Consumption and Environment (LGVR)
Cod: 21194
Department: DCSG
ECTS: 6
Scientific area: Environmental Sciences
Total working hours: 156
Total contact time: 15

 The challenge of sustainable development is conditioned by people's behaviour, particularly as consumers, as well as by the social responsibility of organisations (companies), particularly with regard to their environmental responsibilities. It is therefore important to assess the role of these two actors ("consumers" and "organisations") in building sustainable development.

1. Desenvolvimento sustentável

2. Consumidores

3. Empresas

- To explain the drivers related to the new sustainable development;

- To explain the impacts of the consumer activities into the environment;

- To understand the consumer attitudes towards the environment;

- To explain the sustainable development as a driver of companies’ competitiveness.

 

 

 

1. The role of the consumption in modern societies

2. Consumption and sustainable development

3. Organizations and sustainable development

1. Blasco, J. L. (2007), Os indicadores para as empresas, Fundação Santander Central Hispano.

2. Heidrick & Struggles (2008), Análise de resultados do estudo sobre o estado de arte das práticas de

sustentabilidade em Portugal, BCSD Portugal.

3. Moura, A. P. & Cunha, L. M. (2010), Dinâmicas de consumo e desenvolvimento sustentável: reflexões para

Portugal, Pliegos de Yuste, 112, 117 126.

4. Moura, A. P. (2006), Segurança e Qualidade Alimentares na Perspectiva do Consumidor_ In Segurança e

Qualidade Alimentares: Perigos, Implementação ao longo da Cadeia Alimentar e Percepção do Consumidor, Cap. 10,

Universidade Aberta, Lisboa (formato Cd-rom)

5. Carla Amado Gomes, (2019). Introdução ao Direito do Ambiente, Lisboa: AAFDL.

E-learning.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).