The Role of ICT in Green Logistics: A Systematic Literature Review Volker Frehe and Frank Teuteberg Abstract This chapter provides a systematic literature review of the field of Green Logistics with a focus on the role of ICT (Information and Communication Technology). It is based on 51 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. We analyze and cluster the papers in different areas, like Logistics category, ICT category and research methodology. Moreover, we identify different Information Systems used in Green Logistics and extract potential benefits of the use of ICT for Green Logistics and unsolved research problems. With this, information gaps in current research are determined and recommendations for further research are presented. 1 Introduction Nowadays topics like Green Information Technology (Green IT), Green Infor- mation Systems (Green IS) and Sustainability are discussed in different areas. There is a large number of papers analyzing Green Logistics and Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM). Min and Kim [1] identified 519 papers as well as six journals solely connected to green issues. Furthermore, there are various papers analyzing Green IT or Green IS (e.g. Melville [2]; Chen et al. [3]; Dedrick [4]). Due to environmental legislation (e.g. Kyoto Protocol [5]; ISO [6]) and on grounds of public reputation, the green aspect is discussed in science, practice and mass media alike, thus, plays a major role. Through the mass media, the awareness V. Frehe (&) Á F. Teuteberg Accounting and Information Systems, Osnabrück University, Katharinenstr. 1, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany e-mail: volker.frehe@uni-osnabrueck.de F. Teuteberg e-mail: frank.teuteberg@uni-osnabrueck.de B. Funk et al. (eds.), Information Technology in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36011-4_5, Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 53