INDICATORS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS OF PAMPA GAÚCHO REGION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

• Autor(a) principal: Paz, Fabio Josende
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Iserhard, Fernanda Zinn, Kipper, Liane Mahlmann
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Administrativa
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicosibepes.org.br/index.php/recadm/article/view/2094
• topic: Triple Botton Line; Indicators; Organizational sustainability; Systems thinking; Tripé da sustentabilidade; Indicadores; Sustentabilidade organizacional; Pensamento sistêmico

Sustainability is a term in the business world, which is in evidence due to the requirement of the consumer society that values organizations with sustainable profiles. In the agribusiness sector, it is even more obvious that the importance of production models need to be concerned about the social, economic and environmental issues. This work aims to identify the main economic, social and environmental indicators used in companies in the agribusiness sector in order to ensure they follow the systems purpose and the Triple Botton Line (TBL). In order to achieve this, an exploratory and descriptive research was conducted to define sustainability indicators and to analyze the use of them. Data were collected through a questionnaire sent to 30 branch companies studied. The main results show the lack of knowledge of the essence of sustainability concepts and their importance. About relative sustainability, in most cases, their sustainable actions in organizations are focused on responding to the environmental laws of their industry. One can also see imbalance in the defined dimensions in TBL, showing a clear trend towards greater control over the financial aspect.