Sustainable Systems Engineering

Business & Information Systems Engineering, vol. 65, pp. 1–6

Abstract

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) member states, aims to ensure that living conditions and required resources meet current human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system in the long run (United Nations 2015 ). The UN defined seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These SDGs aim to end poverty, improve health and education, reduce inequality, and stimulate economic growth while addressing climate change and ensuring ecological integrity (United Nations 2015 ). Clearly, Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE) plays a crucial role in realizing these goals. There seems to be a consensus that sustainability has at least three dimensions (also called pillars): (1) environmental , (2) economic , and (3) social . Although all three dimensions are important and interrelated, we would like to focus on the environmental dimension and how this relates to BISE (Fig. 1 ).

Authors 3

1. Wil M. P. van der Aalst corresponding Aachen Lehrstuhl Für Informatik 9

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Lehrstuhl für Informatik 9, RWTH Aachen, Ahornstr. 55, 52056, Aachen, Germany

2. Oliver Fast Hinz

   Goethe University Frankfurt

   Affiliation as printed

   Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 4, 60323, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

3. Christof Weinhardt

   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Information Systems and Marketing (IISM), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 89-93, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany