CLEANER PRODUCTION: A STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT AND RISKS PREVENTION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This paper presents an improvement project with strong impact on Cleaner Production and consequent benefits vs. added value for Customers and others relevant Interested Parties. The project results from ideas suggested by the respondents in the scope of an investigation by questionnaire conducted inside a Small and Medium Enterprise. The results highlight the importance of integrated management systems to support the implementation of the project, covering simultaneously the risk prevention and the three pillars - economic, environmental and social, of the Sustainable Development potentiating simultaneously the development of the organizational culture, supported on continuous improvement.