Energías renovables y su relación con los sistemas de gestión ambiental

Abstract

This review article exposes the use of renewable energy in different production scenarios and its assessment in reducing environmental impacts in relation to the criteria of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) according to the ISO 14001 of 2015; This through the identification of the benefits, their limitations and the presentation of international success stories that allow us to identify what type of environmental impacts occur in these contexts. There is also a presentation of the guidelines in the standard for assessing success in Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and the indicators and measurement models for reducing negative impacts on the environment are discussed. Methodologically, various multidisciplinary databases were used: Sciencedirect, ProQuest, Google Scholar, Dialnet, e-journals, Springer, among others available on the platform of the Universidad Santiago de Cali; the articles were located based on the keywords located at the end of this summary, limiting articles that are more than 10 years old to a minimum. The results found allow us to recognize that renewable energies are a very important contribution to EMS, while allowing cleaner production. However, it is concluded that in Colombia its implementation is incipient, despite the benefits it could bring if it were to become general.