Synthesis of green IS frameworks for achieving strong environmental sustainability in organisations

Howard, Grant Royd; Lubbe, Sam

doi:10.1145/2389836.2389873

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“…Organization characteristics [54,79,80] as an important determinant of green ICT adoption are highlighted by Ashford [80] as desire, exploitation of opportunities and the ability to innovate. Desire is influenced by the attitude in relation to the industry in general, by the comprehension of possible options and solutions and the ability to evaluate alternatives.…”

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Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

Radu

2016

Sustainability

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) are present in almost all fields of human activity. The expansion of their use should be balanced by the results of the studies on the negative effects on the environment. The relationship between these technologies and the environment is relatively new. The application of environmental criteria is commonly referred to as green ICT or green computing. Awareness of the importance of the ecosystem has led to increased interest in its protection both in production and in consumption. Green ICT should be a major concern not only for the hardware and software producers but also for the users. They could stimulate the demand for less harmful products for the environment with an essential role in the after-sales stages. Companies can contribute to this process by resource efficiency, dematerialization, and minimizing e-waste, increasing recycling, and producing fewer CO 2 emissions. The decision to adopt green ICT depends on the expected benefits and investments. This decision depends on costs, competitiveness, financial support, managers and employees' characteristics and skills, legal regulations, supply, and demand. The contributions of the paper cover identifying, analysing and classifying general and specific determinants of green ICT adoption in organizations based on the literature in this field.

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Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

Radu

2016

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“…Other pressures such as social pressure also influence the industry's mission to apply sustainable software development practices. This is induced by the increased community demand for ecologicalfriendly services and the positive public understanding of sustainable software (Howard & Lubbe, 2012;Jenkin et al, 2011;Karanasios et al, 2010;Ainin et al, 2016;Krishnadas and Radhakrishna, 2014).…”

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An Empirical Study on Predictors of Green Sustainable Software Practices in Malaysian Electronic Industries

Anthony

Majid

Romli

2018

JICT

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Currently, sustainability is a pertinent issue that should be considered in the software development process; hence it is imperative to recognize how environmental-friendly practices can be applied in the electronic industries that develop and deploy software products. However, sustainability is not fully considered when electronic industries implement modern software systems. Additionally, software developers in electronic industries believe that software is environmental friendly mainly because it is virtual. Conversely, the life cycle process and approaches applied to implement, deploy and maintain software do possess social and environmental impacts that are usually not accounted for by electronic industries. Therefore this study identified the predictors that determine sustainable software practice applications in electronics industries by presenting a model to facilitate sustainable software products development. The identified predictors influence sustainable software practices applications which correlate to environmental, technical, economic, social and individual dimensions of sustainability in electronics industries. Based on the identified predicators,

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“…Researchers from computer science, and especially the HCI, community have been engaged in research on sustainability from different technological perspectives; for example, HCI and interaction design (Blevis, ; Dick, Drangmeister, Kern, & Naumann, ; Dourish, ; Howard & Lubbe, ; Knowles et al, ; McKinnon, ; Molenbach, Hornbaek, & Hoff, ; Nystrom & Mustaquim, ; Pargman & Raghavan, ); sustainability frameworks and indicators (Combemale, Cheng, Moreira, Bruel, & Gray, ; Knowles, Blair, Hazas, & Walker, 2013; Meyers & Nathan, ); and sustainable ICT and user behavior (Gegenbauer, ; Meurer et al, ). …”

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Information practices for sustainability: Role of iSchools in achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Chowdhury

Koya

2017

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed a resolution identifying 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets, and countries around the world agreed to achieve these by 2030. By conducting a thematic analysis of four key UN policy documents related to sustainable development, this paper argues that alongside financial and other resources, access to, and use of, appropriate information are essential for achieving SDGs. The paper also reviews research on information and sustainability undertaken at the iSchools and the computer and human–computer interaction HCI communities. Given that the mission of iSchools is to connect people and society with the required information through the use of appropriate technologies and tools, this paper argues that iSchools can play a key role in helping people, institutions, and businesses, and thus countries around the world achieve SDGs. The paper identifies 4 broad areas of teaching and research that can help iSchools around the world prepare a trained workforce who can manage, and facilitate access to, information in specific domains and contexts. It is also argued that cooperation and collaborations among iSchools can promote a culture of sustainable information practices among university graduates and researchers in different disciplines that will pave the way for achieving SDGs in every sector.

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Synthesis of green IS frameworks for achieving strong environmental sustainability in organisations

Cited by 19 publications

References 36 publications

Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

An Empirical Study on Predictors of Green Sustainable Software Practices in Malaysian Electronic Industries

Information practices for sustainability: Role of iSchools in achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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