EPD – environmentální deklarace výrobku jako nástroj zvyšování konkurenceschopnosti

Abstract

Based on increasing demands for competitive ability of companies and increasing demands to adapt customer´s needs is a necessity to introduce new tools that support a demand for products. Introduction of new environmental aspects into production processes and influencing the customer´s decision in their selecting of the products becoming an important tool for all process in presentation and sale the products. The target of this thesis is to characterize process of obtaining the Environmental Product Declaration and to find all economic benefits selected company. Determine whether the introduction of a voluntary environmental tool, Environmental Product Declaration - EPD, affects and improves the competitive ability of the selected company in the market. The thesis describes the method for obtaining the declaration and finally evaluate all benefits of implementing the declaration into the company.