Leading People into a Better Future through Information System Interaction and Engagement

Climate change has become one of the most significant challenges humanity faces. As

greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, not only will natural disasters strike considerably

more frequently and severely, but whole swaths of land will become uninhabitable

and infertile as farmland. It is apparent that long-term approaches like reaching net-zero

with new technologies are important, but so are short-term measures to avoid tipping

points and passing points of no return. The transport sector accounts for nearly a quarter

(23%) of energy related-emissions, and 40¿60% of these transport-related emissions

stem from commuting and business traveling. One short-term approach to lower transport

emissions is ridesharing: When two or more commuters team up, significant emissions

can be saved. As a result, business trip ridesharing (BTRS), the sharing of individual

vehicles for commuting and business trips among employees, has gained increased attention

from organizations and academia alike. BTRS shares similar adoption challenges

like ridesharing and shared-mobility overall: From individuals¿ prevalence to solving the

matching and allocation problem of shared resources. This thesis investigates the role that Green Information Systems (Green IS) can play to

support BTRS adoption.