Sustainable logistics management and its indicators: content of disclosure, awareness and training at brazilian federal universities

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the practices developed by Brazilian Federal Universities related to the Disclosure, Awareness and Training (DAT) minimum content and indicators of their Sustainable Logistics Management Plans. The Sustainable Logistics Management Plans requires the incorporation of four minimum contents, which are: inventory updates that have a lower environmental impact for replacement; sustainability practices and rationalization of the use of materials and services; responsibilities, methodology of implementation and evaluation of the plan and, finally, the actions of DAT. However, in this study, we have only considered DAT actions. In order to reach the proposed objective, a qualitative research was developed, based on bibliographical studies and documentaries. The results show that, possibly due to cultural issues, the majority of Brazilian public managers at UF 's PLS have difficulty implementing the Plan and publishing follow-up reports. The lack of knowledge about the importance of indicators as a monitoring instrument became evident in our research.