Revisión de implementación de la norma iso 14001 en el sector industrial. Caso de estudio: industria azucarera en Colombia

Abstract

As an objective for the development of this document, it was proposed to know how the industrial sector dedicated to the transformation of sugarcane benefits from the implementation of ISO 14001 to improve environmental responsibility in the development of its productive activities. The review of different documents that have addressed the experience in different companies, where environmental problems such as efforts to reduce pollution and reduce the impact on resources, ecosystems and communities have been documented, were used. In the agro sugar chain, the environmental issue has been worked on from two dimensions; a union that groups the links in the chain, and another; particular, where each mill and / or company establishes its strategy of taking care of the ecosystems close to the productive zones, of the resources used its productive and commercial activity in order to reduce the environmental impact. From the union stand out the efforts of Asocaña and Cenicaña, which through research, plans and action programs have promoted a more sustainable agribusiness. From the particular, the mills have been working in company with entities and authorities in environmental matters of the national, departmental and municipal order, such as autonomous corporations, responsible for ensuring the protection of ecosystems and natural resources, in this regard since the decade of the In the 70's, work has been carried out in a concerted manner in activities to control and reduce the pollution load. The ISO 14000 for sugar mills has allowed them to have a responsible environmental management in accordance with the principles of sustainability, however, background aspects Revisión de implementación de la norma iso 14001 en el sector industrial. Caso de estudio: industria azucarera en Colombia |2 associated with the very nature of the industry must be considered, as is the issue of monoculture that has a strong impact on ecosystems, on water sources and thus an alteration in the life of communities is generated.