A vision towards a method for identifying and mitigating unsustainable practices in organisations

Sustainability is a major concern of our time. Companies can have a considerable negative impact on the environment, as their productive processes often contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases, generate toxic waste and consume natural resources. As such, they also have a great share of the responsibility towards our sustainable development. This paper presents a vision for a method to identify and mitigate unsustainable practices in business organisations. The method is inspired on the KAOS Framework, in the sense that it offers catalogues for the identification and resolution of obstacles to sustainability. The method will be complemented by a metamodel, a semi-structured language and a knowledge base, to eventually allow automation.