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Table 20: Main industry types in which analyzed companies operate
Manufacturing Main industry Number Percent Total 151
82 (36.8%)
Services Production of industrial goods 58 26.0%
Production of consumer goods 15 6.7% 110 (49.3%)
Other (please specify) Other manufacturing 9 4.0%
Not specified: Construction 25 11.2% 28 (12.6%)
Total Retail and wholesale 24 10.8% 3 (1.4%)
Transportation and public goods 14 6.3% 223 (100%)
Engineering, research and development 8 3.6%
Consulting and business services 7 3.1%
Consumer services 6 2.7%
Tourism 4 1.8%
Banking, investment banking, insurance 2 0.9%
Mining, extraction, oil 1 0.4%
Other services 19 8.5%
ICT 6 2.7%
Cleaning services 5 2.2%
Waste management 4 1.8%
Distribution 4 1.8%
Energy industry 3 1.4%
Municipal activities 3 1.4%
Electro industry 2 0.9%
Automotive industry 1 0.4%
3 1.4%
223 100%
Continuing, Table 21 depicts the environmental certificates or priz-
es acquired by the companies in our sample. We can see that more than
a third of the included companies are ISO 14001 accredited (86 compa-
nies or 38.6%). In addition, 4 companies (1.8%) are EMAS accredited.
Moreover, there are also other environmental certificates; the Chamber
of Commerce Slovenia on their website gathers them together and pub-
lishes a list of environmental certificates/prizes with the names of com-
panies that obtained them. Therefore, 25 companies (11.2%) possess En-
vironment friendly company certificates, followed by 20 companies (9%)
that have acquired certificates for Energy efficient projects, 18 companies
(8.1%) have acquired Energy efficient company certificates and 17 com-
Table 20: Main industry types in which analyzed companies operate
Manufacturing Main industry Number Percent Total 151
82 (36.8%)
Services Production of industrial goods 58 26.0%
Production of consumer goods 15 6.7% 110 (49.3%)
Other (please specify) Other manufacturing 9 4.0%
Not specified: Construction 25 11.2% 28 (12.6%)
Total Retail and wholesale 24 10.8% 3 (1.4%)
Transportation and public goods 14 6.3% 223 (100%)
Engineering, research and development 8 3.6%
Consulting and business services 7 3.1%
Consumer services 6 2.7%
Tourism 4 1.8%
Banking, investment banking, insurance 2 0.9%
Mining, extraction, oil 1 0.4%
Other services 19 8.5%
ICT 6 2.7%
Cleaning services 5 2.2%
Waste management 4 1.8%
Distribution 4 1.8%
Energy industry 3 1.4%
Municipal activities 3 1.4%
Electro industry 2 0.9%
Automotive industry 1 0.4%
3 1.4%
223 100%
Continuing, Table 21 depicts the environmental certificates or priz-
es acquired by the companies in our sample. We can see that more than
a third of the included companies are ISO 14001 accredited (86 compa-
nies or 38.6%). In addition, 4 companies (1.8%) are EMAS accredited.
Moreover, there are also other environmental certificates; the Chamber
of Commerce Slovenia on their website gathers them together and pub-
lishes a list of environmental certificates/prizes with the names of com-
panies that obtained them. Therefore, 25 companies (11.2%) possess En-
vironment friendly company certificates, followed by 20 companies (9%)
that have acquired certificates for Energy efficient projects, 18 companies
(8.1%) have acquired Energy efficient company certificates and 17 com-
