Las Prácticas de Sostenibilidad en las Empresas Industriales y su Relación con el Desempeño Exportador

Iris María Vélez Osorio

doi:10.24215/23143738e129

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Iris María Vélez Osorio Pontificia Universidad Javeriana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2532-3335

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https://doi.org/10.24215/23143738e129

Keywords:

energy, exports, manufacturing, sustainability practices, performance, corporate social responsibility

Abstract

Sustainability practices reflect companies' concern about their green environment, and, although several years have passed since the first publication of the millennium development goals, many companies are just beginning a long process of implementing sustainability policies. This analysis seeks to establish how sustainability practices positively affect the corporate performance of organizations in the manufacturing sector in Colombia, recognizing, in addition, the important role of exports to mediate this relationship, where sustainability would have a double benefit: external impact and economic benefit for the company. 1570 manufacturing companies with sustainability practices related to reduction of energy consumption, reduction in raw materials and use of waste, located in different industrial subsectors were taken for this study. Finally, the implications for the corporate sustainability policy and the possible effects for the sectors that have difficulties in implementing appropriate sustainability practices are explained.

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Author Biography

Iris María Vélez Osorio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Administradora de empresas, Magíster en Organizaciones, ambos estudios en la Universidad del Valle, cuenta con una Maestría en Management de la Universidad de Tulane en Estados Unidos y un Doctorado en Dirección de Empresas de la Universidad de Valencia en España.

Ha publicado diferentes artículos y ponencias en congresos sobre gestión, estrategia, innovación, educación y responsabilidad social empresarial. Actualmente, realiza investigación en el tema de innovación y sostenibilidad.

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