Sustentabilidade ambiental: motivações e dificuldades das organizações, um estudo de caso no Município de São Gabriel -RS

Abstract

One of the main topics currently discussed, globally, are the questions about sustainability and all the problems related to the environment. The environment is any and all existing local, whether natural , artificial, cultural or desktop, knowing that it is the responsibility of society that there is a possibility of survival of future generations , and for this be possible it is necessary a sustainable style of life, as well, more sustainable economy . The objective of this paper is to review the bibliography of sustainability that has been discussed increasingly in society, providing an analysis of the perceptions and actions related to sustainability through a comparison between public and private agencies, noting the most frequent difficulties and which factors drive the same in the pursuit of sustainability. From a research on the use of quantitative questionnaire, local data were analyzed and compared with the overall reality. The results were based on comparisons of the questionnaire applied to public and private agencies. This study proposes a reflection on reasons that organizations adhere to sustainable actions and how to do this might be an effective and viable practice the same.