Having an environmental management system (EMS) certified in ISO 14001 or verified in EMAS in a Higher Education Institution does not ensure the availability of the data needed to carry an Organizational Life Cycle Assessment ...

In 2008, Spain reached the objectives fixed by the European Union in reference to packaging waste management and has achieved maintain and even exceed them, according to the data held by the European Commission (Eurostat). ...

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a methodology developed to help organizations reporting on their environmental, social and economic performance. In this study, the viability of applying GRI methodology to assess ...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool for the systematic evaluation of the environmental aspects of a product, process, or system through all stages of its life cycle. ISO standards describe the requirements to do a LCA ...

Universities from all over the world has recently developed Ecological Footprint to assess their environmental impact. The methodologies applied are variations of the original methodology designed for territories. The ...

The environmental key performance indicators are gaining interest as a tool to internalize environmental performance in the scorecard of decision-making boards of higher education institutions. The carbon footprint is the ...

Toy industry is characterized by a constant renewal of their products, which are linked to TV series and fashionable TV characters. However, manufacturers must meet a set of criteria relating to health, packaging and ...

The Government of Minas Gerais, in its strategic plan 2011-2014 established the sustainable economic development as one of its strategies and in this context born the Pole of Excellence in Environmental Innovation (PEEI). ...

One way to measure the environmental performance of an organization is through the use of indicators for environmental sustainability (IES). The IES provide an important source of information that may help to those responsible ...

The purpose of this article is to analyze, through the formulation proposed previously, the total economic cost of using a vehicle, either in ownership or through car sharing. This analysis will be applied in several ...