LESP (Sustainable Production Systems Laboratory) was created in 2011 as a research group of the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (Ponta Grossa Campus). The laboratory includes two research groups, Sustainable Production Systems, and Bioproduction. LESP acts on the undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in Production Engineering. Furthermore, LESP develops extension activities, research and consulting for business, and public solutions in order to promote sustainability as a strategic element.