Trans Motauto World
Vol. 9 (2024), Issue 1, pg(s) 34-36

TRANSPORT. SAFETY AND ECOLOGY. LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT

Ecological audits and green office in road transport company

  • 1 Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga, Latvia

Abstract

At the beginning of the third millennium, environmental audit acquired new and importance, especially for the sustainable development of business activities, including transport companies. The triple planetary crisis refers to the three main interlinked issues that humanity currently faces: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The research pays special attention to the development of the “green office” concept in the sustainable development of a transport company. The goal of the research is the inclusion in the environmental audit of economic indicators of a transport company that affect the country’s СО2 emissions. The subject of the research is environmental audit indicators. Based on a method of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach additional criteria for the environmental audit of company are evaluated.

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