La gestión ambiental en la competitividad de las PYMES del Ecuador

The environmental management and competitiveness have a direct relationship, therefore the need to implement environmental management systems in small and medium sized enterprises (pymes) as a competitive advantage that allows them to improve their position in the market and enter more demanding markets and as a tool to control and prevent impacts negative effects of their activities, products and services on the environment. In the present work, the incorporation of environmental management in pymes in Ecuador and their contribution to increasing the competitiveness of these companies and the reduction of the environmental problems that they generate are analyzed from the theoretical point of view. For this purpose, a documentary research was done based on journal articles, degree papers and literature related to the subject studied. The results show that large companies have the highest percentage of ISO 14001 certification due to their financial conditions, which is not the case with pymes that consider them complex, expensive and difficult to maintain. There are pymes that have an informal environmental management system, which allows them to improve their performance, take responsibility for pollution caused in the environment and take corrective action. Among the main environmental activities developed by pymes are: energy saving, recycling, water saving, material reprocessing, waste treatment and impact monitoring. It is necessary to strengthen pymes in environmental management.

• Автор: González Ordóñez, Andreína Inés (author)
• Інші автори: Alaña Castillo, Tania Patricia (author), Gonzaga Añazco, Sandy Jahaira (author)
• Формат: article
• Опубліковано: 2018
• Предмети: pymes; gestión ambiental; competitividad; pymes; environmental management; competitiveness
• Онлайн доступ: https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v3.n1.2018.385; https://repositorio.uide.edu.ec/handle/37000/3228