Diseño e implementación del programa de cultura ambiental "Safe Environment" para lograr una mejor sostenibilidad en la siderúrgica Acerias Paz del Río Votorantim S.A.

Abstract

Acerías Paz del Rio Votorantim S.A. is a multinational company that is characterized by being the only integrated Latin American steel company, since its process is carried out from the extraction of raw materials to the obtaining of the finished product such as steel, rods and the sub products that are fertilizers. At the same time, because it has this kind of production and because it is a large company, this steel mill has a set of rules within its regulations, in which management and compliance with the environment are highlighted (Acerias Paz del Rio , 2014). However, over the years this policy has presented a series of shortcomings, since its evolution has been somewhat slow, due to the high percentage of personnel that the company has, which contributes to the increase in environmental pollution in its different components such as water, soil, air and waste production, establishing that one of the main causes of this problem is the lack of information, education and environmental culture on the part of the workers. Therefore, it became of great importance to design and implement an environmental culture program, in which different strategies and methodologies were developed, in order to achieve a successful environmental culture, which contributes to have a significant decrease in the levels of pollution and thus be a leading company in all its aspects.