14-ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF ICT SECTOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN ROMANIA (2013-2022)

ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF ICT SECTOR
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN ROMANIA
(2013-2022)

Cristina ANTONOAIE, Aura CODREANU

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Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies,
Brasov, Romania

DOI: 10.64404/JoDRM.2025.2.14

Issue: Vol. 16, Issue 2 (31) / 2025

Abstract

The impact of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector
has a complex nature. While on one hand it boosts the digital transformation of
organizations and countries’ economic growth, on the other hand it has negative
environmental impact as a result of its overall contribution to global greenhouse gas
emission. The goal of this paper is to provide insights on how to better reconfigure
organizational resource management by marrying environmental sustainability
goals with the enhanced usage of information technology and information systems
in streamlining and optimizing organizational processes. To this end, it provides a
comprehensive literature review that approaches ICT as an organizational resource,
as well as a time series analysis of Romania’s ICT sector’s greenhouse gas emission
from 2013 to 2022. Its recommendations underline the ongoing need for Romanian
organizations deploying ICT for digital transformation to observe climate objectives
concurrently and hence, better integrate ICT as an organizational resource and
capability.

Key words:

Information and Communication Technology, ICT environmental
impact, greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable ICT, organizational resources, total
cost of ownership.

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