Effects of Pro-Ecological Investments on an Example of the Heating Industry—Case Study

Marcin Olkiewicz, Anna Olkiewicz, Radosław Wolniak and Adam Wyszomirski
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Marcin Olkiewicz: Department of Management and Marketing, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-753 Koszalin, Poland
Anna Olkiewicz: Department of Management and Marketing, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-753 Koszalin, Poland
Radosław Wolniak: Department of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Adam Wyszomirski: Department of Management and Marketing, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-753 Koszalin, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-24

Abstract: This paper presents problems connected with the effects of pro-ecological investment on the example of the heating industry. The aim of the publication, resulting from the identified gap, is to analyze pro-ecological investments on the example of a Polish heating company—Miejska Energetyka Cieplna Ltd. in Koszalin. In particular, the pro-environmental activities in which the examined company engaged over the period 2017–2020 were analyzed. On the basis of existing models in the literature, the authors’ cause–effect model for analyzing pro-ecological investments was proposed and investments were realized by the analyzed organization using this model. Combining the presented causes and effects of ecological investments, it is possible to propose a cause–effect model of pro-ecological investments undertaken in organizations consisting of three causes and five effects. All causes that cause organizations to realize pro-ecological investments can be divided into three groups: low requirements, economical requirements, and image requirements, all of which lead to the implementation of environmental corporate social responsibility.

Keywords: pro-ecological investment; pro-ecological technology; emission reduction; heating plant; heating industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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