Sustainability Insertion in Higher
Education: An Analysis of Research
Performed in the Brazilian Context
Izabela Simon Rampasso, Rosley Anholon, Vitor W. B. Martins,
Osvaldo L. G. Quelhas, and Walter Leal Filho
1 Introduction
Sustainability has increasingly gaining importance in organizational strategy (Eide
et al. 2020, Galleli and Hourneaux Junior 2019). Performance indicators that used
to be focused exclusively on financial aspects, in recent decades need to consider
social and environmental aspects too (Ates 2020; Tasdemir et al. 2019). In this
sense, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), specially due to society pressure,
became mandatory for companies (Jean et al. 2020). This reality gained strength
after the publication of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by United
Nations (UN) (Martins et al. 2019). These goals establish targets to guide actions
of governments, companies and society towards a better future (UN 2019). Among
these goals, “Quality education” (4th SDG) can be highlighted. Quality education
I. S. Rampasso (B)
PNPD/CAPES Program, Doctoral Program in Sustainable Management Systems, Federal
Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil
e-mail: izarampasso@gmail.com
I. S. Rampasso · R. Anholon · V. W. B. Martins
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
e-mail: rosley@fem.unicamp.br
V. W. B. Martins
Department of Production Engineering, State University of Para, Belem, Brazil
O. L. G. Quelhas
Master Program in Management Systems and Doctoral Program in Sustainable Management
Systems, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil
e-mail: osvaldoquelhas@id.uff.br
W. L. Filho
Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: walter.leal2@haw-hamburg.de
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W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_44
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Education: An Analysis of Research
Performed in the Brazilian Context
Izabela Simon Rampasso, Rosley Anholon, Vitor W. B. Martins,
Osvaldo L. G. Quelhas, and Walter Leal Filho
1 Introduction
Sustainability has increasingly gaining importance in organizational strategy (Eide
et al. 2020, Galleli and Hourneaux Junior 2019). Performance indicators that used
to be focused exclusively on financial aspects, in recent decades need to consider
social and environmental aspects too (Ates 2020; Tasdemir et al. 2019). In this
sense, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), specially due to society pressure,
became mandatory for companies (Jean et al. 2020). This reality gained strength
after the publication of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by United
Nations (UN) (Martins et al. 2019). These goals establish targets to guide actions
of governments, companies and society towards a better future (UN 2019). Among
these goals, “Quality education” (4th SDG) can be highlighted. Quality education
I. S. Rampasso (B)
PNPD/CAPES Program, Doctoral Program in Sustainable Management Systems, Federal
Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil
e-mail: izarampasso@gmail.com
I. S. Rampasso · R. Anholon · V. W. B. Martins
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
e-mail: rosley@fem.unicamp.br
V. W. B. Martins
Department of Production Engineering, State University of Para, Belem, Brazil
O. L. G. Quelhas
Master Program in Management Systems and Doctoral Program in Sustainable Management
Systems, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil
e-mail: osvaldoquelhas@id.uff.br
W. L. Filho
Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: walter.leal2@haw-hamburg.de
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_44
655