Environmental

brazilian’s economy. Economic development is promising however, environmental aspects are still worrying. The construction is one of largest consumers of natural resources and generator of wastes. Objective: The purpose of this article is to discuss of the practice of environmental labeling in Construction Industry scenario, contributing to sustainable practices in building constructions. Believing that, knowing the environmental impacts involved in the construction process, people…

about the environmental certification process that Brazilian companies have been undergone. Achievement of ISO 14001:2004 certification is nowadays a mandatory requirement for organizations that desire to reach international markets. However, small companies find it hard to obtain such certification, mainly due to the high cost of deployment of the environmental management system implementation. Companies tend to add new aspects to the their certification, integrating their…

Sustentabilidade ambiental ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BY AN ELECTRICITY-PRODUCING COMPANY ABSTRACT: The disordered and unaccounted use of natural resources went unnoticed for many years. Recently an increasing interest in the implementation of social and environmental measures has been taken, triggered by the imminent scarcity of natural resources. Owing to the environmental issue, current essay investigates whether there exists a management of environmental impacts within…

século XX. As populações mais pobres (em sua maioria negra), percebeu que os resíduos tóxicos proveniente das indústrias, sobretudo química, estavam sendo depositados em seu território. Esse movimento, que ficou conhecido como “Justiça Ambiental” (Environmental Justice). Na década anterior, o movimento ambientalista ganhara força naquele país e haviam sido editadas as primeiras e importantes leis de proteção ambiental (especialmente o Clean Air Act e o Clean Water Act). Embora o…

órgãos governamentais. A iniciativa mais antiga é da Alemanha (Blue Angel, 1978), seguida pelos países nórdicos (Nordic Swan, 1988), Canadá (Environmental Choice, 1988), Japão (Eco-Mark, 1989), Estados Unidos (Green Seal, 1990), França (NF-Environnement, 1991), Índia (Eco Mark, 1991), Coréia (Eco Mark), Cingapura (Green Label), Nova Zelândia (Environmental Choice) e União Européia (European Ecolabelling), todos em 1992, e Espanha (AENOR, 1993). Esses programas usam critérios diferentes…

ambiente. Introduction This work has the theme of environmental responsibility aimed at the environmental aspects and impacts. This theme was chosen to be able to see the environmental problems caused by the processes of the company Pirelli, so you can somehow help the company and its employees to understand a little more about the importance of environmental preservation, with a focus on processes and encouraging officials to seek to…

Historically, because of the perception of environmental imbalances, that have been looming over the years, people are showing greater concern for the preservation of environmental quality. This concern has generated the need for the deployment of alternative environmental management tools with different approaches, order to implement the vision of sustainable development. In this paper, we aim to discuss these instruments, and analyze the importance of environmental preservation for the…

and Environmental Responsibility. 2012. Total number of sheets 11. Course Work College of Technology in Environmental Management - University of Northern Parana, Londrina, 2012. abstract THE ARTICLE IS CONFIGURED AS AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF TECHNICAL PROCEDURES A LITERATURE REVIEW WITH THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL WORK WAS DONE BY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MATERIALS FROM SECONDARY SOURCES. THIS WORK INTENDS TO PROPOSE A REFLECTION ON EDUCATION AND…

Felipe Nascimento Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Rua Washington Luiz, 855, Porto Alegre, RS Abstract In 1995, the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and the UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program) encouraged the creation of a national cleaner production center and spread out this concept across the country. This article discusses the conceptual questions, analyzes the relation between business and environment and…

energy used by modern society, despite being a non-renewable natural resource. The exploitation of this resource generates impacts on the environment and requires an environmental licensing process, which determines measures to minimize those impacts. What is the most important effects of petroleum development are the environmental impacts, population growth and job creation. The role that the oil industry is developing in the world goes far beyond the performance of its operating units,…