Proposta de uma matriz de atributos e indicadores de sustentabilidade na perspectiva da responsabilidade social universitária

Abstract

This study is part of the area of concentration "Space and Socio-environmental Problems" of the Postgraduate Program in Environmental and Development Sciences, at the University of Vale do Taquari - UNIVATES and proposed to structure attributes and indicators of sustainability in the context of University Social Responsibility (RSU), to be applied in Higher Education Institutions (IES). As for the methodology, it is an exploratory and descriptive study, with a quali-quantitative nature, based on bibliographic and documentary studies and a case study. The research is configured as a case study and proposes a matrix that can be applied in any HEI, with 50 indicators, divided into four dimensions: organizational management, teaching, research and extension; in addition to four sustainability attributes: sustainable campus, transparency, integrality and community belonging. As a result, it was found that universities, university centers and colleges, due to the matrix's self-diagnosis, need more practices aimed at sustainability management in HEIs. It was also identified that the information on the mitigation of environmental impacts, by these institutions, is motivated much more by environmental legislation than because of their self-responsibility for the different impacts. Likewise, it was found that, in the researched HEIs, there is no defined MSW policy. From the results, it was also observed that the matrix composed of attributes and indicators, aligned in accordance with the different impacts of HEIs and organized into dimensions, has the potential to measure HEI initiatives in favor of sustainability, through MSW practices.