Forging new links between environmental management, information systems, and business processes

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Chris Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Management Information

Requirements Prioritization and Design Considerations for the Next Generation of Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Gräuler ◽  
Frank Teuteberg ◽  
Tariq Mahmoud ◽  
Jorge Marx Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Corporate Environmental Management ◽  
New Generation

A multitude of heterogeneous data must be converted to environmental-conscious information and kept ready by Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems (CEMIS) to support environmental protection, sustainability, and energy efficiency within companies. Since these systems are currently not applying strategic information and decision support, contemporary systems do not cope with requirements from the sustainability discussion. Early identification of cause-and-effect-relationships is vitally important to be able to anticipate environmental impacts of decisions and, thus, to intervene in time. Otherwise the potential for acting precautious would remain unemployed. A resource-friendly design of business processes and their energy- and material-efficient control additionally demands for sustainability-oriented organizational structures as well as incentives for all stakeholders involved. The authors strive for developing a new generation of CEMIS that copes with strategic sustainability aspects. They present the results from a survey that prioritizes the requirements the authors have gained from former inquiries, workshops and expert interviews. As a direct result of the survey, first implications for architectural concepts are presented.

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