Gestão sustentável de cadeias de suprimento: análise da indução e implementação de práticas socioambientais por uma empresa brasileira do setor de cosméticos.

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, André Pereira de
• Orientador(a): Barbieri, José Carlos
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cadeia de suprimentos; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Empresas - aspectos ambientais; Gestão ambiental
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Supply chain; Sustainable development; Companies – environmental aspects; Environmental management
• Link de acesso: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/8792

Companies have been facing ever increasing societal pressures to operate using business models that are aligned with the proposals of sustainable development. This occurs in the midst of a scenario in which organizations no longer compete individually, but rather in supply chains. Alongside the benefits of this model, such as more competitive prices for the end consumer, are other topics that deem reflection: common are the cases in which problems of a social or environmental nature are found in the supply chains of large focal companies. If the merits of a well-performing supply chain fall upon its focal company, it is to be expected that focal companies will also be the target of societal debate regarding the impacts of their suppliers. It is in this context that this research, which aims to contribute to the consolidation of the theory of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), is inserted. The main objective of this study is to identify and analyze the manner through which a focal company leads and implements social and environmental practices in its supply chain oriented toward sustainability. Through a single and exemplary case study of a Brazilian cosmetic focal company, the strategies used by the organization to ensure the orientation of/for a sustainable model are examined. Three of the focal company’s supply chains, encompassing seven other organizations, are analyzed. Throughout the empirical research, an approach of extended supply chain is identified based on the life-cycle analysis (LCA) of the product, which when upstream goes beyond direct suppliers (first tier) toward indirect (beyond first tier), such as producers of raw materials, and when downstream seeks to reduce the post-consumption impact of packaging. This model applies to direct and indirect suppliers the social and environmental requirements associated with the production process and/or product, as well as formal monitoring initiatives of the social and environmental performance of the members of the supply chain. Sometimes the sustainability requirements demand of the focal company the development of indirect suppliers, with a bias towards the inclusion of small suppliers. The examined case study presents evidence that SSCM requires of the focal company the creation of formal mechanisms of cooperation between the various members of its supply chain.