Sustainability in the Brazilian aeronautical chain under the global compact

Sustainability has demanded from organizations that do not compromise the survival of future generations. UN proposed the global pact to mobilize governments and organizations to protect environment and society. It is imperative that operation planning has to be extended upstream and downstream to be understood as a supply chain, and therefore their strategies must be aligned. This work investigated whether sustainability is present in the strategies of the organizations that are part of the supply chain of the Brazilian aeronautical industry. The field research was carried out with seven metalworking companies that are part of the Brazilian aeronautical chain supplying parts directly to Embraer, a focal company that is a signatory of the UN Global Compact. The data collection was done by interviews with those in charge of the strategic administration of these organizations. Also, it was tried to establish in which stage of the sustainability the organizations are, using the methodology of Mirvis, Googins (2006). Based on the data, showed that the principles of sustainability provided by the Global Compact are not directly present in the strategies of the supply chain organizations and that these companies suggest that the chain is at an elementary stage of sustainability.