Every breath you take. Every freight you make: Environmental pollution index for road transportation

Authors

  • LUCIANA ORANGES CEZARINO Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Department of Management. BLISS Digital Impact, Venice, Italy; and Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.
  • LORENA BAESSE Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.
  • ADHEMAR RONQUIM FILHO University of Sao Paulo - School of Economics, Accounting, and Management of Ribeirao Preto (FEARP), Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; and University of Araraquara - Department of Legal Sciences, Araraquara, Brazil.
  • MARLOS ROCHA FREITAS Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14488/BJOPM.2021.038

Keywords:

Environment; Air Pollution; Road Transportation; Emissions; Fleet description.

Abstract

Goal: This study analyzes the impacts of the transportation sector on air pollution within the scope of one major Brazilian metropolitan region.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A literature review was conducted on the subject's constructs, with subsequent reasoning grounded on the fleet's characteristics and data obtained from in-depth interviews from a government transportation agency.

Results: The results show Brazil's contextual evidence that risk management for the haulage sector should consider air pollution's negative impacts. With air quality standards as an essential reference, it is possible to observe that the city of Uberlândia does not effectively manage air quality.

Limitations of investigation: One limitation of this research is related to the representativeness of the sample. The research also recommends future studies to use government policies for the improvement of the framework.

Practical implications: The local and contextual addressing of air pollution and transport correlation in one focal point for cargo transportation at a national level pontentially contributes to environmental public policies.

Originality/value: Originality value resides in considering emissions from cargo vehicles as a significant factor in this process of air pollution in a specific context of a metropolitan area of an emerging economy that has its transportation modal grounded on trucking freight.

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Author Biographies

LUCIANA ORANGES CEZARINO, Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Department of Management. BLISS Digital Impact, Venice, Italy; and Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.

Scientific researcher in the field of Applied Social Sciences in the field of Organization Administration. Its main research themes comprise corporate sustainability, in particular the systemic link between business strategy, socio-emotional skills and cleaner operations. In terms of professional training, he has a post-doctorate at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, through the Erasmus Smart-2 Program, a doctorate and a master's degree in organizations from the Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting (FEA) at the University of São Paulo (USP). Sandwich during the PhD period at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, under the supervision of Professor Maurizio Zollo. Graduated in Economic Sciences from the State University of Londrina (UEL). Didactic performance as a level II adjunct professor under exclusive dedication at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). Are the research groups acting as coordinator SSYSD? Social Systems and Sustainable Development (SSYSD) and Nucleus of Studies Applied to Integrated Operations Management (NEAGIO) at UFU. As a member, he is part of the Golden for Sustainability hosted by Bocconi University and ISSS (Brazilian Chapter) - International Society for the System Sciences at FEARP-USP. She is chief editor of the Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development (inderscience). Master's and doctoral level advisor by the Postgraduate Program in Administration (PPGA) and Postgraduate Program in Organizational Management (PPGO) both at UFU and also by the Postgraduate Program in Organization Administration (PPGAO) at FEARP / USP. In terms of extension, it chairs the UFU's Sustainable Development Goals Management Committee (CGODS) and the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) project at the UFU Faculty of Management and Business (Fagen). Mother of two.

LORENA BAESSE, Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.

Graduating in Environmental Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), currently project director - Sustenta - Soluções em Engenharia Ambiental. Has experience in Environmental Sciences, with emphasis on Environmental Sciences.

MARLOS ROCHA FREITAS, Federal University of Uberlandia - School of Business and Management, Uberlandia, Brazil.

Doctoral student in Administration at PPGA FAGEN - UFU. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Uberlândia and a degree in Business Administration from the same institution. Has experience in Administration, with emphasis on Supply Chain Management and Marketing. Currently, he has worked in research on Interfunctional Integration, supply chain management and demand management, among others.

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Published

2021-07-15

How to Cite

CEZARINO, L. O., BAESSE, L., FILHO, A. R., & FREITAS, M. R. (2021). Every breath you take. Every freight you make: Environmental pollution index for road transportation. Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management, 19(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.14488/BJOPM.2021.038

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Case study

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