Sustainable Development in Higher
Education Institutions: Accounting
for Sustainability in Higher Education
Institutions by a Data Mining Analysis
of Publications
Samara da Silva Neiva, Wellyngton Silva de Amorim,
André Borchardt Deggau, Rafael Gustavo de Lima,
Gabriélli do Livramento Gonçalves, Flávio Ceci, Robert Samuel Birch,
and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
1 Introduction
As evidence grows of the environmental impact of human activity on our planet, the
role of sustainable development (SD) is increasingly important in the behavior of
organizations. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
S. da Silva Neiva (B) · W. S. de Amorim · A. B. Deggau · R. G. de Lima ·
G. do Livramento Gonçalves · F. Ceci · J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
Center for Sustainable Development (Greens), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL),
Santa Catarina, Brazil
e-mail: samara.neiva@unisul.br
W. S. de Amorim
e-mail: wellyngton.amorim@gmail.com
A. B. Deggau
e-mail: andre.deggau@gmail.com
R. G. de Lima
e-mail: rafael.lima@ufsc.br
G. do Livramento Gonçalves
e-mail: gabylivramento@gmail.com
F. Ceci
e-mail: flavio.ceci@unisul.br
J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
e-mail: baltazar.guerra@unisul.br
R. S. Birch
School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
e-mail: r.s.birch@liverpool.ac.uk
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the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, World Sustainability Series,
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