In recent years, there has been a growing need to consider environmental sustainability as a main component in the development of countries.This is how, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, environmental sustainability is an important component of directing investment projects and is on the agenda of a good part of the developed and emerging countries.In this paper, components are considered for the calculation of an environmental sustainability index, using at a methodological level the behavior of the energy sector, waste management, air quality, pollution levels, optimization in the use of the earth and biodiversity.The final diagnosis for Colombia shows a good behavior of the indicators where 14 of 18 have improved substantially over time, showing a real commitment in environmental terms, while for the rest of the metrics, there are government initiatives that seek to reduce the problem.