Agenda 2030 da Organização das Nações Unidascomo conciliar os objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável com as operações de serviços hospitalares?

Resumo

Contemporary society is facing many environmental and social challenges. They are related to decades of transgression against mother nature. Hunger, inequality, deforestation, and climate change are currently addressed within the topic of sustainability and are at the top of international discussions. Proof of this is the approval of the resolution "Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" by the United Nations General Assembly. The 2030 Agenda has 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 specific development goals that seek to strengthen partnerships between governments, companies, and civil society in favor of a common agenda for sustainable development. The health sector, specifically hospitals, is one of the sectors that generates the most impact on the environment due to its high consumption of energy and water and producing more than 3 million tons of residual waste. However, there is still a lack of studies associating sustainable development with this sector, especially in underdeveloped countries like Brazil. In this context, this work aims to expand the list of existing research by answering the general question: How to reconcile the SDGs with the operations of hospital services? For this, a qualitative exploratory study was carried out, where in-depth interviews were conducted with 8 managers in private hospitals associated to the National Association of Private Hospitals (ANAHP) and 9 specialists and researchers in sustainability and hospital operations. The results demonstrated a confusion between philanthropy, ESG and SDGs in their speech, pointing to a need for an explanation of the 17 Goals in the sector and the need to create a sectoral agenda. This research also brings the perception of the interviewees in relation to the sustainability reports. Despite being well constructed, there is a perception that they are unrealistic. They often use real numbers for their own benefit and they as a marketing strategy to “convincing” investors. In addition, the inclusion of ageism as one of the implemented actions was of paramount importance to shed light on the “discarding” of older professionals in health institutions. The need to break down the SDGs into intermediate goals focused on what can be done by the institution is also one of our contributions. This research corroborates with other studies where there is no recognition of the introduction of organizational sustainability initiatives as part of its key activities. Overall, the SDGs are not yet disseminated enough among health sector management, which can make it difficult to take actions that are consciously focused on them.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2023

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/33682

Temas

SaúdeMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

SDGsHospital’s operationsHealthcare managementBrazilODSOperações hospitalaresGestão de saúdeAdministração de empresasDesenvolvimento sustentávelHospitaisResponsabilidade social da empresa Serviços de saúde