Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (Jun 2013)
A internalização da variável ambiental nas indústrias do Paraná (1970 a 2006): uma análise neoinstitucional da relação entre política ambiental e indústria
Abstract
This study aimed to present evidence for understanding the process of internalization of the environmental variable in the industries of the State of Paraná, from the relationship between industry and environmental regulation policy of Parana. The studied period was from 1970 to 2006. The research had a neo-institutional theoretical approach and two moments of analysis: reactive and proactive. Regarding the methodological procedures the research employed data collected from documentary sources and interviews. In the results obtained, specifically during the reactive period, they emphasized the growing importance of government actions as exogenous of environmental pressure. Moreover, environmental activities of industries were marked by the use of “end of pipe” technologies. Regarding the proactive phase, what stood out was the building of local productive arrangements that allowed the partial use of pollution prevention technologies. Concomitantly, there has been a state environmental policy more responsive to economic mechanisms. Thus, between 1970 and 2006, it was noticed a change in the performance of Parana’s environmental policy, when its action started to incorporate market elements allied to command and control instruments. In conclusion, the industry shyly began to implement pollution preventive technologies rather than treatment technologies exclusively for such pollution.
