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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CROATIAN WOOD INDUSTRY

The ISO 14001 standard is today the most widely used indicator by which organizations around the world want to communicate to the public and stakeholders that they are environmentally responsible. This standard sets out the requirements for the certification of environmental management systems and is intended for organizations that seek to manage their environmental responsibilities systematically. In this paper, the certification of the environmental management system according to the ISO 14001: 2015 standard in the wood industry of the Republic of Croatia is investigated. The paper used the primary data collected by the survey questionnaire. The content of the questionnaire referred to the motives for the implementation of the ISO 14001 standard, as well as its benefits and obstacles. Secondary, financial data from the Bisnode database were also used to analyse profitability. The collected financial data of certified organizations were then compared with the averages of the relevant sector and the overall economy within the Republic of Croatia. The results showed that the main motive for the implementation of the ISO 14001 system is to improve the image, the biggest benefit of the implementation is to achieve a competitive advantage, while the high costs are the biggest obstacle to certification.

ISO 14001 ; benefits, obstacles ; motives ; wood industry

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