We conducted a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study in which we explored the effects of corporate sustainability on firm financial performance. We compared financial performance in 494 facilities of a large financial firm by comparing those that received third-party certification for their environmental practices (i.e., LEED certification) to those that have not. Analyses revealed three key f...

Energy management is becoming a priority in the design and operation of complex service-based information systems, as the energy costs of IT infrastructures increase. This paper aims at introducing a novel interdisciplinary approach for the development of advanced active energy-aware business process applications, based on expertise from several research areas: Web service technologies, data de...

During the last century, humankind has advanced at an incredible rate, and, while many are focusing on profits and efficiency, the natural environment has suffered. Recently, the senior management of many companies have begun to take an interest in reducing the impact to the environment and have begun changing their business processes. While reassessing operations makes sense, finding a startin...

A key element of any approach to meeting the climate change challenge is the ability to improve operational efficiency in a pervasive fashion. The notion of a business process is a particularly useful unit of analysis in this context. This article describes a subset of the Abnoba framework for green business process management and shows how an algebraic framework can be leveraged to enable an e...

“This paper deals with measurement of the energy and pollution costs associated with various budgetary categories, including defense, education and other nondefense components of expenditure . . . . Empirical estimates show that budgetary reallocation away from defense can result in important reductions in energy-use and pollution emissions.” Cebon, Peter. “Corporate Obstacles to Pollution Prev...

This paper presents a business case on digital crossborder information flow within a European network of insurance companies. Underlying the business case is the multi-agent paradigm. The paper explores a structured approach for designing agent behavior based on the 5 Capabilities (5C) agent model. The central value of the 5C model is the conceptual separation of concerns. It breaks apart five ...

Businesses are under increasing pressure from customers, competitors, regulators and community groups to implement sustainable business practices. Balancing economic and environmental performance to be green and competitive is therefore a key strategic issue. The information technology (IT) sector is one of the pioneer sectors which started working on the sustainable development model. However,...

Lean-Green is a concept that associates value aggregation and efficiency in operational and environmental terms (eco-efficiency). This concept arises as a corollary effect of companies’ challenges for rethinking their goals and strategies in order to add more value while contributing to social equity and prevent environmental burdens. The eco-efficiency concept translates the idea of “creating ...