Implementation of ESG practices in public administration

challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Practices that benefit the environment, social and governance - ESG can transform Public Administration in times when we are facing a series of changes in relation to environmental degradation, social inequalities and the search for transparent management. However, the implementation of these processes faces considerable challenges, including economic-financial readjustment, bureaucratic dysfunction and cultural adaptation. Once these problems are overcome, the effective implementation of ESG practices can direct the Public Administration to benefit itself, through the improvement of its reputation, with sustainable development, with increased efficiency and transparency, with increased investments, with encouraging partnerships and the growth of social equity. To achieve these results, a good plan must be developed for implementing ESG practices, which must include the formulation of public policies, employee training, goal setting and implementation of control tools and incentives for popular participation and transparency. . This race for transformation is not only relevant for the implementation of ESG practices, but is also an important source of knowledge for decision makers, whether public managers and/or researchers, as well as a big step towards a more sustainable and equitable future. . The research is based on an inductive-dialectic methodology, which aims to investigate, through doctrine, the multiplicity of issues related to the topic.