Oportunidades de mejoras en relación a la gestión ambiental en la industria alimentaria de la provincia de el oro

Abstract

The environment is essential for life, it must be preserved in adequate quantities and quality, it is useful for various uses, it is the starting point for many companies, considering this context, it is proposed as a general objective of the investigation: to analyze the opportunities for improvement that companies in the food sector of the province of El Oro have in relation to environmental management; To fulfill this purpose, the bibliographic and statistical research of the National Institute of Statistics and Census was used, some relevant issues about the food industry in Ecuador and in the province of El Oro were also investigated, as well as issues related to management environment, environmental certifications at national and international level, environmental indicators and other issues that served as a fundamental contribution for this work, after which it was possible to conclude that in the province of El Oro there are a total of 30 companies in the food industry, to which there are different environmental management alternatives that can be applied, among these, environmental licenses and permits, diagnoses, environmental certifications, relevant investments to reduce the environmental impacts generated; both in Ecuador and worldwide, there are different certifications that allow the company to improve, among these, the green point certification, and the carbon neutral Certification, while globally, there are ISO 9001, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 , among others, the same.