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Because the word “sustainability” appears with such frequency in education community best practice literature we use the Latin translation to track it.

We use the following working definition:  Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In addition to natural resources, we also need social and economic resources.  Embedded in most definitions of sustainability we also find concerns for social equity and economic development.

It is a worthy goal and the proper business of an industry that informs all others in every nation.  Today at 15:00 UTC we scan the sustainability catalog for public consultations affecting #TotalCostofOwnership.

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United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 Sustainability, IT and data centres

ITU Activities & Sustainable Development Goals

Clara Silveira

Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda /UDI, Guarda, Portugal

Vitor Santos

NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Leonilde Reis

Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal

Henrique Mamede

INESC TEC, Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract:  Current concerns in the field of sustainability are cross-cutting across several sectors. In this sense, the ability of organizations to effectively use information and communication technologies and to focus on sustainability, innovation and creativity are recognized as important factors. In this article, an approach is proposed to incorporate sustainability factors when introducing creativity into the Requirements Engineering process. With a view to building more agile and sustainable Information Systems, a case of applying the approach in identifying requirements is presented, incorporating sustainability concerns. The approach stimulates the discussion on sustainability in its multiple dimensions (human, environmental, social, technical, and economic), focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and the needs of people.

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