Advances in Enterprise Information Systems II

three out of the seven companies interviewed are currently performing projects to enhance their

software support for sustainability using EMIS.At present, though, these enterprises fulfill only the

minimum requirements of their share- and stakeholders, in order to lower the risk of implementing

systems that, later on, must be adapted or even replaced.

The interviews conducted and data evaluated represent a first view of the deployment and use of

“green” KPIs and sustainability instruments in large-scale German enterprises. It has been shown

that on this still immature topic, qualitative approaches, with purposeful enterprise selection, are

very useful. In light of this, further case studies must be conducted to broaden the results of

this investigation. ...