0963-8687/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2011.01.003 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 505 277 8875. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (R. Bose), 1 Tel.: +1 505 277 7097. Green IT (information technology) has recently emerged into an active research area in the information systems (IS) discipline. A major gap that exists in the Green IT research literature today is the ...

Growing private and public concern with the environment is pushing businesses to increase their awareness and action. Using the Nordic bank Nordea as a case study and a Green IS organizational response model developed on the basis of extant literature, we investigate how Green IS initiatives become part of a firm’s overall strategy and part of the organizational sustainability process. We find ...

Data enables Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to quantify the impact of their initiatives to themselves and to others. Œe increasing amount of data stored today can be seen as a direct consequence of the falling costs in obtaining it. Cheap data acquisition harnesses existing communications networks to collect information. Globally, more people are connected by the mobile phone network tha...

Operating a business in the context of current environmental challenges requires managers to shift away from management model focused solely on achievement economic goals. In this situation, pro-ecological (green) initiatives, particular those that are innovative, gaining significance. These measures allow for mitigation and/or elimination pollution while generating at same time certain benefit...

This is an exploratory research study that aims at serving as a primer on key concepts related to the development, status, practices and other constructs of green supply chain management (GSCM). It involves adopting an environmentally-conscious mindset in conducting company level, strategic, tactical and operational processes and is closely related to the broader concept of sustainability. Sinc...