Plan de manejo ambiental en base al cálculo de huella ecológica como indicador de sostenibilidad en empresa de transporte pesado. Caso de estudio TRANSERPET S.A

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop the methodological and procedural basis to implement the Ecological Footprint as an indicator of sustainability in the heavy transport business sector, taking into account that the Ecological Footprint is an indicator that provides information related to the life cycle of goods and services, to assess the categories of climate change and surface use, as well as a source to identify key points in the supply chain, potential risks, and opportunities for improvement. The information obtained from accounting accounts and institutional documents of all departments of the Empresa de Transporte de Carga Pesada TRANSERPET SA was considered, which allowed it to be used for the calculation of the Ecological Footprint by the Composite Method of Accounting Accounts (MC3) and the implemented by Ana Karina Andrade Rivadeneira, in the calculation of the HEE of the Metropolitan Public Company, of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the city of Quito. Within the Theoretical Framework, a survey of information and trend analysis was carried out, the calculation of the HEE and Corporate Carbon Footprint (HCC), and the construction of indicators for the Environmental Management Plan. All this brought as a conclusion that the Ecological Footprint is a satisfactory indicator in the environmental sustainability of the company since with it the control of resources is achieved, mainly in the consumption of fuels, besides that there are appreciable differences, with the use of both methods, being shown that the MC3 methodology is more effective than the manual calculation used. In general, the calculated Ecological Footprint made it possible to evaluate the environmental situation of the company, as well as the specific points where improvement measures can be proposed to reduce consumption through the Environmental Management Plan, aiming to reduce the Ecological Footprint by 2% calculated.