The focus of the Government's Environmental Policy and its ultimate goal is the quality of life for all Chileans and that of future generations. Environmental Management is a prominently public function, of individual and collective responsibility, that requires commitment and participation of everyone in civil society. Citizen participation is one of the central themes of the Environmental Policy given that the environment is a national challenge. Social equity and overcoming poverty. Poverty is a critical and limiting factor of development and it is no accident that the poorest areas are those that suffer the worst quality of life and are the hardest hit by pollution.
All citizens have the right to live in a clean and healthy setting.
The private sector, the motor of the productive process, must utilize the best technologies available and the best environmental practices. The State must protect the common good and the rights of citizens with an efficient and propitious public service that promotes, regulates and enforces. Seeking to respect the physical limits for the use of renewable and non-renewable resources. Incorporating the concept of intergenerational equity. He who pollutes pays.