Methodology for the Environmental Service Suppliers’ …
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It is awaited that the joint qualification of environmental service suppliers enables
contractors to reduce costs and time, mitigate associated risks with inadequate supply,
and non-compliance imposed by legislation, besides reducing reliance on suppliers.
In addition, by decentralizing this operational control to manage professional
suppliers, working in the environmental field can focus on more strategic issues, such
as reducing waste generation, developing more efficient packaging with suppliers,
and seeking greater efficiency in processes; in other words, to dedicate themselves
to activities that generate added value to the company. Also worthy of note is the
benefit that could be generated for small and medium-sized enterprises, which have
the same obligations as large companies, regarding the shared responsibility of their
products and services.
For the service suppliers, the main advantage is the sharing of the evaluations
results with several companies, allowing the reduction of the audit numbers carried
out in their facilities, and opening new markets.
According to suppliers’ management rules, the fact that companies induce collaborative practices places them at a level of leadership for sustainable development,
since they can positively influence the sector and the region where they operate and
mobilize stakeholders interested on the theme.
4 Partnership Between the University and Industry
to Develop a Methodology for Environmental Service
Suppliers’ Qualification
The partnership among university and industries was carried through aiming at the
elaboration of a master thesis that could have practical application, through the (Professional Master’s Degree Program in urban and industrial environment) Programa
de Mestrado Profissional em Meio Ambiente Urbano e Industrial (PPGMAUI).
The network of partner companies for the case study was formed by the Group of
Environmental Professionals from Paraná state Industries (GPMAI PR), which acts
as a forum for discussion and exchange of solutions and alternatives for improvement
in the field of environmental issues in the industry scope. The five companies that
took part as volunteers were: Hexion Química do Brasil, Novozymes Latin America,
Renault do Brasil, Tecnotam Embalagens Industriais and Treves do Brasil.
The elaboration of the shared qualification process for environmental service
suppliers was divided into the following steps:
1. Categories prioritization: In the first stage were defined the categories of environmental service suppliers that would be evaluated, and then the parameters for
the construction of the risk matrix were elaborated. As a result, the categories
were analyzed and classified among the low, medium and high risk levels, and
those classified as high level were denominated as critical categories;
2. Qualification process elaboration for the most critical categories: meetings were
held with the GPMAI PR volunteer companies to collect information regarding
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It is awaited that the joint qualification of environmental service suppliers enables
contractors to reduce costs and time, mitigate associated risks with inadequate supply,
and non-compliance imposed by legislation, besides reducing reliance on suppliers.
In addition, by decentralizing this operational control to manage professional
suppliers, working in the environmental field can focus on more strategic issues, such
as reducing waste generation, developing more efficient packaging with suppliers,
and seeking greater efficiency in processes; in other words, to dedicate themselves
to activities that generate added value to the company. Also worthy of note is the
benefit that could be generated for small and medium-sized enterprises, which have
the same obligations as large companies, regarding the shared responsibility of their
products and services.
For the service suppliers, the main advantage is the sharing of the evaluations
results with several companies, allowing the reduction of the audit numbers carried
out in their facilities, and opening new markets.
According to suppliers’ management rules, the fact that companies induce collaborative practices places them at a level of leadership for sustainable development,
since they can positively influence the sector and the region where they operate and
mobilize stakeholders interested on the theme.
4 Partnership Between the University and Industry
to Develop a Methodology for Environmental Service
Suppliers’ Qualification
The partnership among university and industries was carried through aiming at the
elaboration of a master thesis that could have practical application, through the (Professional Master’s Degree Program in urban and industrial environment) Programa
de Mestrado Profissional em Meio Ambiente Urbano e Industrial (PPGMAUI).
The network of partner companies for the case study was formed by the Group of
Environmental Professionals from Paraná state Industries (GPMAI PR), which acts
as a forum for discussion and exchange of solutions and alternatives for improvement
in the field of environmental issues in the industry scope. The five companies that
took part as volunteers were: Hexion Química do Brasil, Novozymes Latin America,
Renault do Brasil, Tecnotam Embalagens Industriais and Treves do Brasil.
The elaboration of the shared qualification process for environmental service
suppliers was divided into the following steps:
1. Categories prioritization: In the first stage were defined the categories of environmental service suppliers that would be evaluated, and then the parameters for
the construction of the risk matrix were elaborated. As a result, the categories
were analyzed and classified among the low, medium and high risk levels, and
those classified as high level were denominated as critical categories;
2. Qualification process elaboration for the most critical categories: meetings were
held with the GPMAI PR volunteer companies to collect information regarding