Responsabilidade social empresarial e desenvolvimento territorial na Baixada Fluminense: o caso da Recicloteca

Abstract

The enterprises always influenced the social organization and impacted the environment where they located. From the aggravation of this impact and major perception of it by the society and government, there is a change adopted by companies, which focus only on the economic role of job creation and taxes payment, and begins to value its paper and relationship with society and environment. How enterprises impact in the territories in which they are installed should contributed to the development. One of the ways to contribute are the actions in Business Social Responsibility, acting in social projects and environmental. This dissertation has the objective analyze the Cooperatives Solidarity Program of Recycle of the Information Center of Environment and Recycle – Recicloteca of the Non Governmental Organization (ONG) Ecomarapendi sponsored by the with the contribution to the territorial development and social inclusion of the community where the cooperatives Coopar and Coopcarmo are located and reflect about the role of business social responsibility in the environmental and social actions. The present theme is justified because the Baixada Fluminense is an area of expressive populational and industrial concentration and presents economic growth, however the human development observed doesn’t accompanies the growth. As methodology it was used bibliographical research and interviews with the Recicloteca, cooperatives and presidents of Coopar and Coopcarmo. The participation in the program brought economic, social and environmental benefits for the cooperatives; however there is the necessity of continuity of the actions.