Abstract
In the Brazilian contemporaneous context, there is evidence of society's demands for companies to carry out their activities in a responsible manner in the social and environmental spheres. In the coal mining industry, the debate is even more eminent because of the significant environmental impacts generated by the mining activity. The present study aims to analyze the determinants of socio-environmental practices of coal companies in the South of Santa Catarina (SC) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS) in the perceptions of company managers and institutions by these actions, under the perspective of social capital. The research is empirical and is supported by a descriptive qualitative approach, using documentary analysis and interview as a data collection technique. From the point of view of the research strategy, it consists of a multicase study. Managers from two national and private capital companies were interviewed, with importance on their economic area in SC and RS, respectively: Copelmi Mineração Ltda and Carbonífera Catarinense Ltda. Managers of two institutions benefited by the actions of the respective companies, which characterize social-environmental responsibility related to theories of social capital. The results demonstrated empirical evidence of social capital constituted in the existence of networks of relationship between the companies and the institutions impacted with focus on the reciprocity. It was detected that the synergy among those involved, as a motivation for social and environmental actions, produces improvement in the search for quality of life and in the training of the impacted. Key words: Social responsibility, social and environmental actions, social and environmental determinants, share capital, social actions.
Highlights
Contemporary society has experienced local, national and international movements of concern with socio-environmental problems
Silva et al (2011, p. 154) highlight some of the drivers of corporate strategies under Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER): the evolution of environmental legislation that regulates business activities in the use of natural resources and environmental services; the greater collection of individuals in the reduction and compensation of the impacts caused by the companies in their economic activity; the pursuit of risk minimization to investors; “and by the market itself, since environmental issues have become important for the competitiveness of organizations”
The identification of socioenvironmental practices and the reasons why companies carry them out, whether they are mandatory or voluntary, is relevant to understand the motivations of these practices in the perception of impacted agents - coal mining managers and managers of community institutions impacted by these practices, relating to social capital constituted
Summary
Contemporary society has experienced local, national and international movements of concern with socio-environmental problems. Imbalance and the planet's life, the problematic has gained ample space in the academic environment (Silva et al, 2011). This movement is noticeable in several fields of activity, in the field of education, service provision and production of consumer goods, among others. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER), at the present time, appear as important managerial instruments in the realignment of organizational strategies, aiming at a more participative economy and engaged in socioenvironmental problems
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