Integration of Risk-Oriented Environmental Management Information Systems and Resource Planning Systems

Abstract

The current lively discussion about climate change is forcing industries to rethink and to reformulate their strategies for long-term value creation. However, widely discussed information system concepts in this field like life-cycle assessment do not really meet the demands of these organizations. The objectives and the means of information systems must be realigned. We regard environmental management information systems as strategic risk assessment systems – with respect to the organization’s domains of non-sustainability and the potential strategic risks that arise from that. The key idea of our approach is that the existing environmental management information system concepts can be utilized as core concepts of such a system. This perspective helps to clarify the role and demands on enterprise resource planning systems: relevant business objects and necessary extensions.