Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Institutional Organisation, Structures, and Corporate Policies -- Appropriation of Disaster Risk Reduction in Brazil: Relations Between Civil Defense and Urban Planning as a Social Process Leading to Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 National Protection and Civil Defense Policy Relevance to Urban Planning in Natural Disasters Prevention -- 3 Appropriation of Regulations and Guidelines by Municipal Urban Administration -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Results and Analysis -- 5.1 About Transformations: In Relations and in Urban Space Management -- 5.2 Institutional Approach to Informal Settlements and Risk Areas -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Social Advancement as a Critical Success Factor in a Model of Translation and Control of Strategy in Agro-Industrial Cooperatives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Translation and Control of Strategy -- 3 The Cooperative Movement -- 4 Agro-Industrial Cooperatives -- 5 Methodology -- 6 Results and Discussion -- 6.1 The Agro-Industrial Agraria Cooperative -- 6.2 Social Advancement -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Architecture-Oriented Agile Approach for Sustainability Reporting -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Design -- 3 GRI Standard -- 4 The Application Case -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Sustainable Procurement Process: A Case Study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Current PHEI Procurement Process -- 3.2 Sustainable Procurement Process Proposal for PHEI -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- How the Perception of Employees Can Help to Address Management and Operation Challenges Towards More Sustainable Sanitary Landfills: A Case Study of Curitiba and Metropolitan Area -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Solid Waste Management in Brazil and Dependence on Sanitary Landfills. , 3 Main Negative Impacts Associated with Sanitary Landfills -- 4 How the Perception of Employees Can Help to Address Management and Operation Challenges in Sanitary Landfills -- 5 Methods -- 6 Results and Analysis -- 7 Conclusion and Perspectives for Future Research -- References -- Comparative Analysis of the Sustainable Practices Based on Social Responsibility Guidelines of Personal Hygiene, Perfumery and Cosmetics Companies in Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Selection of the Analyzed Companies -- 3.2 Selection of the Comparison Criteria -- 3.3 Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Practices -- 3.4 Analysis of Companies in the Brazilian Market -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Comparative Table of the Sustainable Practices -- References -- Sharing Economy: Sensegiving of Strategic Decisions Towards Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Strategic Decision-Making Process as Sensegiving -- 2.1 Technological Context -- 2.2 Decision-Making -- 2.3 Construction of Meaning -- 3 Methodological Procedures -- 4 Results and Discussion: Sense Giving Materialized in the Strategic Communication -- 5 Closing Remarks -- References -- Social Responsibility as a Competitive Advantage for Companies: A Sustainability Research in Paraná's Cooperatives in Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Deployment of Sustainable Development Framework in Export Manufacturing Firms for the Common Good -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Differentiating/Distinguishing Between Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility -- 3 Literature Review and Hypothesis Formulation -- 4 Methodology and Data Analysis -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- References -- Discussion of New Product Development Process Sustainability Based on the Supply Chain in the Context of Industry 4.0. , 1 Introduction: New Product Development, Supply Chain and Industry 4.0 -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Sustainability Oriented New Product Development and Supply Chain in Industry 4.0 -- 4 Models, Frameworks and Researches on Supply Chain and New Product Development in Industry 4.0 Context -- 5 Final Discussion of Results of Models, Frameworks and Researches Found in the Literature -- References -- (Non-)compliance with Public Finance Laws, Sustainability and Social Responsibility: A Critical Analysis of the Use of Mining Taxation in Canaã dos Carajás (Pará, Brazil) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Public Finance Laws -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Importance of Green Supply Chain Management Approach in the Integrated Product Development Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 The Influence of a GSCM Approach on IPDP -- 4 Models, Frameworks and Researches on GSCM and IPDP -- 5 Final Considerations -- References -- Corporate Social Responsibility According to Employee Perception: The Case of an Energy Company -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -- 3 Policies, Standards and Trends in CSR -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Data Collection -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Approaches Towards Resource Efficiency (e.g. Energy, Water, Wastes, Materials) -- Mining Sustainability Practices in Latin America -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Dimension 1: Types of Corporate Sustainability Activities -- 2.2 Dimension 2: Sustainability Issues Addressed -- 2.3 Dimension 3: Components Across the Value Chain -- 3 Research Design -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Future Practices -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Assessing the Use of Pine Chip Ash in Manufacturing Soil-Cement Bricks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework. , 2.1 Materials -- 2.2 Method of Water Absorption Test -- 2.3 Method for Compressive Strength Test -- 2.4 Mixture -- 2.5 Proof Bodies of Molding -- 2.6 Cure -- 2.7 Compressive Strength Test -- 2.8 Water Absorption Test -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Suggestions for Future Studies -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Nature-Based Solution in the Context of Sustainability: A Case Study of Artificial Reefs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contextualizing the Nature-Based Solution -- 3 Applicability of NbS Practice and Its Local to Global Interface -- 4 Artificial Reefs as a NbS Model -- 5 REBIMAR Program -- 6 Single Case Model: Artificial Reef -- 7 SWOT Analysis: REBIMAR Program -- 7.1 Internal Environment -- 7.2 External Environment -- 8 Final Considerations -- References -- Reverse Logistics System to Support the Lamp Circularity: A Case Study in Irati-Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Bases -- 2.1 Reverse Logistics and Environmental Legislation -- 2.2 Waste Lamps and Environmental Risks -- 2.3 The Reverse Logistics Situation of Lamps in Paraná -- 3 Research Method -- 3.1 Study Area and Problem Characterization -- 3.2 Municipality Information -- 3.3 Lamp Estimates (Consumption and Disposal) -- 3.4 Collection Points: Mapping and Structure -- 3.5 Collect's Routing -- 3.6 Proposed Reverse Logistics System's Estimated Cost -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 4.1 Estimated Consumption of Lamps -- 4.2 Proposed Collection System -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Corporate Responsibility in Practice: Co-processing Implementation of Municipal Solid Waste for the City of Campo Largo-Brazils -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Waste and Co-processing -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Area of Study -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Current Flowchart -- 4.2 Waste Characterization -- 4.3 Current System Analysis -- 4.4 Co-processing Companies. , 4.5 Technical and Economic Analysis and Implementation Proposal -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Arlev Association Questionnaire -- References -- Preliminary Product Development Approach for Discarded Materials Reuse-U-TURN Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability-Research Background -- 3 Product Development Process (PDP)-Research Background -- 4 Reuse of Discarded Materials and Reduction of Industrial Waste-Sustainable Production -- 5 Systematic Literature Review and Content Analyses -- 6 Proposal of a Preliminary Product Development Approach for Discarded Materials Reuse-U-TURN Approach -- 7 Macro-phase I-Analysis of Discarded Product Reuse Potentiality -- 8 Macro-phase II-New Product Design -- 9 Macro-phase III-Sustainable and Cyclical Production Design -- 9.1 Step 01-Zero Waste Manufacturing -- 9.2 Step 02-Integrated Supply Chain -- 10 Macro-phase IV- Material/Product Collection Return -- 11 Final Considerations -- References -- The Social Construction of Natural Disasters: A Systematic Review of the Literature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Objectives and Issues that Delimit This Research -- 3.2 Search Strategies -- 3.3 Research Steps -- 4 Results -- 5 Final Considerations -- References -- Sustainability in Logistic Systems: An Analysis of Articles Published in the Main Event of Production Engineering in Brazil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Logistic -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results and Analysis -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Use of "Equator Principles" for Project Compliance: The Case of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Plant, Brazilian Amazon -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hydroelectric Power Production in the World -- 3 Feasibility of the Construction Project of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant -- 3.1 The Equator Principles. , 3.2 Financial Structure of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP).