The private sector's role in Colombia to achieving the circular economy and the Sustainable Development Goals

Q3 Engineering

Dyna-Colombia Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI:10.15446/dyna.v90n228.107721

Felipe Romero-Perdomo, Juan David Carvajalino-Umaña, Mauricio López-González, Natalia Ardila, Miguel Ángel González-Curbelo

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Abstract

The circular economy (CE) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are two well-known initiatives to address issues like social injustice, environmental pollution, and resource scarcity. While these two initiatives have received the support of the Colombian government through plans and strategies, little is known about the involvement of private companies. The aim of this study was to examine the CE and SDGs' implementation in the Colombian private sector. The entities linked with the United Nations Global Compact served as the study population, which was assessed by a semi-structured survey whose data was handled by descriptive and non-parametric statistics. Findings indicate that 75% of the entities are supporting the SDGs and adopting the CE model simultaneously. The food and transportation sectors show the highest levels of alignment towards CE, followed by mining and manufacturing. Waste management is the most implemented type of CE practice (65%), while supply chain management is the least (20%). The SDGs that receive the most attention are SDG 17, SDG 6, SDG 16, and SDG 12. Conversely, SDG 2 and SDG 5 receive the least support.

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私营部门在哥伦比亚实现循环经济和可持续发展目标中的作用

循环经济(CE)和可持续发展目标(sdg)是解决社会不公、环境污染和资源稀缺等问题的两个众所周知的举措。虽然这两项倡议通过计划和战略得到了哥伦比亚政府的支持，但私营公司的参与情况却鲜为人知。本研究的目的是检查可持续发展目标和可持续发展目标在哥伦比亚私营部门的实施情况。与《联合国全球契约》有联系的实体作为研究对象，通过半结构化调查对其进行评估，其数据由描述性和非参数统计处理。调查结果表明，75%的实体在支持可持续发展目标的同时，也在采用社会责任模式。食品和运输行业对CE的认同程度最高，其次是采矿业和制造业。废物管理是实施最多的一种环境行政实践(65%)，而供应链管理最少(20%)。最受关注的可持续发展目标是可持续发展目标17、可持续发展目标6、可持续发展目标16和可持续发展目标12。相反，可持续发展目标2和可持续发展目标5得到的支持最少。

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Dyna-Colombia 工程技术-工程：综合

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1.30

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4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The DYNA journal, consistent with the aim of disseminating research in engineering, covers all disciplines within the large area of Engineering and Technology (OECD), through research articles, case studies and review articles resulting from work of national and international researchers.