Proposta de indicadores e atribuições para gestão da sustentabilidade da UTFPR

Abstract

The sustainability is a relevant/important subject to the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), a proof of it are the sustainable initiatives at their different unities, the stablished policy, the vision and the institutional values converge with the agenda and the establishment of Sustainable Logistics Plan (PLS) committees on all campuses to meet this purpose. However, some activities relevant to sustainability management are not expressly evidenced in the institution’s regulations; therefore there is a difficulty in assigning them. With this background the general objective of this paper is to prepare a proposal for indicators and attributions to support the management of sustainability in UTFPR, in order to propose a more efficient work structure, considering all dimensions of sustainability, the reality and objectives of the institution. Thus, a set of indicators for the university was validated through the application of a questionnaire submitted to members of the PLS committees, who assessed the level of relevance of each indicator based on the GRI standard, in the University Social Responsibility Indicator System of the PRME, in the sustainability indicators already monitored by the institution, and also in the studies by Silva and Almeida (2019) and Nunes, Reis and Silva (2017). In view of this, the attributions related to each validated indicator were suggested and gaps in the general regulations of the UTFPR and the campuses were identified. To this end, we analyzed these documents, the survey carried out via e-SIC - which identified the sustainability management structures existing in other federal universities in the country - and the content of the theoretical framework. Finally, the creation of the Sustainability Department in the organizational structure of the campuses and the Sustainability Board in the rectory was suggested, as well as the necessary amendments and adaptations to the respective regulations, só that they converge with the proposal presented and expressly contemplate the attributions related to sustainability management.