes. For a successful twin transition, it is crucial to combine the idea of sustainability with ERP systems. For this purpose, we conduct a literature analysis. The outcome shows that some research work regarding sustainability and ERP systems and their implementation as a whole exists already. However, a detailed process- oriented examination about the consideration of sustainability in ERP-based business processes is still missing. It should focus on the specific decision processes of business processes and functions within ERP systems. For generating impact on sustainability, the decision-making processes are of particular interest. Therefore, our research aims to examine the twin transition of decision-making processes in ERP-supported business processes. The focus is on considering sustainability in these decisions. Thus, we introduce an approach that integrates both the ERP support by automation and the consideration of sustainability. Subsequently, we apply the model to the process of creating a purchase requisition.

show abstract

Section: Sustainable Erpsupporting

confidence: 68%

Twin Transition : Sustainable Digital Decision Making in Enterprise Resource Planning

Dobhan¹,

Zitzmann²

2022

Mobility in a Globalised World 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The associated technologies are often referred to as Green IT, which describe the usage and management of IT during their lifecycles, as well as Green IS, which coins governance practices, internal processes and operations that connect a company to its external market [9]. These IT resources and IS capabilities [10] not only offer utilitarian benefits [11], but also a sustainability-based competitive advantage [5].…”

Section: Motivation and Context For Increased Organizational Sustaina...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are some practitioner insights (e.g., [21]) that view misaligned incentives, competing priorities, and a lack of expertise as the core issues of proper institutional Green IT usage. However, current academic research seems primarily focused on general aspects of Green IT/IS [22], such as the understanding of Green IT and Green IS (e.g., [9,23]), or their roles in different areas or literature (e.g., [24,25]). Specific insights into the innovative process of their systematic adoption and the factors that affect it are few [11].…”

Section: Motivation and Context For Increased Organizational Sustaina...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Green IT and Green IS are concepts that are closely linked to sustainable corporate development [46]. Green IT considers IT throughout its lifecycle to be the central cause of an organization's unsustainable operations, which can be addressed by purchasing, operating, and disposing of IT equipment in a more sustainable way [9]. Green IS, in contrast, regards not only IT, but also IS, as fundamental solutions towards a more sustainable organization.…”

Section: Green It/is and Their Potential For Increased Ecological Sus...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While Green IT and Green IS are rather novel concepts [22,24], there is a growing number of researchers who discuss their concepts (e.g., [9,23]), the process of their adoption [26,48], and their usage in organizations (e.g., [49,50]). They are often considered to be innovations [33] that organizations use to achieve various benefits.…”

Section: Green It/is and Their Potential For Increased Ecological Sus...mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

It’s Just Not Sexy: How Managerial Assumptions Adversely Affect Corporate Sustainability Engagement and Sustainable Technology Adoption

Alsdorf

2022

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The negative effects of the global climate disruption are becoming increasingly severe, and they are putting pressure on companies to behave in a more environmentally friendly manner. Although some have started to (ecologically) innovate and acquire sustainable resources and capabilities, some seem to be only reluctantly adopting sustainability. In this paper, we report on two consecutive qualitative studies in which we investigated this divergence. In the first—which involved 25 interviewed sustainability managers from a diverse set of German companies—we found that: (i) sustainability was perceived as unattractive and not innovative; (ii) the benefits of sustainable technologies only seemed to be beneficial in the long term, and in non-traditional dimensions; (iii) Green IT/IS usage often only focuses on end-of-the-pipe measures. In the second study, we discussed these findings with four representatives from two very large German companies, and we concluded that—to become sustainable and make meaningful use of sustainable (IT/IS) technologies—they require external incentives from core interest groups, such as legislators and investors. This study contributes to the current body of knowledge regarding corporate environmental responsibility, and it may be of assistance to practitioners, as it highlights the drivers and potential hindrances of sustainable innovation adoption.

show abstract

ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

Hilty

Aebischer²

2014

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

229

193

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This introductory chapter provides definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, decoupling, and related terms; gives an overview of existing interdisciplinary research fields related to ICT for Sustainability, including Environmental Informatics, Computational Sustainability, Sustainable HCI, and Green ICT; introduces a conceptual framework to structure the effects of ICT on sustainability; and provides an overview of this book. Abstract. This introductory chapter provides definitions of sustainability, sustainable development, decoupling, and related terms; gives an overview of existing interdisciplinary research fields related to ICT for Sustainability, including Environmental Informatics, Computational Sustainability, Sustainable HCI, and Green ICT; introduces a conceptual framework to structure the effects of ICT on sustainability; and provides an overview of this book.

show abstract

Green IT Strategies

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Twin Transition : Sustainable Digital Decision Making in Enterprise Resource Planning

Twin Transition : Sustainable Digital Decision Making in Enterprise Resource Planning

It’s Just Not Sexy: How Managerial Assumptions Adversely Affect Corporate Sustainability Engagement and Sustainable Technology Adoption

ICT for Sustainability: An Emerging Research Field

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About