A Framework for Information Systems in Life‐Cycle‐Oriented Environmental Management

Teresa M. Shaft, Rex T. Ellington, Mark Meo and Mark P. Sharfman

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1997, vol. 1, issue 2, 135-148

Abstract: Although business firms have improved their environmental performance, a variety of forces are pushing businesses toward adopting environmental management throughout the entire life cycle of their products and processes. In this article we discuss the information systems elements of an environmental management approach we call “life‐cycle‐oriented environmental management” (LCOEM).This approach requires the firm to manage the effects of its processes from the creation of inputs to the final disposal of outputs, that is, from cradle to grave. We present a framework of the classes of information systems needed, describe their use in an LCOEM setting and define their inter relationships. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of LCOEM information systems.

Date: 1997
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