Estudio creación de una empresa sostenible y socialmente responsable para el curtido, pintado y terminado de cuero en Bucaramanga y su Área Metropolitana

Abstract

Leather tanning companies in Colombia generate a negative impact on the environment in their tanning processes, which led to establish through the development of this investigative work, if the tanning companies of Bucaramanga and its metropolitan area apply corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability programs, that allows them to mitigate the negative effects they may have on natural resources and, in turn, what relationship these companies have with their stakeholders and their environment. This research was carried out under a qualitative approach, with a mechanism for collecting information through surveys applied to companies, legal entities and natural persons who practice leather tanning in this area. As a result of the research through the analysis of the information obtained, it allowed to detect very important aspects such as the degree of application that tanning companies have in terms of the exercise of their SR and sustainability through their processes and the concept that entrepreneurs have about these programs; Other relevant aspects that could be obtained with the research were the presence of labor informalism, the openness they manifested towards gender equality and business formalization. The weaknesses and strengths of this economic sector were detected in the face of SR processes and the great challenges and opportunities for improvement, since although the entrepreneurs know the negative effects, the vast majority refuse to accept their responsibility in the processes of improvement and sustainability of the environment and do not take real measurable actions that allow them to reduce the environmental impact and the way of improve your relationship with stakeholders.