Embalagens sustentáveis: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

With the increasing influence of society on issues related to environmental impacts, caused by industries through their production processes, among which are packaging for food, there is a concern and change of attitude of these companies in the sense of offering the consumer market products that contemplate a sustainable balance between the social, environmental and economic dimensions. In view of this, this paper presents a systematic review of the literature on corporate social responsibility of food packaging companies. The increase in packaging consumption is proportional to population growth worldwide. This makes research relevant, given the consequences of generating large quantities of solid waste and the increasing need to use natural resources in the packaging chain. In this way, an exploratory-descriptive research was elaborated, with qualitative approach and data collection through a census survey from secondary sources. For the evaluation and analysis of the data the content analysis was used. In general, it can be concluded that companies demonstrate corporate social responsibility in their production processes through internal policies that guide the business. The legal compliance, which regulates the production chain of packaging, the pressure of society, the valorization and gain of competitive differential, as well as the interest in reducing production costs and minimizing the use of natural resources are some of the factors that lead companies to rethink the concept of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.