RG-T3223 : Sustainability as an Instrument for the Development of Strategic Productive Sectors

The objective of the TC is to carry out a comparative study of competitiveness and environmental and social sustainability of critical productive sectors (e.g., mining and forestry) in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Specifically, the TC will identify the extent to which productive practices and current environmental and social regulatory frameworks promote better levels of production and marketing while contributing or not achieving adequate environmental and social performance. Methodologically, the indicators to be evaluated for the countries of the region will be contrasted with a benchmark or "standards" of a developed country that has a strong mining and forestry industry in its productive system (eg Canada), in conjunction with initiatives of responsibility Social. They will be accompanied by successful case studies in the region where models responsible for productive, environmental and social / community development are analyzed