Strategic Management and ICT Innovation for Climate Action SDG 13

Felix Sutisna; Tiurida Lily Anita; Thomas Sumarsan Goh; Ahmed Khan; Efa Ayu Nabila

doi:10.34306/ijcitsm.v6i1.232

Authors

Felix Sutisna Multimedia Nusantara University https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0503-6736
Tiurida Lily Anita Bina Nusantara University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0167-1204
Thomas Sumarsan Goh Methodist University of Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-8107
Ahmed Khan Ilearning Incorporation
Efa Ayu Nabila University of Raharja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6446-2613

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34306/ijcitsm.v6i1.232

Keywords:

Strategic Management, ICT Strategy, Climate Governance, Bibliometric Analysis, VOSviewer

Abstract

This study investigates how ICT-driven strategic management supports organizational climate action aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13). While prior studies have examined sustainability leadership and climate governance, limited attention has been given to how digital technologies enable strategic management practices that foster climate-conscious organizational cultures. Addressing this gap, this research employs a five-step bibliometric protocol using Scopus data to map the intellectual structure, thematic evolution, and collaboration patterns of strategic management research related to climate action. A keyword search of “strategic management” AND (“Sustainable Development Goal 13” OR “climate”) initially yielded 424 records, which were refined through timeframe (2015–2025) and relevance filtering to produce a final dataset of 158 publications. Bibliometric mapping was conducted using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix, including co-authorship, keyword co-occurrence, source coupling, and country collaboration analyses. The findings reveal a significant growth in publications, rising from nine articles in 2015 to twenty-seven in 2024, indicating increasing scholarly and managerial attention to climate-oriented strategic management. The results highlight ethical, transformational, and adaptive management as dominant strategic dimensions, increasingly supported by ICT-enabled tools such as data analytics, digital monitoring systems, and innovation platforms. From a managerial perspective, this study demonstrates how digital strategic management insights can guide organizations in embedding climate objectives into governance structures, performance measurement, and decision-making processes, thereby strengthening institutional capacity to achieve SDG 13.

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