Gestão ambiental: estudo de caso Moderna Maquetes LTDA

Abstract

This study approaches the challenges and benefits to implement an Environmental Management System in micro and small business. The main goal is to analyse throug a study case of the company Moderna Maquetes. Therefore, the specific goals were defined: understand the company’s management process, evaluate the difficulties of implementing an environmental management system and identify the benefits. The importance to bring up this topic is to review the current productive process of natural resourses exploration understanding what is the sustainability and providing tools of environmental management as alternatives to correct this process in micro and small business. The present study consists in a research, with results treated in a qualitative way, from the collection of data from primary and secondary sources. Throughout the reasearch, with the information gathering, it was possible to conclude that the company, object of the study, despite presenting concern regarding to its impact on the environment, demonstrated as main problems the flaws in the administrative and productive management and consequently in waste management.