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promulgation of Decree 7746 of 2012 that defines socioenvironmental guidelines
to be implemented by federal institutions, and the resulting norms that establish
minimum criteria and structures for the proposed instruments (Brasil 2012a). Due
to this decree, the Interministerial Commission on Sustainability in Public Administration (CISAP) was created, which is the forum for discussion and proposals with
a view to implement and regulate the actions that promote sustainability within the
federal government (Brasil 2016).
The Decree institutionalized the Sustainable Logistics Management Plan (PLS),
a planning tool to be developed by all the institutions of the Federal Public Administration (APF). The PLS works includes actions to promote sustainability and define
respective goals, with deadlines, as well as monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
Thus, the PLS gives conditions for the organs and entities of the APF set their
sustainability practices and rationalization of costs and processes.
In 2015, the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management issued Ordinance
23/2015 that indicated good practices in the management of electricity and water,
and their monitoring (Brasil 2015). In October of that year, three decrees were issued,
1
with a view to: (i) digitize all administrative records and information; (ii) rationalize
the management and contracting of various services, from the rental of properties to
the contracting of cleaning services, including dealing with surveillance and telecommunications contracts; and (iii) optimize carbon offsets for official vehicles and aerial
(Brasil 2016).
In Brazil, federal public universities are considered as autarchies of the federal
government, and, therefore, are subject to this legislation that becomes one of the
factors that might mobilize universities for their transition to sustainability. Therefore,
a movement towards sustainability is mandatory. However, federal public universities are slowly moving in such direction. With the expansion of the network of
federal universities during 2003–2015 (Brasil 2010), a number of new campuses
emerged which also had to follow the aforementioned regulations. In Brasília, the
Planaltina campus is one of these campuses that are an extension of the University of
Brasília (UnB), a federal university founded in 1960s. This young campus emerged
in 2006 and consideration regarding sustainability arose in 2010 (see more details
in next sections). Four undergraduate courses are offered: Environmental Management, Agribusiness Management, Natural Sciences and Rural Education. All of them
with a clear relationship with environment and, therefore, with sustainability. New
campuses such as this one are an opportunity to study and develop environmental
practices towards the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at
the university scale. The objective of this paper is to describe the process of implementing a sustainability plan in this small and young campus. Specific objectives
were: (1) present its distinctions compared to the business sustainability model; (2)
describe how such system is being developed in Planaltina campus and (3) presents
the rich-learning opportunities for academic community during the whole process
of understanding and developing such system.
1 Decrees are: 8539, 8540 and 8541/2015.
M. Bizerril et al.
promulgation of Decree 7746 of 2012 that defines socioenvironmental guidelines
to be implemented by federal institutions, and the resulting norms that establish
minimum criteria and structures for the proposed instruments (Brasil 2012a). Due
to this decree, the Interministerial Commission on Sustainability in Public Administration (CISAP) was created, which is the forum for discussion and proposals with
a view to implement and regulate the actions that promote sustainability within the
federal government (Brasil 2016).
The Decree institutionalized the Sustainable Logistics Management Plan (PLS),
a planning tool to be developed by all the institutions of the Federal Public Administration (APF). The PLS works includes actions to promote sustainability and define
respective goals, with deadlines, as well as monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
Thus, the PLS gives conditions for the organs and entities of the APF set their
sustainability practices and rationalization of costs and processes.
In 2015, the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management issued Ordinance
23/2015 that indicated good practices in the management of electricity and water,
and their monitoring (Brasil 2015). In October of that year, three decrees were issued,
1
with a view to: (i) digitize all administrative records and information; (ii) rationalize
the management and contracting of various services, from the rental of properties to
the contracting of cleaning services, including dealing with surveillance and telecommunications contracts; and (iii) optimize carbon offsets for official vehicles and aerial
(Brasil 2016).
In Brazil, federal public universities are considered as autarchies of the federal
government, and, therefore, are subject to this legislation that becomes one of the
factors that might mobilize universities for their transition to sustainability. Therefore,
a movement towards sustainability is mandatory. However, federal public universities are slowly moving in such direction. With the expansion of the network of
federal universities during 2003–2015 (Brasil 2010), a number of new campuses
emerged which also had to follow the aforementioned regulations. In Brasília, the
Planaltina campus is one of these campuses that are an extension of the University of
Brasília (UnB), a federal university founded in 1960s. This young campus emerged
in 2006 and consideration regarding sustainability arose in 2010 (see more details
in next sections). Four undergraduate courses are offered: Environmental Management, Agribusiness Management, Natural Sciences and Rural Education. All of them
with a clear relationship with environment and, therefore, with sustainability. New
campuses such as this one are an opportunity to study and develop environmental
practices towards the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at
the university scale. The objective of this paper is to describe the process of implementing a sustainability plan in this small and young campus. Specific objectives
were: (1) present its distinctions compared to the business sustainability model; (2)
describe how such system is being developed in Planaltina campus and (3) presents
the rich-learning opportunities for academic community during the whole process
of understanding and developing such system.
1 Decrees are: 8539, 8540 and 8541/2015.