A Green IS taxonomy

As a specialisation within the field of Information Systems (IS), Green IS encapsulates the responsibility of IS researchers and practitioners towards environmentally sustainable development. There is a growing community of IS scholars who are accepting this responsibility and creating an emerging body of Green IS knowledge over a disparate range of topics. Drawing on the emerging Green IS literature, we propose the following set of 11 categories as a taxonomy of Green IS in an endeavour to stimulate efforts to determine the scope and content of the field. • Creating, Managing and Using Information; • Supporting and Transforming Human Enterprises; • Decision Support for Environmentally Sustainable Development; • Green Information Systems Development (ISD); • Changing Attitudes and Behaviours; • Resource Informatics; • Meeting and Collaborating Virtually: Reducing the need to Travel; • The Greening of IT; • The Connection of Environmental Responsibility to Economic and Social Imperatives; • Education: Including Green IS in the Curriculum; • Research: Stimulating Innovative Green IS Research.