Sustainability in Information Technology: An analysis of the aspects considered in the model Cobit

Parallel to the development of technology in its different fronts and particularly about the various applications of Information Technology (IT), another trend that has been consolidated in organizations is the search for sustainability. There are initiatives such as Green IT, Sustainable IT, and Gr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista de gestão da tecnologia e sistemas de informação 2017-01, Vol.14 (1), p.88-110
Main Authors: Machado, Marcia Cristina, Hourneaux Junior, Flavio, Sobral, Fernanda Aparecida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alignment
Business metrics
Categories
COBIT maturity models
COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Consolidation
Consumption
Corporate objectives
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Global Reporting Initiative
Indicators
Information industry
Information technology
Information technology (IT)
Initiatives
Quality standards
Social factors
Software development
Software industry
Sustainability
sustainability indicators
Sustainability reporting
Sustainable development
Sustainable IT
Technology assessment
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Parallel to the development of technology in its different fronts and particularly about the various applications of Information Technology (IT), another trend that has been consolidated in organizations is the search for sustainability. There are initiatives such as Green IT, Sustainable IT, and Green software that combine these two elements (IT and sustainability). In this context, this study aims to identify the presence of sustainability aspects in the COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) model of IT management. Thus, this article seeks to verify if and how versions 4.1 and 5 of the COBIT model—which guide IT managers in the alignment of technical activities with the organization's strategy—are related to sustainability, through the use of sustainability indicators defined by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as a representative proxy of sustainability aspects necessary for the user organization of the model. This exploratory research makes use of documental research and presents the following main results: (1) partial alignment of the COBIT model with the generic categories of the GRI, especially the governance category; and (2) it highlights the small relation of this model with broader environmental and social aspects in the same way that it presents relationship limitations with economic aspects evaluated by the GRI.
ISSN:1807-1775
1809-2640
1807-1775
DOI:10.4301/S1807-17752017000100005