A Agenda 21 e a responsabilidade ambiental das empresas

Abstract

Issues related to the preservation and environmental protection have joined the agenda of international relations, both in academic field and in the diplomatic field, from the end of the 1960s. The importance of environmental issues for International Relations now has greater importance due to the exploitation of natural resources, altering the environmental balance, since it does not have enough time to regenerate resources. The sustained development of molds capitalists, who, with the advent of globalization, eventually spreading throughout the world, is considered unsustainable environmentally. In this context, the industrial sector has been seen as the main villain of the environment. Although many of it actions compromise, in fact, environmental quality, over time their policies and processes have been modified in accordance with standards and environmental legislation. The environmental adaptation, which was once seen as spending by industry today is seen by some companies as a competitive advantage and add value to the product. This study aims to analyze the environmental liability policies held by the business sector. Based on study of the Agenda 21, the outcome document of the UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but also considering the business perspective on sustainable development. It is intended, therefore, to evaluate the business practices that contribute to the maintenance of the environment. We will see that the business sector has its own recommendations, and that many of these recommendations are consistent with the recommendations of the Agenda 21.