O SISTEMA DE GESTÃO AMBIENTAL COMO IMPULSOR DA EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL: UM ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA EMPRESA DO POLO INDUSTRIAL DE MANAUS (PIM) A PARTIR DA PERCEPÇÃO DE SEUS COLABORADORES

Abstract

This work had as a starting point to find answers to the following questioning: to what extent the Environmental Management System (EMS) adopted by a company of the Industrial Pole of Manaus (PIM) has contributed to Environmental Education (EE) of its employees? As a result of such inquiry, the work had as objective to verify general, the perception of employees, the company researched, located in the Industrial Pole of Manaus and has Environmental Management System, contributes to the environmental education of its employees. Specifically aims to identify: - if and how the process of environmental education company with ISO 14001 certification occurs; - If the company researched supports and encourages the creation of projects for their employees aimed at environmental preservation; - Whether arising from processes of environmental management and environmental education, reflections and changes in attitudes toward environmental issues occur in the context of professional and personal company workers studied; - And yet, check the degree of interest of employees with regard to environmental issues. To this end, a case study with empirical descriptive research was conducted mainly in the form of fieldwork. The main results were concerning with the approaches of important authors in the literature on the subject. It can be concluded that EA, arising as a tool of the EMS, contributes to the process of awareness of employees, where they acquire the means to assume the role of change agents in any context and situation, influencing, even in their personal practices and professionals, as well as acquire the ability to disseminate information on environmental issues to those around, as their family, friends and coworkers; besides having a high degree of interest in environmental issues, also perceive such practices with extreme courage to face delicate environmental problems. reviewing the literature it was found that the ME , despite bringing positive aspects , will not solve the problems of Brazilian society . There is therefore the need to think of a new environmental policy and allied to the government concerned to participate in an environmentally smartening population , in all spheres , in a massive way and only way we can entertain the possibility of achieving concrete actions , among these , the effectiveness of ME in Brazil and different scenarios that may benefit the environment.