ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS IN SLOVENIA

Okolje in ekonomija se zdita kot nasprotni si področji, pa vendar lahko ugotovimo, da sta drug drugemu potrebna in da ekonomija nikakor ni samozadostna. V preseku ekoloških in okoljskih teorij je nastala nova veda, to je okoljska ekonomika, ki razlaga, kako s trajnostnim razvojem doseči sožitje med gospodarskimi subjekti in njihovim naravnim, socialnim ter poslovnim okoljem. V vlogi uresničevalca trajnostnega razvoja nastopajo okoljske investicije, ki pomenijo financiranje tistih projektov, kateri rešujejo tako osnovne, kot tudi zelo kompleksne okoljske probleme in pogosto izhajajo iz okoljskih inovacij. Poznamo različne vrste financiranja tovrstnih naložb, pri čemer so najpomembnejše različne oblike nepovratnih sredstev in posebne vrste kreditiranja s strani določenih pristojnih institucij. Okoljske investicije v Sloveniji v zadnjih desetih letih ves čas naraščajo in se gibljejo visoko nad evropskim povprečjem. Ob doseženi določeni stopnji razvitosti procesov in proizvodov v Sloveniji v smislu zmanjšanja okoljskih vplivov, je pričakovati upad okoljskih investicij oziroma uravnovešenje na določeni letni ravni.Environment and economics seem like two completely separate fields, but although they are very connected and essential to each other, while economy is not self-sufficient. At the intersection of environment and economics a new science, environmental economics, was born. It explains how to achieve coexistence of economic subjects and their natural, social and business environment with sustainable development. The latter is realised through environmental investments, which mean financing those projects that solve basic and also very complex environmental problems and often originate from environmental innovations. We are familiar with several options of financing environmental investments, however a variety of subsidies and special forms of loans, given by specific institutions, are most important. Environmental investments in Slovenia have been growing in last ten years and are ranging significantly above European average. When a specific level of development, considering processes and products in Slovenian economy, will be reached a decline and stagnation of environmental investments at certain annual level is expected