Management for sustainability in companies of the mining sector: an analysis of the main factors related with the business performance

This study has examined the relation of management for sustainability in the performance of companies from the Brazilian mineral sector. The work was conducted by means of a survey. Main results have shown that there is a positive relationship between some of the factors related to sustainable management practices and business performance. It is worth mentioning that the following factors - sustainable management of the supply chain, continual improvement in the environmental area, continual improvement in health and safety, transparency with stakeholders and community development - were associated to business performance. It is noteworthy that the factor transparency with stakeholders and community development had the highest number of correlations with corporate performance, showing to contribute to corporate performance.