Donnellan, Brian and Sheridan, Charles and Curry, Edward (2011) A Capability Maturity Framework for Sustainable Information and Communication Technology. IT Professional, 13 (1). pp. 33-40. ISSN 1520-9202

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Abstract

Researchers estimate that information and communication technology (ICT) is responsible for at least 2 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Furthermore, in any individual business, ICT is responsible for a much higher percentage of that business's GHG footprint. Yet researchers also estimate that ICT can provide business solutions to reduce its GHG footprint fivefold. However, because the field is new and evolving, few guidelines and best practices are available. To address this issue, a consortium of leading organizations from industry, the nonprofit sector, and academia has developed and tested a framework for systematically assessing and improving SICT capabilities. The Innovation Value Institute (IVI; http://ivi.nuim.ie) consortium used an open-innovation model of collaboration, engaging academia and industry in scholarly work to create the SICT-Capability Maturity Framework (SICT-CMF), which is discussed in this paper.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Information technology; SICT; green IT; sustainable information; communication technology;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Innovation Value Institute, IVI
Item ID:	3016
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2011.2
Depositing User:	Prof. Brian Donnellan
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2012 10:55
Journal or Publication Title:	IT Professional
Publisher:	IEEE Computer Society
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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