THE ROLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN BUILDING MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: CASE STUDY IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE (RN)

Faced with the scenario of climate change and other negative impacts that involve the lack of sustainability in organizations, global society is now being asked to raise greater awareness of these issues. Based on this, this research seeks to understand how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been developed in the practical context of public universities in Rio Grande do Norte (RN) through the analysis of management practices for sustainability highlighted in the management documentation of these universities. For this, qualitative research was carried out, the data was scripted using a checklist and analyzed using content analysis. So, by being able to list these practices, it was possible to correlate them with the 17 SDGs. The most related SDGs were: 8, 3 and 16. They concern, respectively, decent work and economic growth; health and well-being; and peace, justice and effective universities. Therefore, this study was able to verify that some of the management practices that are aligned with one or more dimensions of sustainability are directly related to one or more SDGs.