Tesis
Práticas de gestão do uso da energia e sua relação com o desempenho sustentável no setor mineral brasileiro
Fecha
2016-03-07Registro en:
PERLIN, Ana Paula. Energy management practices and it's relation with the
sustainable performance in the brasilian mineral sector. 2016. 136 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Administração) - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, 2016.
Autor
Perlin, Ana Paula
Institución
Resumen
Energy is an essential commodity for the existence of industrial activities, however the lack of
management of energy use can lead to numerous environmental, economic and social. Thus
industries as energy-intensive play an essential role in the search of the preservation of the
energy system. This study aimed to analyze the energy use management practices and its
relationship to sustainable performance in the industries of the Brazilian mineral sector. Energy
use management practices were measured by the model proposed by Liu et al. (2012). Next,
the sustainable performance was identified from the performance indicators developed by the
Global Reporting Initiative - GRI (2006, 2010b, 2014). The study is characterized as
quantitative and was conducted from conducting a survey research with industries linked to the
Brazilian Mining Institute. It was found that the practices regarding the use of existing energy
management in companies are related to periodic verification of the impacts of their activities
on the environment and encouraging daily energy-saving practices. By contrast the energy use
management practices still not widespread in companies are adopting the ISO 50001 and the
existence of an Internal Commission for Energy Conservation (CICE). Overall, from the
analyzes performed it can be seen that there are positive associations between factors related to
energy use management practices and sustainable performance. Thus, it was identified that
management practices of energy use involving the integration of energy efficiency in
organizations and monitoring of energy use management relate directly to the performance of
enterprises, in social, economic and environmental terms.