The impact of FSC certification perceived by employees of brazilian companies

Nunes, Moema Pereira; Weber, Bruna Rafaela Kercher; Fagundes, Camila; Schreiber, Dusan

doi:10.5902/1983465973756

Moema Pereira Nunes

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1 – Moema Pereira Nunes Institution: Feevale University – Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil PhD in Business Administration

Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9729-9074

Bruna Rafaela Kercher Weber

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2 – Bruna Rafaela Kercher Weber Institution: Feevale University – Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bachelor of Business Administration

Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-9034

Camila Fagundes

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3 – Camila Fagundes Institution: Feevale University – Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil PhD student in Environmental Quality

Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9427-0631

Dusan Schreiber

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4 – Dusan Schreiber Institution: Feevale University – Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazill Doctor of Business Administration

Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-4780

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Edited by: Jordana Marques Kneipp

Number of the Principles	Principle	Criteria
1	Compliance with Laws	The organization must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and internationally ratified treaties, conventions, and agreements.
2	Worker Rights and Employment Conditions	The organization must maintain or enhance the economic and social well-being of workers.
3	Indigenous Peoples’ Rights	The organization must identify and respect the legal and customary rights of indigenous peoples regarding the ownership, use, and management of lands, territories, and resources affected by management activities.
4	Community Relations	The organization must contribute to maintaining or increasing the social and economic well-being of local communities.
5	Forest Benefits	The organization must manage the range of products and services of the Management Unit efficiently.
6	Environmental Values and Impacts	The organization must maintain, conserve, and/or restore the ecosystem services and environmental values of the Management Unit.
7	Management Planning	The organization must have a management plan consistent with its policies and objectives and proportional to the scale, intensity, and risks of its management activities.
8	Monitoring and Evaluation	The organization must demonstrate that progress toward achieving management objectives, the impacts of management activities, and the condition of the Management Unit are monitored and evaluated.
9	High Conservation Values (HCV)	The organization must maintain and/or enhance High Conservation Values areas in the Management Unit.
10	Implementation of Management Activities	Management activities carried out by or for the organization for the Management Unit must be selected and implemented in accordance with the organization’s economic, environmental, and social policies and objectives.

Aspect	Option	Percentage
Experience in the company	Less than 1 year	7,4%
	From 1 to 3	18,8%
	From 3 to 5	14,8%
	From 5 to 10	30,2%
	More than 10	28,9%
Age	From 16 to 23 years old	4,7%
	From 24 to 30	22,8%
	From 31 to 40	45,6%
	From 41 to 55	24,2%
	More than 55	2,7%
Education level	High School	5,4%
	University degree (Undergraduate)	30,9%
	University degree (Graduate)	36,9%
	Master and/or Doctorate degree	26,8%

Number of the Principles	Affirmatives	Mean	Stand. Deviation
1	… operates in compliance with national legislation, as well as international treaties and agreements signed between countries.	4,9294	0,2576
2	… maintain or enhance the economic and social well-being of workers.	4,9647	0,2412
3	… recognizes and respects the rights of indigenous communities and traditional communities, as well as the act of owning, using, and managing their territories.	4,8941	0,3787
4	… respects community relations and workers’ rights, contributing to maintaining and/or expanding the social and economic well-being of local communities.	4,8705	0,3712
5	… contributes to maximizing forest benefits by efficiently managing its forest products and services to ensure economic viability and social and environmental benefits.	4,8235	0,4674
6	… considers environmental impact, conserving ecological diversity and its associated values, as well as maintaining and preserving ecosystem services, mitigating negative impacts.	4,8352	0,4037
7	… has and disseminates an appropriate forest management plan consistent with policies and objectives.	4,6235	0,8448
8	… demonstrates progress in achieving proposed management objectives to assess the forest condition, yields of forest products, chain of custody, and management activities and their environmental and social impacts.	4,7882	0,4109
9	... values the maintenance of high-maintenance forests, maintaining and/or expanding the attributes that define such forests and taking all necessary precautions when managing them.	4,6588	0,8099
10	… plans and conducts plantation management to reduce pressures and promote the recovery and conservation of natural forests, providing a range of social and economic benefits, and contributing to meeting global needs for forest products.	4,5647	0,9691

Number of the Principles	Affirmatives	Mean	Stand. Deviation
5	...privilege products that benefit the environment and society.	4,779	0,6023
6	...has a protective relationship with the forest.	4,671	0,6921
4	...has a protective relationship with the communities.	4,638	0,6700
1	… respect by the company for economic, social and environmental principles.	4,584	0,6985
1, 4 and 6	...improvement of external company image.	4,577	0,7900
9	...allows consumers to purchase products free of social and environmental liabilities.	4,537	0,7400
2, 3 and 4	...has a protective relationship with other people.	4,409	0,7971
7 and 8	...link between productivity and lessening negative environmental impacts.	4,309	1,0061
2 and 4	...offers better working conditions.	4,174	1,0950
2 and 7	...offers training.	4,040	1,0898
5 and 6	...certified products have different values.	3,987	1,2839
10	...FSC marketing that the company carries.	3,718	1,2197
2, 3 and 4	...better standard of living for me and my family.	3,591	1,1969

Affirmatives	Mean	Stand. Deviation	1	2	3	4
...certified products have different values.	3,987	1,2839		,486	,427
...privilege products that benefit the environment and society.	4,779	0,6023			,731
...improvement of external company image.	4,577	0,7900			,595	,467
...better standard of living for me and my family.	3,591	1,1969		,833
...offers better working conditions.	4,174	1,0950	,481	,637
...offers training.	4,040	1,0898	,581
…company’s respect economic, social, and environmental principles.	4,584	0,6985	,896
...has a protective relationship with other people.	4,409	0,7971	,829
...has a protective relationship with the forest.	4,671	0,6921	,885
...allows consumers to purchase products free of social and environmental liabilities.	4,537	0,7400	,470
...FSC marketing that the company carries.	3,718	1,2197				,686
...has a protective relationship with the communities.	4,638	0,6700	,720
...link between productivity and lessening negative environmental impacts.	4,309	1,0061	,533	,467	,472

Number of the Principles	Affirmatives	Mean	Stand. Deviation
10	...people are misinformed about FSC and environmental certifications in general.	4,262	0,9256
1	...many companies choose not to carry the FSC certification because they consider the implementation value too high.	3,913	1,0586
6 and 7	...there is unfair competition in the market between certified-companies and non-certified companies.	3,826	1,2010
10	...the requirements demanded by FSC are complicated and time-consuming.	3,282	1,1454
6	...the procedures adopted to obtain an environmental certification do not fully eliminate the environmental risks of production processes.	3,201	1,2786
4	...the sales channels act with indifference towards certified products.	2,369	1,3015
9 and 10	...the company is not sustainable as it claims to be.	1,671	1,1880

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The impact of FSC certification perceived by employees of brazilian companies

O impacto da certificação FSC percebidos por colaboradores de empresas brasileiras

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