As sustainable development has become a priority of today’s global society,
more and more organizations in their activities take into account the main directions of sustainable
development − the closely interrelated aspects of economic development, social development and
environmental development. It can be claimed that sustainable development is one of the essential
preconditions for the formation of a green organization. In analysing the concept of a green organization,
it is important to identify the essential features of a green organization. Scientific literature provides
descriptions of certain components or processes of a green organization, which emphasize some or other
aspects of the ‘greenness’ of organizations; however, there is a lack of the identification of a set of
features of a green organization. Systematic analysis of scientific literature and bibliometric analysis
were applied to identify the set of the essential features of the green organization.
The article emphasizes the aspects of organisational development in the context of green organisation, de-
scribing the importance of changes in an external environment for the development of the organisation.
Purpose – the purpose of the article is to analyse the relevance of green organisation development at the national and
international levels by examining it through the prism of strategic documents and initiatives. In order to determine the
development directions of the green organisation on the basis of strategic documents and initiatives.
Research methodology – the methods of critical analysis of scientific literature, strategic documents, initiatives and
synthesis as well as abstrahation have been applied.
Findings – main findings of the research proved that development of green organisation is relevant in the context of key
international and national strategic documents. Also the definition of the development of green organisations is proposed
by authors. The analysis of strategic documents and initiatives at the national and international levels has shown that
their impact on the development of a green organisation can be both direct and indirect.
Research limitations – the limitation of this reseach is that mainly key international and national strategic documents
were analyzed. Analysis of other strategic documents can be stated as a direction for future research.
Practical implications – the results of the research could be used as a basis for the promotion of the development of
green organisations at the national and international level both directly and indirectly.
Originality/Value – the originality of this research can be defined by complex approach to analysis related to the impact
of actual legal regulation to the development of green organisations.
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