Práticas de gestão ambiental no setor serralheiro em Pombal-PB.

Abstract

The pressure exercised by society over the business environment has increased considerably due to the significant emphasis that the environmental issue has reached, requiring of organizations a new position in relation to its practices and its interaction with the environment. This work has as main objective to analyze the environmental management practices in locksmith sector in Pombal - PB. Specifically aims to: contextualize the environmental management practices of companies; identify environmental aspects and impacts of the sector researched and verify the environmental management indicators of the company. The survey was conducted in an exploratory way, bibliographic and descriptive through the case study method. The information was obtained through the application forms to 6 businessmen and used a qualitative approach to data analysis. Among the main results, it was found that none of the companies interviewed use the Environmental Management System in its processes, although used of some environmental practices such as Cleaner Production and Eco-efficiency. Some relevant environmental impacts of the sector been identified such as pollution noise and consumption of energy resources have. The environmental management indicators are not used by none of the companies.