Estratégia ambiental e agências de viagens e turismo :um estudo sobre a importância de práticas ambientais na escolha de um pacote turístico

The objective of the work was to investigate, from the vision of travel agents, the importance of environmental practices as a decision factor in the purchase of a tourist package. For in such a way, it was established as target population, the travel agencies and tourism linked to he Brazilian Association of Travel agencies ABAV, hearing the Brazilian travel agents that exerted the function in Natal, city in 2005. The election of the sample was accomplished using the simple random sampling technique. The amount of agents effectively searched was of 150 agents being distributed 150 questionnaires, with closed and opened questions, applied during the month of November in 2005. Results showed great variability of interviewed answers in that if it relates for sale of package tourist where the customer demonstrates enviromental concern with the environmental quality. Through multiple regression analyses, it was environmental concern with the environmental quality of the place and the perception of the practical importance of the existence environmental practices in the place as important factor in the decision of tourist package purchase

Estratégia de marketing ambiental no varejo de alimentos: um estudo sobre as variáveis utilizadas pelo consumidor na decisão de compra de produtos orgânicos

Demand for organic foods within in Brazil are growing, characterizing itself for if constituting in a new strategical segment of commercialization. In this context, the objective of this research was to investigate the variables used by consumers in the purchase decision of organic products, aiming to characterize the level of competitiveness of these products, assisting in the creation of environmental strategies for the development of the activity and contributing in the increment of the knowledge about the subject, that can assist it in the increase of the commercialization and the consumption of these foods. From data collected in the city of Natal/RN, it was used a survey research, of exploratory and descriptive character. The sample was obtained using 401 questionnaires, in which was realized: the Test of Comparison of Averages, Descriptive analysis, analysis of Cluster and Qui-square. The results found in this study indicate that the main reasons for the organic food purchase are the absence of chemical pesticides in the product, followed by the care with own health and of the household. The main characteristics in the consumers of supermarkets, that are associates with purchase frequency of organic foods are the environmental behavior and lifestyle. Among the profile characteristics, gender, age and number of children are associates with the purchase frequency of these foods and the income and level education not showed association

Gestão ambiental na indústria do petróleo : fatores associados ao comportamento pró-ambiental de empregados de uma empresa brasileira de óleo e gás

This survey develops a study about the pro-environment behavior of a brazilian company of oil and gas sector, emphazing the Petróleo Brasileiro S/A PETROBRAS in its Unit of Business of Exploration and Production in the State of Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará − UN-RNCE. The work s development adopt the bibliographic research methodology with the descriptive exploratory analisys, with the purpouse of identifying related points with the knowledge and the analysed enterprise s staff conduct, by the aplication of the interview with a instrument of data colecting with closed variable questions from answers that varies from o to 10.The answers allowed us to know the employees knowledge about the related aspects of environmental responsability, knowing also the involvement of the employees with the politics of environmental managment that has been implemented in the operating area of the company. The research led us to an important verification of the pro-environmental behavior of the people interviewed. The results depends of a wise acting, not only inside the company, but also outside, where the results of this acting will be more perceived for the society. Finally, we conclude that the company has a politics of management with a great importance, emphasinzing that the employees are been in constant training about their behavior resulting in satisfaction

Gestão ambiental: uma súplica do planeta, um desafio para políticas públicas, incubadoras e pequenas empresas

O texto traz uma reflexão sobre o papel das incubadoras de empresas no apoio a práticas ambientais por micro e pequenas empresas. Reconhecendo as debilidades estruturais das empresas de pequeno porte e as dificuldades para a realização de investimentos ambientais, defende o uso de incubadoras como instrumento de política pública para estimular investimentos ambientais. Identifica um número restrito de incubadoras de tecnologias ambientais, em plano internacional. Relata os resultados de uma pesquisa que avaliou a aplicabilidade de um indicador para apurar o desempenho ambiental de incubadoras. Destacaram-se dois resultados: a) a baixa importância atribuída, pelas incubadoras (e pelas empresas abrigadas) ao desempenho ambiental; e b) a ausência de estímulos, pelas incubadoras, aos investimentos ambientais. Desse último resultado deriva importante conclusão: a de que, uma vez apurados os padrões insatisfatórios de desempenho ambiental, de incubadoras e empresas assistidas, ficariam criadas as condições para a formulação e a implementação de medidas indutoras de novas posturas.

Produção mais limpa : um estudo de caso na AGCO do Brasil

A produção mais limpa é a aplicação contínua de uma estratégia ambiental preventiva e integrada nos processos produtivos, nos produtos e nos serviços, para reduzir os riscos relevantes aos seres humanos e ao meio ambiente. É um programa a ser aplicado em empresas, a fim de buscar soluções para os problemas ambientais, gerando também vantagens econômicas. Este estudo analisa os efeitos da implementação do programa de produção mais limpa na empresa AGCO do Brasil Comércio e Indústria Ltda, identificando os resultados concretos obtidos, em termos econômicos e na redução de impactos ambientais. A partir de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com colaboradores da AGCO e com os consultores que implementaram este programa em 1998, além da análise de documentos relativos à implementação da produção mais limpa e da seqüência dada pela empresa ao programa, verificou-se que a produção mais limpa gera vantagens econômicas, ambientais e de saúde e segurança ocupacional. Os resultados obtidos no estudo de caso também permitiram identificar as principais dificuldades e motivações para a manutenção do programa.

Participação pública em programas ambientais :um estudo em área suscetível à desertificação no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

The natural resources degradation and its consequences to the society life have provided several discussions about the evaluation methods and environmental management, and the available means to minimize the effects of man s actions over the environment. Amongst these actions is the encouragement to the community participation in the process of carrying out the environmental programs, considering government and enterprises representatives or residents of certain places as social actors. Within these context, this paper had as a goal the investigation of the public participation in the environmental programs in areas that are susceptible to desertification, specificly in Parelhas/RN. The choice for this town was due to its insertion in an area considered as a desetification nucleous, which is, a region that suffers land degradation as a consequence of climate variations or human activities. Therefore, the research in question, of a descriptive and exploratory type, had as an instrument a structured questionnaire, applied to a sample of 223 people out of an 11,068 over 20 years of age residents population. The data have been tabled from Statistics for Windows Program and later interpreted based on the theoretical reference over the subject. As a result, corroborating to the literature of the area, it was found that the community participation in any type of action or debate about environmental questions is associated to the perception and knowledge about the problems. Although the people who were interviewed believe in the responsibility of the ceramic industry in causing environmental problems, they also believe that the benefits brought by the sector overcome such problems

Gestão dos resíduos sólidos das contruções prediais na cidade do Natal-RN

The present work has the objective of presenting an investigation about the quantification, classification and destination of the waste of construction and demolition (RCD) in the city of Natal - RN, focusing the aspects of the environmental impacts and the strategic importance of the environmental administration in the earnings of productivity of the companies. Of the environmental point of view the research intends to identify and to quantify the monthly and annual production of RCD in the city, as well as to know the places of deposition of those residues. To reach the objectives of the study, an exploratory and descriptive research was accomplished, using a questionnaire with closed subjects and an open one, applied in 25 entrepreneurs of the branch of the building site, being 21 builders and 4 entrepreneurs of collection companies and removal dumps. As form of analysis of the data, the descriptive analysis was used and of crossing. The production engineering considers important the insert of best production practices and administration of the product in the companies, with views to the increase of your competitiveness, productivity earnings and improvement of the environmental aspects with views to the consumer's satisfaction, in that case the buyer of immobile. The principal results of the investigation demonstrate that there was not great variability of answers with relationship to the interviewees opinion in what he refers to the environmental practices. In your majority the building site interviewees entrepreneurs evidenced the absence of the public power, particularly the city hall of Natal, in the control, fiscalization and creation of mechanisms for a correct destination of RCD, as well as for your reuse and recycle. On the other hand also it was evident that the recycle or the reuse of RCD on the part of the companies is a rare practice and a lot of times inexistent, although the entrepreneurs' of the building site section great majority recognizes that would have won of productivity with the correct and intensive use of such measures

Identificação dos benefícios e dificuldades da produção mais limpa em empresas industriais do estado de São Paulo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Aumento da percepção ambiental das populações: estratégia adotada pela Embrapa Solos

2006

Enriquecimento ambiental de gaiolas como estratégia prática para incrementar o bem-estar e a produção de ovos de poedeiras pesadas.

2006

Enriquecimento ambiental X densidade como estratégia de incrementar o bem estar de poedeiras pesadas.

2006

L'Estratègia Balear d'Educació Ambiental : una educació per una societat sostenible. 'La Estrategia Balear de Educación Ambiental : una educación para una sociedad sostenible'.

Resumen tomado de la revista

Bases per a una estratègia d'educació ambiental a les Illes Balears. 'Bases para una estrategia de educación ambiental en las Islas Baleares'.

Esta publicación tiene la finalidad de establecer las bases de lo que la Societat Balear d'Educació Ambiental (SBEA) piensa que tiene que ser una estrategia de Educación ambiental en las Islas Baleares. Se define la educación ambiental, sus ámbitos (formal y no formal), las medidas prioritarias que se deben adoptar, etc.

Estratégia de sustentabilidade ambiental : o caso da General Motors do Brasil

O presente estudo visa contribuir com as discussões sobre estratégia de sustentabilidade de empresas. Este investigou os fatores determinantes na formação da estratégia de sustentabilidade ambiental de um importante player da indústria automobilística nacional, procurando responder: “Por que predominam as eco-inovações em processos produtivos no posicionamento estratégico para sustentabilidade da GM do Brasil em relação a eco-inovações em produto?”. Como referencial teórico foram considerados os conceitos de desenvolvimento sustentável, as discussões sobre estratégias de sustentabilidade ambiental, responsabilidade socioambiental e a teoria institucional. Sendo esta última a lente teórica escolhida por ampliar o conceito de ambiente externo da organização e desta forma contemplar aspectos institucionais. A teoria institucional considera um enfoque abrangente dos fatores que influem e condicionam as estratégias ambientais. O método de pesquisa foi qualitativo ao investigar de forma empírica os propósitos da estratégia de sustentabilidade ambiental da GM do Brasil. A análise foi composta por entrevistas semiestruturadas, direcionadas aos executivos da empresa, observação direta e participante, e por consulta a dados secundários. Os resultados apontam para inovação em práticas socioambientais para minimização do impacto dos processos produtivos ao meio ambiente e para um isomorfismo organizacional no que tange a motorização do produto comercializado. Espera-se que os resultados venham a contribuir para o avanço do conhecimento da Administração no campo da gestão estratégica e sirvam de estímulo para o crescimento sustentável das indústrias, pautado pela adoção de práticas que preservem o meio ambiente.