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Toward the Next Generation of Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems: What is Still Missing?

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This paper outlines the development as well as the technical features of a corporate environmental management information system (CEMIS) and explains how integrated system-oriented information systems can facilitate environmental sustainability in business organizations. Furthermore, the paper discusses implications (lessons learned) of the IT-for-Green project. The paper also discusses further requirements of traditional CEMIS toward a next generation of CEMIS focusing on a more strategic level instead of a compliance approach and on an interactive exchange of information between stakeholders, as well as the realization of synergy effects using green services.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Marita Imhorst, Florian Stiel, Matthias Gräuler, Sebastian van Vliet, and Andreas Solsbach for their effective support. This paper was created within the scope of the “IT-for-Green: energy and resource management with CEMIS 2.0” project. The project is funded by the European Fund for Regional Development (project no. W/A III 80119242).

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    Jorge Marx Gómez

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    Frank Teuteberg

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Marx Gómez, J., Teuteberg, F. (2015). Toward the Next Generation of Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems: What is Still Missing?. In: Hilty, L., Aebischer, B. (eds) ICT Innovations for Sustainability. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 310. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_19

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