Norma ISO 14001:2015 en el sector azucarero del Valle del Cauca: Impacto de la quema de caña de azúcar

Abstract

The article presented below addresses a bibliographic approach to the topic of burning sugarcane in the Cauca Valley, taking as reference the ISO 14001: 2015 standard and the importance of environmental management systems for organizations to reduce their impacts on the environment and achieve sustainable development for their activities. In that sense, a methodology with a qualitative approach is used, based on the review of academic databases to find a corpus of more than 30 articles, which are complemented by the sustainability reports of three mills in the region, which have implemented environmental management systems under the aforementioned standard. The results are presented in four chapters, which deal with the generalities of the norm, the importance it has had in the Manuelita, Ropiaila and Providencia mills, the impact measurement and the burning of cane in particular. In this way it is concluded that, in effect, burning has caused multiple effects on the environment and health and people, while the rule can only help if it is complemented by stronger legislation and for the benefit of the environment.