Applications of Management Information Systems in Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Management Information Systems (MIS) play a vital role in promoting and enhancing sustainability efforts within organisations and across the globe. By leveraging technology and data, MIS enables the gathering, analysis, and dissemination of information related to sustainability that leads to the best practices and policies.

There are many applications of MIS in sustainability. To reduce ecological footprint, MIS facilitates the monitoring of environmental impact, the identification of areas of improvement, and informed decision making. In other words, MIS can simulate the potential environmental impact and footprint. In supply chain management, sustainability criteria can be incorporated to enable the monitoring of suppliers’ sustainability practices, including their environmental, social, and ethical performance. Proactive strategies to reduce resource consumption and minimise waste can also be developed through MIS. Sustainability goals can be set to allow sustainability performance to be tracked and traced. Given the environmental consequences, risks can be identified and mitigated. MIS can also assist in streamlining compliance and regulatory processes to focus on sustainability performance improvement.

Considering the above, for this Special Issue, we invite case studies and empirical papers that offer novel, theoretical insights and innovative directions for policymakers or practitioners in sustainability. We encourage submissions of papers that address themes including, but not limited to, the following:

• Analysis of environmental data such as energy consumption, waste generation, water usage, carbon emission, etc.
• Development of real-time performance tracking and reporting to assess sustainability initiatives, identify trends, and facilitate evidence-based decision making.
• Advanced sustainability practices in the supply chain.
• Resource optimisation for sustainability, such as energy, water, and natural resources.
• Strategy development leading to reduced environmental impact.
• Development of environmental impact assessments.
• Development of transparency and accountability in sustainability practices.

Dr. Ponnie Clark
Guest Editor

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• MIS in sustainability
• environmental data analysis
• sustainability performance
• sustainability practices
• resource optimisation for sustainability
• environmental impact