Employment Impacts of Cleaner Production in a Company
Kulhavý Viktor
Keywords:
employment, cleaner production, sustainable development, qualification, working environment, social
impact, competitiveness
Abstract:
Environmental innovations, as well as other types of innovations can be perceived as one
of the factors that increase competitiveness. This article provides an overview of the impact
of environmental innovations on the quality of work environment, employment and quality
of work in companies. Cleaner production is one of the preventive strategies for lowering
the negative impacts of production on the environment. The economic and environmental
impact of environmental innovations has already been described in literature; however the
social impacts are less known. Recent research studies conducted in the European Union
indicate that, integrated measures of environmental protection in companies with regards to
employment have rather yielded neutral or slightly positive effect. The increase in number of
jobs is observed only in a small number of cases, especially in companies with demand for highly
skilled labour. There are also substantial changes in the quality of work environment and
the increase in employee qualification.
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