The effects of adopting sustainable practices on consumption indicators in public management

Sustainability is a much discussed subject nowadays, motivated by growing concerns with disruptions to the environment and the resulting social and economic issues. The Federal Institutes (FIs) are part of the public administration of Brazil, and are involved in the implementation of sustainable practices. This paper aims to verify the relationship between the implementation of the Sustainable Logistics Plan (PLS) in FIs in Brazil, with the variation of expenditure on energy and water, and role of Federal Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), in the period from 2014 to 2019. Data collection used documents from the Management Reports PLS of the analyzed Institutions; observing the sustainability actions adopted in the 38 rectories that make up the FIs in in all Brazilian state capitals; as well as documents on the Transparency portals, on the Ministry of the Environment website, on the Brazilian Open Data Portal, and on the Fala.Br website, which is a quantitative study using a panel multiple linear regression model with random effect, whose results indicated that there is no reduction in the percentage change in energy, office supplies, and water and sewage expenses.