The Socioeconomic-Environmental Audit System (SASA), promoted by the Comparte Network, continues to advance its goal of strengthening economic initiatives that integrate sustainability as a central pillar of development.
Feature 6 of the SASA focuses on caring for our common home, promoting productive practices that seek balance with the environment, the protection of natural resources, and the creation of healthier and more resilient territories.
Within this framework, the experiences of participating organizations demonstrate how the economy can serve as a tool to regenerate, care for, and preserve life in its many dimensions.
Agroecology and a commitment to the local area
Through the Canastas Verdes initiative, María Teresa Calderón shares how SASA has been a key tool in her organizational and production process.
“More than just an evaluation, SASA is supporting us and guiding us to protect our territories, to protect our common home, and also to be more mindful of consuming healthy food,” she explains.
This support has strengthened her commitment to agroecology, driving chemical-free practices and promoting healthier production systems. “We are practicing agroecology in each of our territories,” Calderón notes.
From Support to the Transformation of Practices
The process has not only brought about technical change but also a transformation in how production and consumption are understood.
SASA has enabled initiatives to move toward greater awareness of the impact of their practices, promoting the production of healthy food and strengthening the connection to the land.
This comprehensive approach reinforces the idea that environmental stewardship is not an isolated element, but an essential part of an economy that seeks collective well-being and long-term sustainability.
In this sense, SASA is establishing itself as a tool that supports real processes of transition toward more sustainable production models, where care for our common home becomes a shared responsibility.
For the Comparte Network, these experiences reaffirm a fundamental conviction: it is not possible to build just economies without caring for the environment that sustains them.