Monitoramento do plano de gestão de logística sustentável: uma proposta de intervenção na Universidade Federal do Cariri

Abstract

In Brazil, both the private and public sectors have been seeking alternatives to promote sustainable development. The federal government has decreed in its constitution the obligation to provide it. Since the early 1990s, this theme has had major focus in Public Administration. However, it was only in 2009 that the impact government itself has on sustainability, because of its sheer size, started to be considered. So, among other tools public authorities have for the promotion of sustainability, the Sustainable Logistics Management Plan – PLS emerged in 2012: An institutional plan that encourages sustainable practices in the activities on the federal sphere of public administration. In this sense, federal universities and federal government autarchies are included, which in addition to having to adhere to the PLS by force of law, also have the power to form sustainable thinking in their community through example. Based on that thought, this research project presents an intervention proposal for the Federal University of Cariri with the objective of collectively developing and implementing a monitoring tool for the Institution's PLS. A preliminary diagnosis suggested that the University, like the other federal institutes, has gaps in the design and monitoring of its sustainability policy. Therefore, this work examined both the Institution's PLS and its monitoring reports, observing weaknesses in its conception and difficulties in its execution. The construction of the tool, carried out collectively with the managers of the university plan, brought suggestions for structured electronic spreadsheets in a way that facilitates the collection of data for monitoring actions, treats them and automatically publishes them in a dashboard on the Institution's website, promoting a timely monitoring of the plan, while encouraging transparency. This intervention proposal is relevant at the institutional level because it presents a support tool for the management of its PLS, impacting positively on the increase of the decision-making capacity of managers and, consequently, increasing the effectiveness of the Plan.