Análise da educação ambiental em uma agroindústria: um estudo de caso no município de Guararapes/SP

• Autor(a) principal: Flozi, Carla Noli Bisco [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138886
• topic: Environmental education; Organizational structure; Agribusiness; Environmental management; Agroindústria; Educação ambiental; Estrutura organizacional; Gestão ambiental

Intensifying competition and the increasing scarcity of natural resources make companies seek continuous improvement in order to manage and operate the agribusinesses. To overcome these obstacles and see them as opportunities, companies have made use of policies, systems, tools and processes in different orders. Many of these opportunities are linked to market and highlight positive image in society according to environmental practices, which provides benefits both for business and for society involved. In this context, environmental education is becoming a process allied industries to contribute to the formation of environmental awareness in the internal and external community. However, in this business sector, environmental education is an interesting area of knowledge to be studied in agribusiness. Because of this, this study aimed to analyze how environmental education is embedded in the organizational structure of the agricultural industry in the city of Guararapes / SP, with a view to environmental protection and conservation. Therefore, the survey was exploratory, qualitative approach, and adopted the case study. The data collection process was conducted through desk research, systematic observation and interviews. Employees who participated in the interviews were responsible for the environmental management system and environmental leaders, as they are directly linked with environmental area studied agribusiness. To perform the analysis of the data we used the content analysis. On the results obtained, it can be considered the existence of environmental education in the organizational structure of the agricultural industry, however, with specific actions and linked to environmental management, demonstrating resemble an administrative instrument.