Ecos committee from Pernambuco – Brazil: a study on the sustainability actions of participating institutions

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the importance of socio-environmental actions as tools for structuring sustainability management in the public sphere, with a view to fulfilling corporate responsibility, based on the Ecos Committee from Pernambuco-Brazil. To carry out this study, a bibliographical and documental research was carried out, where scientific articles, resolutions and other bases of formal documents were raised for a wider understanding of the theme in focus. Then,we conducted a survey of the actions put into practice by the Ecos Committee between 2015 and 2017. Confronting their planning with this survey, it was possible to analyze its strategic alignment, confronting theory and practice. The main results point to the existence of feasible public initiatives that endorse sustainability ramifications denoting potential for replication in other organizations, since the Ecos Committee from Pernambuco appears to fulfill its role.Further research initiatives are also presented.