Modeling and analyzing the carbon footprint of business processes

• Many corporations and individuals realize that environmental sustainability is an urgent problem to address. In this chapter, we contribute to the emerging academic discussion by proposing two innovative approaches for engaging in the development of environmentally sustainable business processes. Specifically, we describe an extended process modeling approach for capturing and documenting the dioxide emissions produced during the execution of a business process. For illustration, we apply this approach to the case of a governmental Shared Services provider. Second, we then introduce an analysis method for measuring the carbon dioxide emissions produced during the execution of a business process. To illustrative this approach, we apply it in the real-life case of an European airport and show how this information can be leveraged in the re-design of green business processes. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012. All rights are reserved.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon footprint

Global warming

Business Process

Carbon dioxide emissions

Environmental sustainability

European airports

Innovative approaches

Process Modeling

Sustainable business

Urgent problems

Sustainable development

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