Environmentally friendly and sustainable operation and knowledge of carbon footprints in companies in the trading sector

Podnebne spremembe so eden ključnih problemov, s katerim se dandanes soočamo. Vsi že lahko občutimo posledice teh sprememb. Tudi v Sloveniji je vedno več suš in posledično požarov, poplav, neviht s točo. Skrajni čas je, da skupaj začnemo intenzivno ukrepati. Z našim diplomskim delom smo želeli ugotoviti, koliko se tega zavedajo organizacije trgovinskega sektorja v Sloveniji. Zanimalo nas je, koliko jim je mar za okolje, ali so izmerile oziroma izračunale svoj ogljični odtis, ali delujejo na trajnostnem področju in ali trajnostne koncepte koristijo tudi v skladiščih. Ugotovili smo, da organizacije trgovinskega sektorja menijo, da skrb za okolje je pomembna in to dokazujejo tudi s ukrepi. Večina je že izračunala oziroma izmerila svoj ogljični odtis in sprejela ukrepe na tem področju. Prav tako jim je poznano trajnostno delovanje in zavedajo se, da trajnost ne pomeni nujno višjih stroškov. Nekateri izmed že sprejetih ukrepov v organizacijah so bili na področju energetske učinkovitosti, trajnostne mobilnosti ter prodaja trajnostnih in lokalnih izdelkov. Vsekakor pa še obstaja prostor za izboljšave, zato smo predstavili nekaj predlogov.Climate change is one of the biggest problems we fight nowadays. We all can already feel the consequences of those changes. In Slovenia there are also more and more droughts and fires, floods, hailstorms. It is about time to start taking intensive action. With our bachelor’s thesis, we tried to find out how much are Slovenian retail organizations concerned about that. We wanted to know whether they already calculated or measured their carbon footprint, whether they work on sustainability and whether they use sustainable concepts in warehouses. We found out that retail organizations in Slovenia think that being concerned for the environment is important. They prove that with measures. Most of them have already calculated or measured their carbon footprint and taken measures in this area. They also know what sustainable operation is. They are aware that sustainability does not necessarily mean higher expenses. Measures already taken in the companies were in the field of energy efficiency, sustainable mobility and selling sustainable and local products. However, there is still a place for improvement