TY - CHAP

T1 - The prospects of product carbon footprints in ERP systems

AU - Funk, Burkhardt

AU - Möller, Andreas

AU - Niemeyer, Peter

N1 - Conference code: 22

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - With the help of product-related carbon footprints each product and each service can be allocated the amount of greenhouse gases that occur during its product lifecycle. As part of a research project at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, a prototype of an ERP component is being developed that would enable ERP systems, when companies communicate with their customers, e.g. by sending them invoices, to specify the carbon footprint of products and services. This paper summarizes the state of research into carbon footprints and selected research projects into ERP/EMIS integration that have provided the groundwork for this project. Finally we discuss the main research questions and limits to this project.

AB - With the help of product-related carbon footprints each product and each service can be allocated the amount of greenhouse gases that occur during its product lifecycle. As part of a research project at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, a prototype of an ERP component is being developed that would enable ERP systems, when companies communicate with their customers, e.g. by sending them invoices, to specify the carbon footprint of products and services. This paper summarizes the state of research into carbon footprints and selected research projects into ERP/EMIS integration that have provided the groundwork for this project. Finally we discuss the main research questions and limits to this project.

KW - Business informatics

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 978-3-8322-7313-2

SP - 534

EP - 540

BT - Environmental informatics and industrial ecology

A2 - Möller, A.

A2 - Page, B.

A2 - Schreiber, M.

PB - Shaker Verlag

CY - Aachen

T2 - International Conference on Environmental Informatics

Y2 - 10 October 2008 through 12 October 2008

ER -