Diagnosis of compliance with the ISO 14001:2015 standard in the secondary avocado sector

Abstract

The study contains a methodology to evaluate compliance with the requirements of the ISO 14001:2015 standard in an avocado packaging company located in Michoacán, Mexico, whose entity is the largest exporter of avocado worldwide and compliance with international standards is essential. among others, those of environmental aspect to be able to export their products. This is a descriptive study based on qualitative data, an evaluation instrument was developed based on categories of regulatory compliance, it was possible to identify a level of implementation of the requirements of the standard of 60% for the chapter "Context of the Organization", 63% for “leadership”, 91% for “Planning”, 48% for “Support”, 53% for “Operation”, 26% for “Performance Evaluation” and 10% for “Improvement”. It is concluded that it is necessary to undertake corrective and preventive actions focused on the evaluation of the performance and continuous improvement of the System to raise the degree of implementation of the Environmental Management System based on the ISO 14001:2015 standard.