Agenda ambiental na administração pública: uma análise da adesão da UFS às diretrizes propostas pela A3P

Abstract

Initiatives that promote actions against waste, aiming to minimize and/or eliminate negative impacts on the environment and that guarantee sustainable development, encourage society to adopt new standards and benchmarks for the consumption of natural resources. The Ministry of the Environment (MMA) developed the Public Administration Environmental Agenda (A3P) with the aim of encouraging sustainability and promoting socio-environmental criteria in the public and private spheres. With regard to the public sector, the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) joined the A3P on April 29, 2015. That said, the article aims to analyze the adherence of UFS to the guidelines proposed by the A3P. The methodology adopted is qualitative, with a exploratory and descriptive character. To this end, a bibliographic and documentary survey of materials necessary to understand the elements that make up this research was carried out. The results show that there are environmental policies strongly supported by A3P at UFS, which can be noticed both in the internal and external environment, namely: in the monitoring of trees and tactile floors, in the prohibition of disposable cups in the university restaurant, implementation of selective collection, adoption of containers and concern regarding the quality of life of servers. Although these measures have been intensified in recent years, managers need to better train cleaning staff on the proper disposal of waste, raise awareness of the academic community about the rational use of environmental resources, in addition to making more investments aimed at the conservation of public goods.