Analysis of Organizational Sustainability: the Building

  The current study aims at establishing comparability mechanisms among Sustainability implemented aspects, which may assess both maturity stage and the adherence to Sustainability Management Systems of Brazilian Civil Construction firms in Building subsector. The analysis of Sustainability Managem...

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Main Authors: Júlio Nichioka, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management
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Online Access:https://bjopm.emnuvens.com.br/bjopm/article/view/110
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Summary:  The current study aims at establishing comparability mechanisms among Sustainability implemented aspects, which may assess both maturity stage and the adherence to Sustainability Management Systems of Brazilian Civil Construction firms in Building subsector. The analysis of Sustainability Management Systems implemented by Civil Construction firms was performed by using the tool and by carrying out interviews with five firms within the segment. The collected outcomes were treated under intra-case and inter-case methods, which verified the current maturity stage and the adherence to Sustainability Management Systems. The use of a simulator made the determination of the firms final classification possible in relation to the their Sustainability Management Systems efficiency.
ISSN:2237-8960