Os impactos das práticas de ESG em grandes cervejarias: análise comparativa dos relatórios de sustentabilidade de três grandes indústrias do setor cervejeiro no Brasil

Abstract

ESG practices have expanded across industries around the world, which can be attributed to its three pillars: Environmental, Social and Governance. ESG factors focus on enhencing sustainability in industries and, therefore, Environmental Engineering becomes an important ally for the perpetuation of ESG. More specifically, in the industrial sector, ESG has been standing out in breweries around the world, and in Brazil it would be no different. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze, in a comparative way, the results obtained from the ESG initiatives practiced by Heineken, Ambev and Grupo Petrópolis, through the sustainability reports of the year 2022. Firstly, a bibliographic review, for the theoretical foundation of the research, followed by a case study with qualitative analysis, so that a deeper investigation of the impacts of ESG in the three breweries could be made possible. The analysis of the reports revealed that all breweries showed actions for each of the ESG factors. The social pillar presented the most projects developed, followed by the environmental factor and, finally, the governance factor, which did not have as many investments in the year 2022.