Life cycle assessment of Information and Communication Technology application: a case study of dematerialization in the Italian Public Administration

Mirabella, Nadia; Rigamonti, Lucia; Scalbi, Simona

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.051

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“…Conceptual analyses suggest that the use of e-invoices is directly beneficial for firms, in that it potentially increases their efficiency, reduces their costs and makes them less geographically dependent (Korkman et al, 2010;Keifer, 2011;Koch, 2016). Indirectly, a transition to e-invoices may also lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions in several stages, from production to usage, if for instance, the invoices are not printed and the digital systems do not require a higher consumption of energy than how they were administrated before (Moberg et al, 2010, Mirabella et al, 2013Pohl et al, 2019). Despite the presumptive advantages and clear policy ambitions of both the European Commission and European governments for increased sustainability, many firms are still hesitant.…”

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“…There are also few examples of how ICT relates to environmental sustainability by digitisation of production and internal processes in firms and organisations, which a text mining analysis by Schober et al (2018) reveals. Exceptions include the environmental impact of online retailing, the dematerialisation of processes in firms as well as public administrations and digitisation of business models (Mirabella et al, 2013;Bocken et al, 2014;van Loon et al, 2015;Arnfalk et al, 2016;Yip and Bocken, 2018).…”

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Use and intensity of electronic invoices in firms: The example of Sweden

Hagsten

Falk

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Electronic (eÀ) invoices potentially enhance environmental sustainability in several stages from production of paper to its usage. This study investigates empirically to what extent a set of firm characteristics and external factors associate with the probability to send e-invoices and with the intensity of usage, based on a representative survey of approximately 1500 Swedish firms. An invoice is considered electronic when it is exchanged in an automated system between the buyer and the seller. The analysis includes firms with one employee or larger across all industries except, agriculture, fishery, forestry, public administration and defence. Descriptive statistics show that 42 per cent of the firms in 2016 send e-invoices. By use of a two-part model, estimation results reveal that both internal and external factors are associated with the e-invoice behaviour. The probability of adoption is significantly higher for firms with government sector clients and a large number of invoices. The intensity estimation exhibits a reverse pattern, where the number of e-invoices is most strongly associated with the invoice pattern. Another internal factor of importance for the extent of e-invoices is the level of labour productivity. Construction firms have the highest probability to adopt e-invoices and manufacturing firms scale-up the usage. Besides this, neither industry affiliation nor size-class is crucial. When size-class is estimated separately, it appears that medium-sized and large firms strongly associate their invoice adoption with type of client, while the extent of the activity is solely related to internal factors. For micro enterprises and small firms, kind of client is the most important aspect at all.

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Use and intensity of electronic invoices in firms: The example of Sweden

Hagsten

Falk

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Salemdeeb et al. () analyze the prevention of food waste and focused on the greenhouse gas emissions as an environmental impact category, while Mirabella, Rigamonti, and Scalbi () apply all IMPACT2002+ indicators in an LCA study that addressed dematerialization and thus covered waste prevention as a side effect.…”

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Transdisciplinary Development of a Life Cycle–Based Approach to Measure and Communicate Waste Prevention Effects in Local Authorities

Hutner

Helbig

Stindt

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J of Industrial Ecology

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Although waste prevention was promoted as the first priority for all EU member states in 2008, the actual implementation of activities has thus far been hesitant. Empirical evidence indicates that the reasons for this neglect include the limited measurability of waste prevention effects and the consequential lack of awareness, motivation, and incentive systems. Our research aims to quantify waste prevention and its environmental impacts and, ultimately, to motivate the efficient implementation of waste prevention concepts by a target-group-specific communication of the results.Embedded in a transdisciplinary research setting in close cooperation with practitioners, we develop a life cycle-based approach to calculate the effects of waste prevention in local authorities. This approach features an activity-based analysis that facilitates the assessment of both reduction of waste generated and the related environmental effects. The methodology of life cycle assessment, used to calculate environmental impacts, is adapted to the specific requirements and constitutes an essential step in our measurement approach.Finally, we demonstrate the application of this approach. Five activities deriving from realworld case studies are assessed. These case studies simulate the implementation of waste prevention in a mid-sized German city. We are able to reveal potential waste reduction of 74% and potential reduction of other environmental impacts ranging from 28% to 62% of the targeted material streams. Keywords:activity-based analysis industrial ecology life cycle assessment (LCA) local authorities transdisciplinary waste prevention Supporting information is linked to this article on the JIE website

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“…It was found that dematerialization enabled energy conservation leading to lower environmental impact in other words dematerialized system will have a positive impact from an environment perspective and reap greater benefits (Mirabella et al, 2013). The diffusion and use of ICT can lead to positive environmental impacts through the substitution of information goods for material goods.…”

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Information and Communication Technology Based Model for Dematerialization of Academic Certificates for Indian Educational System

Raman¹

2014

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Information Communication Technology (ICT) can integrate all facets of academic business. Though some schools and Universities in India have attempted to digitize some or many parts of their business processes, awarding the final academic credentials/certificates is still paper based. The printed paper certificates is a huge cause of concern for security and reliability, as it gives opportunity to fraudsters to exploit the system and create fabricated certificate, as there is no easy mechanism available to verify and check the authenticity of the certificate. Secondly the present system is not green and environment friendly. This study proposes an Information Communication Technology (ICT) based model for dematerialization of academic certificates for Indian educational system.

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Life cycle assessment of Information and Communication Technology application: a case study of dematerialization in the Italian Public Administration

Cited by 19 publications

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Use and intensity of electronic invoices in firms: The example of Sweden

Use and intensity of electronic invoices in firms: The example of Sweden

Transdisciplinary Development of a Life Cycle–Based Approach to Measure and Communicate Waste Prevention Effects in Local Authorities

Information and Communication Technology Based Model for Dematerialization of Academic Certificates for Indian Educational System

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