O ENGAJAMENTO PARA COMBATE AO DESPERDÍCIO DE ALIMENTOS NOS HOSPITAIS COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL CORPORATIVA ## THE ENGAGEMENT TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE IN HOSPITALS AS A STRATEGY FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Resumo

The primary objective of the academic work study in essence is to analyse Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies. Fundamentally as a element of resources for organizations by identifying the origin and motivation and practices for combating food waste in Health Care facilities. The work highlights three large hospitals that have been analysed through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and documentary analysis. Empirical evidence has shown that the particular context of hospitals is driven in the main by governmental legislation, that intern efforts in hospital waste management program. Strategy development and resource generation require governance, stakeholder engagement, shared data  information  and integrated communication.