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Chapter 11
Toward a Conceptual Model
for Sustainability and
Greening through Information
Technology Management
A.T. Jarmoszko
Central Connecticut State University, USA
Marianne D'Onofrio
Central Connecticut State University, USA
Joo Eng Lee-Partridge
Central Connecticut State University, USA
Olga Petkova
Central Connecticut State University, USA
ABSTRACT
This study describes a conceptual approach to greening and sustainability through Information Technology
management. The authors reviewed existing research and publications on the topic of greening, and con-
cluded that while much has been written about ways to go green, much less are available on guidelines
to help gauge the degree of greening efforts. To help alleviate this shortcoming, the authors propose a
model-called the Greening through Information Technology Model (GITM)-based on the framework of
Capability Maturity Model. The authors are currently in the process of developing questions to be used
for each aspect of the greening management to determine the GITM level that an organization is in.
INTRODUCTION
greening and sustainability, the issue is likely to
return in the near future. The failure of the recently
concluded Copenhagen Climate Conference has
taught activists in this area some useful lessons
(Dvorsky, 2010), which are likely to help in
creating alternative strategies for change. As the
Even though the financial crisis of recent times
has served to deemphasize the urgency global
