ADHERENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS (GRI) OF A FRUITULTURE COMPANY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO VALLEY

Abstract

Companies need to take a proactive and innovative stance in the face of changes in a globalized scenario that enables better economic, social and environmentally responsible engagement. The objective of this work was to generate the Full Adherence Degree (GAPIE) and the Effective Disclosure Degree (GEE) to the environmental indicators, based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (2013), of Irrigated Fruit Company of the São Francisco Valley, in Petrolina-PE. The research had qualitative character and exploratory-descriptive scope, and is a case study. The public environmental certification reports, from 2016 - 2018, were obtained from the company's institutional page. Data were analyzed and tabulated using Excel spreadsheet with automatic formulas developed for this study. Thirty-four indicators were analyzed. The company presented 61% adherence, level “B”, and rating “Medium”, considered as a good degree of adherence to environmental indicators. The
disclosure of sustainability indicators for companies in the São Francisco Valley, Northeastern Semiarid, is of particular importance in order to have a more effective management by companies and for public policies to go hand in hand with the business sector and society's demands for sustainability.