A preocupação com as questões ambientais e sociais vem aumentando ao longo dos anos, principalmente no que se refere à busca pela redução dos impactos causados pelo homem. Nesse contexto, têm sido discutidas formas de inserir a Sustentabilidade na vida dos cidadãos e nas decisões das organizações, visando aliar o crescimento econômico com a conservação do meio ambiente e com a equidade social. Os administradores, devido às funções que desempenham em seus postos de trabalho, tem a oportunidade de incluir em suas decisões e atitudes princípios da Sustentabilidade, desencadeando uma mudança que inicia dentro das organizações e reflete na sociedade. É no sentido de contribuir para a formação de um profissional ético e responsável que a inserção da Educação para a Sustentabilidade na formação do gestor foi tema deste trabalho. O objetivo principal foi de explorar possibilidades que permitissem relacionar de forma direta o tema Sustentabilidade nas diferentes áreas de atuação do Curso de Graduação em Administração da Escola de Administração da UFRGS. Para isso foi realizada uma pesquisa inicial por meio de questionário com alunos do final do curso a fim de conhecer o que pensam sobre a Sustentabilidade na sua formação e no mercado de trabalho. Em uma segunda etapa, foram analisados os programas de todas as disciplinas do curso para mapeamento dos conteúdos com maior relação direta com a Sustentabilidade. Foi selecionada uma disciplina de cada área (Finanças, Marketing, Administração Pública, Produção e Sistemas e Recursos Humanos) e um ou mais tópicos em cada uma delas para realização de uma aula por parte dos pesquisadores incluindo questões relacionadas com Sustentabilidade. Ao final de cada aula os alunos responderam a um questionário e aos professores responsáveis foi solicitado um depoimento. Para realização do estudo foram utilizados os métodos de análise documental e de pesquisa ação e os dados foram analisados através da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os principais resultados revelam que estudantes acham importante que a Sustentabilidade seja abordada durante o curso de Administração e que a demanda por esse tipo de profissional existe e irá aumentar ao longo dos anos. Em relação às aulas ministradas, a maioria dos estudantes se disse muito interessada na temática e acham pertinente ou muito pertinente que o assunto seja incorporado à disciplina nos próximos semestres. Alguns pontos positivos da experiência destacados pelos alunos foram: a oportunidade de conhecer melhor o tema nos semestres iniciais do curso, a aplicação prática do tema no contexto das organizações e as dinâmicas e atividades realizadas. Na formação em Administração, a Sustentabilidade é percebida como um aspecto essencial, que representa agora um diferencial, mas que tende a se tornar um requisito básico para os profissionais. / Concerns about environmental and social issues have been increasing over the years, especially with regard to the efforts to reduce the impacts caused by man. In this context, new ways to insert Sustainability in citizens' lives and organizations decisions have been discussed, seeking to combine economic growth with environmental conservation and social equity. Administrators, due to the functions they perform in their jobs, have the opportunity to include in their decisions and attitudes principles of Sustainability, triggering a change that starts within organizations and reflects in the society. In order to contribute with the generation of a more ethical and responsible professional that insertion of Education for Sustainability in the graduation of managers was the subject of this work. The main objective was to explore possibilities that allow relating directly the theme Sustainability in different areas of the graduation course in Business Management of Business Management School at UFRGS. To accomplish these objectives, an initial research was conducted through a questionnaire to students at the end of the course in order to know what they think about sustainability in their graduation and in the labor market. After that, the programs of all disciplines of the Business Management Graduation Course were analyzed for mapping the content that is more directly related to Sustainability. It was selected from each discipline area (Finance, Marketing, Public Administration, Production and Systems and Human Resources) and one or more threads in each one of them to hold a class by researchers including issues related to sustainability. At the end of each class students answered a questionnaire and, to the teachers of those disciplines, a testimonial was asked. Documentary analysis and action research were used as methods for this project and data were analyzed using content analysis as technique. The main results show that students think nowadays it is important to have an approach regarding sustainability during the course of business management, and that the demand for this type of professional exists and will increase over the years. Regarding the classes, most students said that they are very interested in the theme and find relevant or very relevant that sustainability should be incorporated into the course in the next semester. Some positive points from the experience highlighted by the students were: the opportunity to learn more about the topic in the first semesters of the course, the practical application of the subject in the context of organizations and the dynamics and activities. In formation at management, sustainability is perceived as an essential aspect, which is now a difference, but it tends to become a basic requirement for professionals.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / O estudo avaliou a sustentabilidade do Programa de Peixamento do Governo do Estado do Cearà em coleÃÃes de Ãguas pÃblicas no municÃpio de CanindÃ-CE. Para isso, realizou-se uma pesquisa quantitativa e de levantamento. Na abordagem quantitativa empregaram-se instrumentos estatÃsticos, tanto na coleta quanto no tratamento dos dados. A pesquisa de levantamento foi efetivada com a aplicaÃÃo de questionÃrios semi-estruturados a 72 famÃlias beneficiÃrias, do municÃpio supracitado, e aos tÃcnicos executores do programa. Utilizou-se a estatÃstica descritiva para traÃar o perfil dos beneficiados e foram consideradas quatro dimensÃes (social, ambiental, econÃmica e institucional) para o cÃlculo dos Ãndices de sustentabilidade e para a determinaÃÃo do grau de sustentabilidade. Com isso, observou-se que no municÃpio de Canindà o Programa de Peixamento està direcionado a um pÃblico-alvo que possui: um baixo grau de escolaridade ou nenhuma instruÃÃo, uma idade mÃdia de 49 anos, uma forte tradiÃÃo nas suas ocupaÃÃes e que tem a pesca como atividade complementar. Os valores calculados para os Ãndices social, ambiental, econÃmico e institucional, respectivamente, foram: 0,562, 0,563, 0,343, e 0,652. Desta forma, determinou-se que o Programa, dentro da classificaÃÃo prÃ-determinada, apresenta um nÃvel de sustentabilidade mÃdia, significando que ainda hà condiÃÃes dele ser aperfeiÃoado no sentido de aumentar o seu Ãndice de Sustentabilidade para bom ou excelente. / The study evaluated the sustainability of the Fishing Program of the Government of the State of Cearà in public water collections in the city of CanindÃ-CE. For this study, both a quantitative research and a survey were carried through. In the quantitative approach statistical instruments were used, both in the gathering and in the treatment of the data. The survey was accomplished with the application of half-structuralized questionnaires to the seventy-two beneficiary families from the city mentioned above and the technicians involved in the program as well. It was used descriptive statistics to trace the profile of the beneficiaries and four main dimensions had been considered (social, environmental, economical and institutional) in order to calculate the indexes of sustainability and the determination of the sustainability degree. It was observed that in the city of Canindà the Fishing Program is directed to a target-public having the following features: low degree of education or illiterate, an average age of 49 years old, strong tradition in their occupations and having fishing as a complementary activity. The values calculated for the social, environmental, economical and institutional indexes, respectively, had been: 0,562, 0,563, 0,343, and 0,652. So that, it was determined that the Program, considering the predetermined classification, presents a medium level of sustainability meaning that it still has conditions to be improved in order to increase its Index of Sustainability to good or excellent.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:44:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elio_Jacob_Hennrich_Junior.pdf: 1546963 bytes, checksum: ada1a224e13134350482508d56ec433a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This scientific paper investigated the daily rise of the need to adapt to a routine of several environmental problems caused by the capitalist economic model that puts in check the future of the environment. Considering this problem, we sought to establish new paths for more sustainable communities through environmental education in formal educational environments. The research sought to analyze in two distinct stages the social-environmental school context lived through the Environmental Education logic. The first stage was to analyze the wider school sustainability scenario of municipal schools of Marechal Cândido Rondon through a social-environmental mapping and their related actions to the Environmental Education in the scholar management. Moreover, the second stage of the study was directed to a public school of the city, seeking to understand the social and environmental background thereof, and attempting to work to develop a more complex and holistic building of sustainability in the school environment. The data collection was given through two main tools, the first one conduced was a semi-structured interview with a questionnaire, formulated using open and closed questions that allowed a greater freedom and greater wealth in the research survey research data, allowing a more detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis. Eleven schools In total were investigated, aiming to understand the main characteristics that exists in the school's sustainability levels, such as the level of school sustainability, its vulnerabilities, weaknesses and existing potential in different local realities. In the context that was directed to the particular work with the municipal school, it was sought to carry out actions that would help to establish the culture of school sustainability within the community. As a conclusion a general perspective showed that there is still a large estrangement between the ideal setting for school sustainability and what was found in the formal educational spaces that were analyzed in the research. The paper also showed that implementing a new culture of school sustainability may act directly in the implementation of sustainability concepts throughout the school community / O presente trabalho científico investigou a ascensão cotidiana da necessidade de adaptação a uma rotina de vários problemas socioambientais ocasionados pelo modelo econômico capitalista, que coloca em cheque o futuro socioambiental. Tendo em vista essa problemática, buscou-se através da Educação Ambiental em ambientes educacionais formais estabelecer novos caminhos para as comunidades mais sustentáveis. A pesquisa buscou analisar em duas etapas distintas o contexto socioambiental escolar vivido, através da lógica da Educação Ambiental. Na primeira etapa foi analisado em um panorama mais amplo o cenário de sustentabilidade escolar das escolas municipais de Marechal Cândido Rondon através de um mapeamento socioambiental e suas respectivas ações relativas à Educação Ambiental na gestão escolar. Além disso, em uma segunda etapa o estudo foi direcionado para uma escola pública do município, buscando entender o contexto socioambiental da mesma, e tentando atuar para uma construção mais complexa e holística da sustentabilidade no âmbito escolar. A coleta de dados se deu por intermédio de duas principais ferramentas, as entrevistas realizadas de forma semiestruturada e questionários, formulados com perguntas abertas e fechadas que possibilitaram uma maior liberdade e maior riqueza no levantamento dos dados da pesquisa, permitindo análises quali-quantitativas mais detalhadas. Ao todo, foram levantadas onze escolas, investigando quais são as principais características existentes em nível de sustentabilidade escolar, vulnerabilidades, fragilidades e potencialidades existentes nas diferentes realidades locais. E no âmbito que foi direcionado ao trabalho específico com a escola municipal, buscou-se realizar ações que auxiliassem para a construção da cultura de sustentabilidade escolar na comunidade. Como conclusão, uma perspectiva mais geral evidenciou que ainda há um grande distanciamento entre o cenário ideal de sustentabilidade escolar e o que foi encontrado nos espaços de educação formal que foram analisados na pesquisa. O trabalho também mostrou que a implementação de uma nova cultura de sustentabilidade escolar pode atuar diretamente na transformação para implementação de conceitos de sustentabilidade ao longo de toda a comunidade escolar

With the increasing level of complexity that leaders face today, represented in the accelerating pace of technology advancement and globalization, along with the climate change indicators reaching unprecedented levels, the need for good leadership quality has become more crucial than ever. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development provides a systems perspective, a principle-based definition and a way to strategically move towards sustainability, however still there is a need to specify what is required for leaders to lead organizations through this process. The aim of the thesis is to explore how corporate leadership development companies can develop the essential leadership competencies to address the sustainability challenge. The study used the Key Competences in Sustainability Framework as a base to interview six leadership development companies from different areas in the world. The findings revealed that there is an essential need for self-development for leaders to handle complexity, as well as the need from leaders to create the proper conditions for their organizations to utilize the competences from the KCSF. Furthermore the results also showcased the need for standard common definition regarding sustainability.

Today's society is a vulnerable society. Climate change and social injustices are genuine threats to how the lives of future generations are going to be, and humans are the cause of these problems. Sustainable development needs to be achieved if we want future generations to have a good and dignified existence. Companies have a significant impact on society, and therefore play an essential role in how successful we are in achieving sustainable development. Past research has found that control systems, especially reward systems, can be important to implement sustainability in companies. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to get a deeper understanding of how organizations implement and steer sustainability by including it in their control systems, and particularly, how reward systems are used in the context of sustainability. By studying past research and theories regarding sustainable development, management control, performance measurements and reward systems, we have gained knowledge and an understanding of how these areas are connected. To achieve the purpose of this study, a qualitative study was done in which we conducted eleven semi-structured interviews with managers and sustainability experts from six different companies. Based on the empirical findings of the study, we were able to make several conclusions. First, sustainability is integrated into already existing control systems, which often interact and are related to each other, and we found that there is a balance between social and environmental dimensions. Companies choose to focus on sustainability issues were they have the most negative impact, and they include sustainability mostly in their cybernetic and administrative controls, for instance through performance measurements (KPIs) and policy documents. Also, several companies incorporate sustainability into their reward systems, such as rewards for safety parameters and reducing CO² emissions. What kind of rewards that are given for sustainability performance differ, some companies give monetary rewards while other give non-monetary. Non-monetary rewards are in the findings presented as most valuable for sustainability. We can also conclude that there are challenges with rewarding sustainability, but many respondents have overcome them and use reward systems as a way of implementing sustainability. Those who do not reward sustainability today can imagine doing so in the near future.

Stakeholder demands on transparency and ethical behaviour have quickly increased and today the majority of large Swedish companies publish some form of sustainability report. The construction- and real estate sector has large environmental impacts, but despite producing 40% of Sweden‟s energy use, material and waste sustainability reporting is not well established in the sector. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the most widely used framework for sustainability reporting. GRI includes demands for stakeholder inclusiveness and stakeholder‟s reasonable expectations have to be taken into account in reporting. Studies of sustainability reports however reveal that companies often fail to address major impacts on sustainability in their sustainability reports. This thesis aims to evaluate stakeholder‟s role in reporting of sustainability as well as the potential role of the report for stakeholders by identifying their perception and expectations on Riksbyggens upcoming sustainability report. The theoretical framework consists of stakeholder theory focusing on Freeman and the descriptive school, sustainability reporting focusing on GRI and indicators focusing on sustainability indicators. A case study was conducted at Riksbyggen, a Swedish building, property management and residential services company. 93 surveys were collected, providing a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. Results show that stakeholders play an important role in reporting of actual sustainability as demands reaches beyond GRI requirements, evaluated reports and company boundaries. The study however revealed a clear distinction between stakeholder groups‟ demands for information. Handling the diverging demands is in this case the most central challenge in the creation of an apt sustainability report.

Background Sustainability is one of the hot topics in the apparel industry currently. Companies are working to improve an environmental impact of clothing production and social conditions at manufacturers and communicating to the public about these practices. At the same time, consumers are showing a growing interest towards sustainability in the apparel industry. However, there is little knowledge about how consumers perceive sustainability and how much they pay attention to the apparel companies’ sustainability practices. Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to examine, with a holistic perspective, how consumers perceive sustainability in the apparel industry and how it affects their purchasing behaviour. Methodology A web-based self-completion questionnaire was conducted to examine consumers’ clothing purchasing behaviour and their perception of sustainability within the apparel industry. Convenience sampling method was used for the primary data collection. In total, 423 respondents from Sweden and Finland participated in this study. Findings The findings of this study show that the respondents are generally concerned about environmental issues in the apparel industry. However, their favourable attitudes seldom transfer into their purchasing intentions. Furthermore, the results show that the consumers of this study do not actively search sustainability information. Particularly they are not paying attention to the communication at the point of clothing purchase. Contribution This study gives insights into how consumers reflect upon sustainability when purchasing clothes and how actively they search for sustainability information. These insights are a valuable base for future improvements in order to achieve a meaningful manner in the apparel industry’s sustainability communication.

Bakgrund och Problematisering: I dagens samhälle har hållbarhetsfrågor fått ett allt större fokus och många företag upprättar hållbarhetsredovisningar för att beskriva hur de jobbar med hållbarhet. Företags hållbarhetsarbete har även blivit mer harmoniserat runt om i världen vilket eventuellt innebär att det har vuxit fram hållbarhetslogiker inom vissa branscher. Samtidigt har bankernas hållbarhetsarbete fått en större uppmärksamhet i medier där bland annat negativa händelser såsom Panamaskandalen och Finanskrisen 2007-2008 har belysts, vilket har lett till att folk tappat förtroendet för banker. Syfte: På grund av den ökade uppmärksamheten och förändringar i hållbarhetsarbetet är syftet att analysera om det går att se en viss hållbarhetslogik inom de fyra svenska storbankerna, Handelsbanken, Nordea, SEB och Swedbank, samt hur den i så fall har utvecklats över tid. Metod: För att se om det finns en hållbarhetslogik inom de fyra bankerna är uppsatsen uppbyggd på en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av bankernas hållbarhetsredovisningar och av deras årsredovisningar i de fall då separata hållbarhetsredovisningar inte finns. Kodning av redovisningar har skett i dataprogrammet Nvivo för kvalitativa innehållsanalyser. Redovisningarna har kodats utifrån fyra kategorier: anställda, etik, miljö och samhälle. Resultat: Det finns en hållbarhetslogik inom bankerna som delvis kan förklaras av att de ingår i samma organisationsfält då de alla verkar på samma marknad, erbjuder liknande produkter och tjänster, har liknande intressenter och följer samma lagar. I hållbarhetsredovisningarna syns det framförallt en tydlig utveckling gällande hur bankerna har tagit större ansvar med åren när det gäller miljö och etik. Denna utveckling kan kopplas till hur de anpassat sig till förändrade normer, lagar och värderingar i samhället. Till en viss del har även påtvingad isomorfism bidragit till att en hållbarhetslogik vuxit fram eftersom bankerna har varit tvungna att anpassa sig efter skärpta regelkrav såsom högre kapitalbuffertar och finansiering av terrorism. / Background and Problematization: In today’s society the knowledge about sustainability has increased, therefore many companies have decided to publish a sustainability report where they explain how they conduct their operation in a sustainable manner. Companies sustainability efforts have also become more harmonized around the world which might indicate that a certain sustainability logic has developed. Media have recently especially paid attention to issues of banks and have enlightened negative occurrences such as the tax evasion in Panama and the financial crisis of 2007-2008 that have led to people losing their confidence in banks. Purpose: Due to the increased attention and changes in sustainability work, the purpose of this study is to analyse if there exists a sustainability logic within the four major banks in Sweden, Handelsbanken, Nordea, SEB and Swedbank and how the logic has developed over time. Methodology: In order to see if there exists a sustainability logic within the four banks we decided to conduct a qualitative content analysis of the banks’ sustainability reports. The reports have been coded in a software program called Nvivo. The reports have been coded based on four categories: employees, ethics, environment and society. Result: There exists a sustainability logic within the banks which partially can be explained by the fact that they are a part of the same business field. They all operate in the same market, offer similar products and services, have similar stakeholders and follow the same laws and regulations. In the sustainability reports we can see a clear development regarding the level of responsibility banks have taken when it comes to their impact on environmental and ethical questions within their investments and customers. This development can be explained by how they have adapted to changed norms, laws and values in the community. We can also see how a coercive isomorphism has contributed to a harmonization of their sustainability work through changed laws regarding both capital demands and financing of terrorism.

Abstract Nature-based tourism has increased considerably during recent years, which has raised questions about the tolerance of ecosystems experiencing growing visitor numbers. The present thesis focuses on the ecological and social sustainability of nature-based tourism in protected areas and their surroundings. The objective of the ecological studies was to determine the effects of tourism on vegetation, soils and risk of introduction of alien plant species. The social survey investigated whether opinions concerning nature conservation and tourism by local people are dependent on socio-economic and demographic factors. The studies were carried out in Oulanka and Pallas-Ounastunturi National Parks, and in the Ruka and Syöte regions, in northern Finland. This research demonstrated that nature-based tourism (hiking, horse-riding and skiing) affected boreal forests, altering vegetation, soils and trail networks. The major effects were; reduction in vegetation cover, including of different life-forms, changes in plant species composition, soil chemistry and soil erosion. Trampling decreased plant cover more on slopes compared to flat terrain. Moreover, downward trampling reduced the plant cover more than did upward trampling. In addition, horse riding resulted in the introduction and establishment of a range of alien plant species. In general, ecological changes due to nature-based tourism were inevitable even when there were limited numbers of visitors. Respondents to the survey were classified into three groups according to their opinions concerning nature conservation and tourism development: (i) supporters of nature conservation, (ii) critical to nature conservation and (iii) critical to tourism development. The majority of respondents were supporters of nature conservation. However, opinions were strongly dependent on the socio-demographic background of the respondents, such as residential area, age, level of education and indigenousness. Since the impacts of tourism were dependent on the characteristics of plants and habitats and the quality of activities, case-specific planning, monitoring and rapid responses are the most efficient methods in avoiding irreversible environmental damages. Furthermore, close co-operation between different stakeholders and detailed scientific information about the ecological, economic and social elements of sustainability are needed to promote a sustainable development of nature-based tourism.

Purpose:  The purpose of this thesis is to examine how companies can favorablycommunicate their sustainable practices in a transparent way in order tobe perceived as trustworthy so that a competitive advantage canperhaps be achieved. Further, it will be investigated if transparencywithin the supply chain can be used as a fundament for being perceivedas credible by consumers. Method:   The method will be qualitative with an inductive approach. Theresearch will consist of forming a case study based on the companyPatagonia, where primary data will consist of interviews with multipleexperts on the topic. Besides, secondary data will consist of books,journal articles, conference material and information from the websiteof Patagonia. Conclusion:   In this research it was found that transparent communication aboutsustainable business practices can increase the trust in brands and canthus deliver a competitive advantage. Hence, companies need to solelyfocus on the core customer, integrate the customer in thecommunication process and deliver easy and clear information. Thisinformation should educate the customer and thus be perceived asvaluable and trustworthy.