Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 28 Issue 2

Does GRI reporting impact environmental sustainability? A cross-industry analysis of CO2 emissions performance between GRI-reporting and non-reporting companies

Lotfi Belkhir, Sneha Bernard, Samih Abdelgadir

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting has any direct and positive impact on environmental sustainability performance, and more…

Ecological risk assessment of a subtropical river influenced by discharges of residues from water and sewage treatment plants

Angélica Megda Silva, Denis Abessa, Paulo Augusto Zaitune Pamplin, Maria Beatriz Bohrer-Morel

The São Lourenço River (SLR) is used to supply potable waters for the cities of São Lourenço da Serra and Juquitiba, but receives the residues from the water treatment plants…

Numerical model for hydrodynamics simulations of Trabalhador channel

Stênio de Sousa Venâncio, Swami Marcondes Villela, José Luís da Silva Pinho, José Manuel Pereira Vieira

The purpose of this paper is to construct a numerical model for the numerical analysis of the hydraulic transient profile in Trabalhador channel for filling and emptying maneuvers…

Land take effects on airborne fluxes: a proposal for future research development

Stefano Salata

Among others, the resuspension of fine and ultrafine particulate matters (PMs) on air due by land take effect is an uncovered issue. The relation between land use change and…

The sediment of the Hostivar Reservoir (Prague, Czech Republic) as a memory of 45 years of pollution

Lucie Soucková, Dana Kominkova

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the historical pollution of the Hostivar Reservoir (largest reservoir in Prague) sediment by metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and…

Intellectual capital and environmental concern in subsistence small businesses

Carlos Maria Jardon, Amandio Dasilva

Small businesses created as a subsistence activity (subsistence small businesses (SSBs)), often are oriented towards the short term. The environmental performance, by contrast, is…

Mitigation of domestic indoor air pollution in a pristine rural area of India

Arindam Datta, Ved Prakash Sharma, Tanushree Gaine, Meena Sehgal

Different pollutants emission due to the conventional energy consumption process is of major concern owed to its significant effect on human health vis-à-vis regional climate. The…

Environmental performance analysis: foundry industry case report

Marcelo Girotto Rebelato, Luciana Maria Saran, Vitor Bernardes Cury, Andréia Marize Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to present a case report involving environmental performance analysis of a small Brazilian business from the foundry industry.

Adding value to Brazilian companies through corporate social responsibility

Eduardo Soares Batista, Alexandro Reis, Filipe Bortolini, Marcelo Alves de Souza, Miriam Borchardt, Giancarlo Medeiros Pereira

The purpose of this paper is to examine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives add value to Brazilian companies and how these companies perceive the impact of CSR…

Smart lighting in a historic context: a case study

Marco Beccali, Marina Bonomolo, Alessandra Galatioto, Emanuela Pulvirenti

The purpose of this paper is to address a project for lighting an old town in Italy. Its originality lies in the holistic approach that aims to fulfil several objectives. One is…