Universities, Sustainability
and Businesses: A Common Agenda
for 2030
Lucas A. Moscato, Walter Oscar Serrate and Paulo W. Patullo
Abstract Science and Technology are the most important frontier between Universities and Businesses (U&B). The interaction between U&B has always paved the
way innovations came to life for the well-being of our communities and the world.
The purpose of this work is to analyze the bridges that were, and are, being built to
connect both perspectives of human progress and to evaluate options for renewed
cooperative actions. The idea is to support the creation of modern tools for Research
and Development, under the framework of the United Nations Agenda 2030 and
its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (United Nations TRANSFORMING
OUR WORLD.) This initiative suggests focusing Sustainability on the Development
of Capacities in companies and academia in Brazil, starting in Sao Paulo, a State that
is already implementing many projects generated under the umbrella of the Goals,
with the typical characteristics of their developing reality. The SDGs provide innumerous lessons for all, and it is important to evaluate their implementation processes
in order to help define joint priorities for other Universities and Businesses. The specific objective of this paper is to support the strengthening of the efforts made at the
University of São Paulo, Brazil (USP) to enhance its quest for economic, social and
environmental sustainability. The focus is to discuss how U&B could transit common
paths looking to the current and future challenges. The intention is to make an initial
approach to the practices of U&B for a Sustainable Agenda in order to propose some
joint actions, examining USP initiatives and their partners as an emblematic Case
Study.
L. A. Moscato
Mechatronics Engineering Department, PMR, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes
2231, São Paulo, SP 05508-010, Brazil
e-mail: lamoscat@usp.br
W. O. Serrate (B)
Research Center for Gas Innovation—RCGI, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes
2231, São Paulo, SP 05508-030, Brazil
e-mail: oscar.serrate@usp.br
P. W. Patullo
Programa de Educação Continuada PECE, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes 2373,
São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
e-mail: patullo@pecepoli.com.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_36
601
and Businesses: A Common Agenda
for 2030
Lucas A. Moscato, Walter Oscar Serrate and Paulo W. Patullo
Abstract Science and Technology are the most important frontier between Universities and Businesses (U&B). The interaction between U&B has always paved the
way innovations came to life for the well-being of our communities and the world.
The purpose of this work is to analyze the bridges that were, and are, being built to
connect both perspectives of human progress and to evaluate options for renewed
cooperative actions. The idea is to support the creation of modern tools for Research
and Development, under the framework of the United Nations Agenda 2030 and
its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (United Nations TRANSFORMING
OUR WORLD.) This initiative suggests focusing Sustainability on the Development
of Capacities in companies and academia in Brazil, starting in Sao Paulo, a State that
is already implementing many projects generated under the umbrella of the Goals,
with the typical characteristics of their developing reality. The SDGs provide innumerous lessons for all, and it is important to evaluate their implementation processes
in order to help define joint priorities for other Universities and Businesses. The specific objective of this paper is to support the strengthening of the efforts made at the
University of São Paulo, Brazil (USP) to enhance its quest for economic, social and
environmental sustainability. The focus is to discuss how U&B could transit common
paths looking to the current and future challenges. The intention is to make an initial
approach to the practices of U&B for a Sustainable Agenda in order to propose some
joint actions, examining USP initiatives and their partners as an emblematic Case
Study.
L. A. Moscato
Mechatronics Engineering Department, PMR, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes
2231, São Paulo, SP 05508-010, Brazil
e-mail: lamoscat@usp.br
W. O. Serrate (B)
Research Center for Gas Innovation—RCGI, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes
2231, São Paulo, SP 05508-030, Brazil
e-mail: oscar.serrate@usp.br
P. W. Patullo
Programa de Educação Continuada PECE, Escola Politécnica USP, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes 2373,
São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
e-mail: patullo@pecepoli.com.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_36
601