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Brazilian federal universities and their sustainable practices based on sustainable logistics management plan

Rosamaria Cox Moura-Leite (School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil)
José Carlos de Jesus Lopes (School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil)
Carolina Yamazaki (School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil)

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

ISSN: 1467-6370

Article publication date: 9 November 2022

Issue publication date: 15 March 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to analyze the situation of Federal Universities (FUs) regarding compliance with the Sustainable Logistics Management Plan (PLS) Normative Instruction (NI) 10/2012, the adoption of which is compulsory for all agencies and entities of direct, autarchic and foundational public administration and dependent state-owned enterprises, including FUs. PLS is an instrument intended to establish sustainability practices in the management of public organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected through searches on the websites of the 68 Brazilian FUs that constitute the study population, along with their plans of action (PAs) and monitoring reports.

Findings

The collected data revealed that only 25% of the FUs had a current PA and 15% published a report for the years 2020 or 2021. Furthermore, the most commonly found mandatory issue to be addressed in PAs was electricity, and the least frequent was sustainable procurement and contracting.

Research limitations/implications

Future research should be conducted with the Management Committee of the PLS to understand the reason for the discontinuity of this work in some universities and the rationale behind the mandatory issues.

Originality/value

Some studies address FUs’ implementation of PLS, which promotes sustainable management systems. However, each of the identified studies investigated only one of the seven mandatory issues set down in NI 10/2012, which did not allow a complete assessment of the FUs’ situation exclusively in respect of compliance with the PLS.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001 and by Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (FUNDECT).

Citation

Moura-Leite, R.C., Lopes, J.C.d.J. and Yamazaki, C. (2023), "Brazilian federal universities and their sustainable practices based on sustainable logistics management plan", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 932-947. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-02-2022-0057

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