Introduction
A new production practice, called Cleaner Production, has been implemented for a number of years in the region of Coquimbo, with the aim of maximizing resources while at the same time decreasing emissions generated by production processes.
This research project was conducted in Sociedad Agrícola Hacienda Mal Paso, a pisco-producing company that has been implementing these cleaner practices stipulated in the Cleaner Production Agreement, an agreement signed between the Region of Coquimbo and the National Council for Cleaner Production. Evaluation of the agreement was conducted after the year 2008, only considering compliance of actions and goals, which have not yet been quantified for our purposes. It should be noted that only pisco will be analyzed, without considering other grape by-products, and only during the manufacturing process.