Abstract
This study explores the role of IT in improving environmental sustainability of organizations using an interpretive analysis of the environmental IT implementation processes of three early innovators. The technology, organization, and environment framework and a six-stage IT implementation model guided our data analysis. Factors and outcomes at the various implementation stages were extracted. We find that IT was implemented primarily to measure and report the sustainability impact of organizations; however, the information that resulted from these systems increased organizational commitment to environmental sustainability and led to the development of sustainable practices in these organizations. KEY WORDS: IT implementation, Environmental impacts, Sustainability, Interpretive analysis.
Recommended Citation
Simmonds, Daphne and Bhattacherjee, Anol, "Environmental Sustainability in Organizations: The Information Technology Role" (2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. 11.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/GreenIS/11
Environmental Sustainability in Organizations: The Information Technology Role
This study explores the role of IT in improving environmental sustainability of organizations using an interpretive analysis of the environmental IT implementation processes of three early innovators. The technology, organization, and environment framework and a six-stage IT implementation model guided our data analysis. Factors and outcomes at the various implementation stages were extracted. We find that IT was implemented primarily to measure and report the sustainability impact of organizations; however, the information that resulted from these systems increased organizational commitment to environmental sustainability and led to the development of sustainable practices in these organizations. KEY WORDS: IT implementation, Environmental impacts, Sustainability, Interpretive analysis.