Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Balancing sustainable development with high productivity is a major current challenges, especially regarding the search for alternatives and technologies focused on devising processes and products that do not generate or reduce damage to the environment. In this sense, the use of tools such as Cleaner Production (CP) can contribute to increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, water and energy by not-generation, minimization or recycling of waste and by products from the production process. Thus, the objective is to analyze CP parameters used by companies in the metal-mechanic sector of the central region of Rio Grande do Sul state, participants Productive Extension Center and Innovation (NEPI), aiming to propose future scenarios resulting from the Theory of inventing problem solving (TRIZ). From this perspective, it was found that the surveyed companies adopt CP practices although no regulation. However, there are many potential to be developed by local entrepreneurs regarding environmental issues, which also depends on public politics, society and market. / Conciliar desenvolvimento sustentável com alta produtividade é um dos grandes desafios atuais, principalmente no que tange a busca por alternativas e tecnologias focadas em idealizar processos e produtos que não gerem ou reduzam passivos ambientais. Nesse sentido, o uso de ferramentas como a Produção mais limpa (PML) pode contribuir para o aumento da eficiência no uso de matérias-primas, água e energia através da não-geração, minimização ou reciclagem de resíduos do processo produtivo. Com isso, objetivou-se analisar parâmetros de PML utilizados por empresas do setor metalmecânico da região central do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, participantes do Núcleo de Extensão Produtiva e Inovação (NEPI), visando a proposição de cenários prospectivos resultantes da Teoria inventiva de solução de problemas (TRIZ). Nessa perspectiva, verificou-se que as empresas pesquisadas adotam práticas de PML, apesar de não haver sua regulamentação. Contudo, há muitas potencialidades a serem desenvolvidas pelos empresários locais no que tange as questões ambientais, o que depende também das políticas públicas, sociedade e mercado.

The thesis deals about usage standard of CSN EN ISO 14001:2005 and it implementation to the company. In the theoretical part is analyzed process of the implementation and behaviour standard CSN EN ISO 14001:2005 in the building company XYZ. The attention is mainly drawn to benefits and costs connected with the implementation. Reccomendations for system functioning EMS are presented as a conclusion.

About a third of the energy in Sweden is used for production in industry, where a few energy-intensive industries account for a large proportion of the energy use. When energy efficiency takes place here, the positive environmental effects will be substantial. Therefore, there is often great potential to reduce energy use in these industries. The purpose of this study is to investigate the company's energy use in order to be able to present proposals for cost-effective improvement measures that lead to a reduction in the company's energy consumption, which in turn leads to a reduced environmental impact. The study has used sustainable development, total quality management and Kotter’s 8-step process for leading change as a theoretical background. The study is a qualitative and quantitative case study and the data collection was done using semi-structured and unstructured interviews, observations and document analysis. The study’s results show that the company uses unnecessary energy in three energy consumption areas: compressed air, heating and electricity. To reduce energy use, the company needs to put in place a shut-down management, appoint an energy coordinator, prioritize preventive work, repair broken equipment and introduce preventive maintenance, optimize the ovens, involve employees in continuous improvement and to have a committed leadership. By reducing energy consumption, the company can reduce its impact on the environment, and by implementing the improvement measures, the company can save several million SEK each year. / Ungefär en tredjedel av energin i Sverige används för produktion inom industrin, där ett fåtal energiintensiva branscher står för en stor andel av industrins energianvändning. När energieffektivisering sker här blir de positiva miljöeffekterna stora. Därför finns det ofta stor potential att minska energianvändningen i dessa branscher. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka företagets energianvändning för att sedan kunna presentera förslag på kostnadseffektiva förbättringsåtgärder som leder till en minskning av företagets energiförbrukning, vilket i sin tur leder till en minskad miljöpåverkan. Studien har använt sig av hållbar utveckling, hörnstensmodellen och Kotters 8-stegsmodell för förändringsledning som teoretisk bakgrund. Studien är en kvalitativ och kvantitativ fallstudie och datainsamlingen gjordes med hjälp av semistrukturerade och ostrukturerade intervjuer, observationer och dokumentstudier. Studiens resultat visar på att företaget använder energi i onödan inom tre energiförbrukningsområden: tryckluft, värme och el. För att minska energianvändningen behöver företaget införa avstängningsrutiner, utse en energikoordinator, prioritera förebyggande arbete, reparera trasig utrustning och införa förebyggande underhåll, optimera ugnarna, involvera medarbetarna i förbättringsarbetet och ha ett engagerat och delaktigt ledarskap. Genom att minska energiförbrukningen kan företaget minska sin påverkan på miljön och genom att implementera förbättringsåtgärder kan företaget spara flera miljoner kronor varje år.

The title of the research is Sustainability Performance Evaluation Management Systems Model for Individual Organizations and Supply Chains. This research has achieved its aim to develop and demonstrate the practical implementation of a simple and objective sustainability performance evaluation management system model for individual organizations and supply chains. It has resulted in the recognition that a new concept – Network of Interested Partners – underpins the achievement of sustainability. The term acknowledges the interdependence and reflects the essential cooperation that must be achieved between business organisations, their commercially related entities and the local community if progress towards sustainability is to be achieved. It therefore encompasses and extends the concept of a supply chain as currently used. Sustainable Development is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as development, which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future societies to meet their own needs. Organizations, as part of human activities, also have to be sustainable. The sustainability of organizations is directly linked to the continual improvement of business performance. Many organizations have found a way to improve performance through the establishment of management systems. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards are recognized worldwide as reliable and efficient tools for the implementation of management systems. However, they do not always result in the desired improvement in outcomes. Therefore, if the required improvement of business performance is to be achieved, improved methodologies for development and implementation of performance evaluation (PE) processes are necessary. These methodologies must take into consideration sustainability principles. They also have to be applicable to individual entities and supply chains, with or without management systems in place. Supply chains are important because it is being increasingly recognized that overall supply chain performance is a means of adding value and competitive advantage to all businesses. In the first part of the research a performance evaluation model or PE (version 1 model) was developed. This was used as criteria to compare and evaluate existing performance evaluation processes and outcomes of individual organisations and their respective supply chain within the Gladstone region, Australia. Questionnaires have also been used to identify and evaluate the needs of the interested parties in relation to the organizations’ and supply chains’ business performance and processes of performance evaluation. All the information provided in the first part of the research was used by the researcher to develop the Sustainability Performance Evaluation Management Systems model or SPEMS (version 2 model). This incorporates the concepts of Network of Interested Parties/Partners. In particular, one of the outcomes is recognition that organizations need to establish partnerships if effective supply chain performance improvement is to be achieved. Therefore the establishment of partnerships has become a key requirement for the implementation of SPEMS. The establishment of partnership among participants of a supply chain of Gladstone and implementation of the eight first steps of the SPEMS (version 2 model) in this supply chain was commenced successfully through workshops. The supply chain was formed by commercial organizations, government entities and interested parties from the community. SPEMS requires that partners all have the same level of ownership and authority in the decisions of the supply chain. Some new terms and their definitions have been created within the research to support the new SPEMS model. They include: Network of Interested Partners, sustainability for organizations, sustainability KPI and sustainability friendly organizations. All of the above are encompassed within the final SPEMS (version 3 model).