Certificação padrão ISO 14001 em empresas do Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil

Abstract

A challenge faced by organizations is to reconcile production with the use of good environmental practices that can minimize the impact caused by the production process of the same. Many companies resort to such the implementation of management systems that can better guide them in this behavioral change. Analyze the competitive advantages of certification ISO 14001 was the objective of this work. The sample was represented by 28 companies in the state of Pernambuco, all certified ISO 14001, information provided by the Certificate Management System Inmetro. The data collection was carried out through the electronic form of use in the period between March and June 2016. As a result it was possible to identify 100% of ISO 14001 companies also had ISO 9001 certification, a feature that shows the priority of the total quality organizations. 26% of the companies studied not elaborated sustainability report, 39% draw up the document however does not disclose to the general public and 35% had a report and disclose on its website. Through the Mission, Vision and Values ​​of some companies was also possible to identify the introspection of the essence of environmental management. The main reason companies in the study the adoption by the rule was to market demand; transactions with customers and suppliers. Second, companies sought through the certification, compliance to legal requirements, respect the standard itself cites as basic requirement. The information asked in electronic form addressing the changes before and after certification, reduction in the indicator number of environmental incidents was the most representative. 68% of companies reported that they managed to drastically reduce this rate. The study revealed the difficulty of companies conduct performance measurement of environmental indicators and it proposes the development of a proposal for mapping to measure them.