Corporate social responsibility: wind energy and its contributions to the sustainability of artisanal fishing in Southern Peru
- MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences
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Eduardo Martin Villalobos Porras
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Abstract
This article, based on a qualitative study, analyzes the relationship that has developed in
recent years and will continue to be presented in the future between the implementation
of wind farms and artisanal fishing activity in southern Peru, specifically in the districts
of Marcona and Ocucaje. It uses as secondary sources of information studies and
implementation reports on corporate social responsibility from wind energy companies in
Marcona and other parts of the world. It also uses as a primary source an interview with a
representative of a wind energy company already in the operating phase of a wind farm in
the district of Ocucaje. The aim is to investigate the progress that wind energy companies
are making in their Corporate Social Responsibility in supporting local development,
specifically their support for sustainable artisanal fishing in the districts of Marcona and
Ocucaje. It then prospectively proposes some alternatives and strategies that will help
increasingly promote sustainable artisanal fishing in southern Peru.
Keywords
wind farms, local development, onshore wind energy, corporate social responsibility, sustainable artisanal fishing