The Greening of the IT Sector: Problems and Solutions in Managing EnvironmentalCompliance

Posted January 31, 2008 | |

IT manufacturing organizations face both regulatory and competitive pressures to adopt "green" strategies for manufacturing their products. While the European Union (EU) and its member states are leading the regulatory charge, others are following hot on their heels, each with its own regulatory take on what is, and is not, acceptable to put into products [5]. Keeping track of a mountain of legal instruments, regulatory information, and associated compliance imperatives is proving a daunting task for organizations trading in the global marketplace [3, 7].

About The Author
Damien McGovern
Damien McGovern is founder and CEO of Compliance and Risks Ltd. (C&R). Mr. McGovern qualified as a lawyer and spent a considerable portion of his career working for Deloitte & Touche in Europe. It was in this capacity that he identified the need for a dedicated compliance knowledge management system (CKMS). Consequently, he began to draft a blueprint for his Compliance to Product application in 2001. His CKMS concept has been tested and… Read More
Tom Butler
Tom Butler is a Professor in the Department of Business Information Systems at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. He has over 200 publications in leading IS journals and conferences and a range of other outlets. Dr. Butler has been awarded more than US $9.5 million in research funding and has several technology innovations to his name. He is a global thought leader in regtech and a member of the expert group on fintech innovation for the… Read More
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