Proposição de instrumento direcionador da sustentabilidade ambiental para micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs) com base no Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE)

Abstract

The scenario of smaller companies presents itself, in general, with a tiny profit margin, and its economic viability is the main focus of these ventures. This fact, allied to the lack of knowledge and clarity on the part of managers regarding the gains of sustainable practices, causes sustainability to be placed in the background by Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). In this sense, the present article aimed to propose a document that guides environmental sustainability for small companies based on the analysis of questionnaires on the environment dimension of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE B3). The construction of this document was made from interviews and the application of the aforementioned questionnaires in 5 MSEs, from different branches, chosen for convenience. For the construction of this document, the issues applicable to these projects were considered and it is expected that the product of this work will guide other MSEs to a more environmentally responsible conduct, in addition to spreading even more the concepts of sustainability. Therefore, throughout the research, it was possible to observe that environmental sustainability is something tangible for micro and small companies.