DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2014.v01i07.007

Pages: 322-325

This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of environmental management and enforcement of environmental law principles in business. The work begins with a brief review of concepts and principles of environmental law, emphasizing sustainable development and the duty of organizations to meet the standards set by law. The exploratory study follows with a qualitative research design, considering the relationship between the practices adopted by an industry of mattresses and furniture localized in Teresina (PI) and the principles governing the Environmental Law. In addition to the literature for data collection was used in-depth interview and non-participant observation. After data analysis, we found that the company under study adopted some environmental management practices, coupled with some of the principles of environmental law.