Barreras y limitaciones para la implementación del sistema de gestión ambiental del sector minero en Colombia

Abstract

An Environmental Management System (EMS) represents the system with which a company controls the activities, products and processes that cause, or may cause, problems. environmental minimizing said problems of its operations. Based on this concept, ISO 14000 Standards were useful as tools to help organizations in this minimization task. In addition, it is necessary that real companies different responsible activities with the known environment as good practices. However, during the companies' implementation process problems different obstacles that prevent obtaining the ISO 14001 certification. The objective of this work was to identify the barriers and limitations faced by companies and know the importance of the implementation of an EMS in companies in the sector miner in colombia. To achieve these objectives, an investigation was carried out documentary, type compilation monograph, consisting of the collection of information secondary and tertiary to identify the main obstacles to the implementation of Environmental management systems. The results indicated that the implementation of An EMS in companies is important, since it helps improve their production processes taking them to a cycle of continuous improvement. This provides added value to the ix company in the market. Furthermore, the barriers and limitations that a company faces to implement a SGA dependent on its size (large, medium or small) companies) and the organization's commitment to caring for the environment. In Indeed, among the obstacles faced by companies are the lack of information, structural organization, economic resources and culture and organizational commitment. Environmental accounting and management systems are part of control that allows companies to maintain a strategic balance of environmental costs and expenses incurred for risk mitigation environmental, this with the aim of being sustainable.