The university and the management of environmental information in organizations

Abstract

The environment, its care and conservation are a priority from the university education. In that sense, the process of teaching and learning must be active and aligned with the future field of work in order to the student plays a leading role. The optional subject “Management of Environmental Information” is designed to be taught in undergraduate and graduate programs with an integrated approach that considers the link between theory and practice, the concept of learning by doing and the application of the information and communication´s technologies to contribute to sustainable development. The present work analyzes the elements to be taken into account in its design and application. It were carried out interviews, questionnaires, documentation review and it was used didactic resources as e-learning. The analysis carried out allowed to diagnose the state of the management of environmental information and to identify with which sustainable development objectives the organization was related to, as well as the aspects to be considered in order to justify its accomplishment. The application of the subject program contributed to documenting the evidences of the fulfillment of several of the indicators of the Agenda 2030 in the organizations and strengthened the link University - Company.