Adhesion of federal institutions of higher education to a3p

The Environmental Agenda in Public Administration (A3P) is a program of the Ministry of the Environment to promote sustainable practices. Considering the importance of Federal Higher Education Institutions (IFES) in the training of professionals and in the construction of citizenship, it is necessary to verify their socio-environmental commitments. Objective: to identify IFES 'adhesions to A3P and their representativeness by state. Develop an index to quantify the sustainable influence of these institutions. Method: A survey of Brazilian IFES was carried out, classifying them, according to adhesion to A3P (total, partial or absent). And, based on the number of IFES and population by state, an index was created to define their socio-environmental impact. Results: The results were presented through thematic maps, using conditional renderization. The state of Rio Grande do Norte stood out with 67% of adhesion, followed by Acre, Amazonas, Santa Catarina, Sergipe, Tocantins (50%), Pernambuco (40%) and Goiás (33%). In Southeast region, no IFES obtained total adhesion. Regarding sustainable reach (index), the state of Tocantins presented better results, accompanied by Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina and Acre. One of the main factors that influenced the value of sustainable reach was campus / population ratio, realizing that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) behaves in an inversely proportional manner. Conclusion: IFES sustainability index can support the planning of public policies, since, when considering demographic, socioeconomic (GDP) parameters and reference to A3P, it allowed to outline the reality of each federative unit. Originality: This study shows the profile of the socio-environmental impact of IFES in Brazil.