Soluções da Agenda ESG: Como aplicar a partir dos efeitos causados ao Arroio Passo Fundo e à comunidade local?

Abstract

This work aims to study the current scenario of the Passo Fundo stream and the local community, located in the municipality of Guaíba/RS, in order to understand what impacts, positive or negative, occur in the region, related mainly to effluents and pollution of the stream and the social issues that affect the surrounding population. To this end, the concept of ESG (Enviromental, Social and Governance) was introduced, in order to obtain a diagnosis of which industries in the region adopt the agenda in their corporate strategy, or to identify such actions in the organizations, even if they consider the non-practice of environmental, social and governance criteria. The study also sought to relate possible practices linked to the ESG agenda, which have the potential to generate a positive impact on the quality of the Arroio Passo Fundo and consequently improve the perception of the surrounding population in relation to the companies' commitment and consequent improvement of the corporate image. The research methodology was based on three questionnaires, which were developed for the industries in the region and for the population of the São Francisco neighborhood. The industries interviewed did not have ESG criteria incorporated into their corporate strategy, while the population, in general, showed great dissatisfaction with the pollution of the Arroio, and with the indifference of companies and the government to the current scenario. Therefore, in this study ESG solutions were proposed to help with the consequences caused to the brook and to the population, concluding that the first step is to develop these practices within the companies, so that they can then produce them effectively "from the company to the outside", as well as the action of the environmental agencies and the government, in order to start the process of recovery of the Passo Fundo brook sub-basin.