Portuguese Abstract: este articulo estudia los factores ambientales que genera el sector textil (tintoreria, acabados, estampacion y lavanderia industrial) en el Valle de Aburra. Este sector industrial consume quimicos dentro de sus procesos y, en consecuencia, genera contaminacion ambiental, lo que ha impulsado la implementacion de normatividad legal que establece controles y vigilancias. De ahi que este sector debe identificar en sus procesos los factores ambientales para desarrollar estrategias que permitan minimizar el nivel de contaminacion que producen. Con una metodologia cualitativa de enfoque descriptivo, se describen las variables de control, de acuerdo a su actividad productiva, que se encuentran relacionadas con el consumo de agua y quimicos en de sus procesos, estableciendo los factores de impacto ambiental. Se hizo una entrevista en la cual participaron 34 empresas del sector. Se logro identificar su distribucion dentro del Valle de Aburra y las estrategias que estan desarrollando a partir de factores ambientales. De este modo, se establecio que las empresas estan implementando el manejo de productos ecologicos, el mejoramiento de los procesos para recuperacion de recursos y el manejo de la matriz legal ambiental para estar dentro de los niveles de control y vigilancia expresados en la normativa legal. English Abstract: This article studies the environmental factors produced by the textile sector (dyeing, finishing, printing and denim washing) in the Valle de Aburra. This industry consumes chemicals within its processes and, consequently, causes environmental pollution, which has prompted the implementation of legal regulations that establish controls and monitoring. Hence, this sector must identify the environmental factors affecting its processes in order to develop strategies to minimize the pollution produced. Using a qualitative methodology with a descriptive approach, the control variables are described, according to their productive activity, which are related to water and chemical consumption in their processes, establishing the environmental factors. An interview was conducted with 34 companies in the sector. It was possible to identify their distribution in the Aburra Valley and the strategies they are developing based on environmental factors. In this way, it was established that the companies are carrying out the management of ecological products, the improving of the processes for the recovery of resources and the management of the environmental legal matrix to comply with the levels of control and monitoring expressed in the legal regulations.