Análise do contributo das estratégias de educação ambiental para melhoria do desempenho ambiental da agroindústria açucareira de Xinavane

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the contribution that the environmental education strategies used in the Xinavane sugar factory bring to improving its environmental performance. The study was based on a qualitative methodological approach, and semi-structured interviews and systematic observation were used as data collection techniques, which were assisted by the headquarters of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP). The sampling is non-probabilistic for convenience and consisted of six workers from the factory area of the Xinavane sugar factory. The results show that environmental education strategies (EEA) have contributed positively to improving the environmental performance of the Xinavane sugar factory. It was concluded that the environmental education strategies used in the Xinavane sugar factory are lectures, training and theater; environmental problems such as air pollution and adverse changes are generated in men's health; the sugar industry has job creation as its main socioeconomic impact; In the environmental sphere, environmental performance allows the organization to have a better adequacy of solid and liquid waste, reduction in the consumption of natural inputs such as water and energy and in the economic sphere the commercialization of sugar for different markets and to avoid fines and finally it was concluded that environmental education strategies lead workers to exercise control over environmental aspects with a high potential for compromising negatively improving environmental performance. The main recommendations of the study were the adoption of Problem Solving as EEA, the continuous search for improving Environmental Performance and the maintenance of Environmental Education in the organization(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)