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The furniture industry is a highly significant and traditional transformation industry with a retrieval of prime matter from the environment, with timber and its derivates as its main sources, producing high rates of waste. The western mesoregion of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, has the greatest furniture industries in the state. Current study analyzes practices of environmental responsibility by furniture industries in Chapecó SC Brazil. A mixed research was undertaken through multi-cases and environmental practices by 8 out of 13 industries were evaluation by two theoretical models: the first was proposed by Jabbour and Santos (2006) who identify the level of integration of environmental practices; the second was proposed by North (1992) evaluating the firms' stance with regard to the environment. Results show that practices by the industries were very similar and aim at complying with present legislation. The main practice comprised the separation and final deposition of the wastes. Industries with the best practices are those classified as friendly by North's scale (1992), even though activities are specific and fail to involve organizational areas. It should be highlighted that in current study the size of the industry did not affect the quality of practices since micro-industries showed highly advanced practices when compared to mid-sized ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]