Successori Reda is a medium-size woollen mill of the industrial district of Biella, the only certified EMAS in the EU thanks to continuous investments and use of compressed air jet looms. This technology was fully established in 2005 and ensures a 10% savings in energy consumption per square metre of cloth. Employment is stable since the past decade, while it declined to one fourth in the overall district. Technicians and operation low level management benefit the most of this practice by integrating their competences in traditional looms with ICT skills. Case study was prepared in January-

OHL ŽS, a.s., a joint-stock company, is the fifth largest construction company in the Czech Republic, with a turnover of CZK 12 billion (approximately €473 million). The company has introduced a range of internal regulations related to environmental protection arising from the implementation of ISO 14001. This includes a system called EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme). The company uses technologies that significantly reduce its impact on the environment and also reduce the costs of construction. The use of these green technologies required the company to introduce organisational

This case study describes the greening practice of Arginta in the area of renewable energy and the influence of such practice on the quantity and quality of jobs. There was only a slight increase in the number of company’s staff as a result of the development of new renewable energy activity in 2009, because the company had preferred to improve the professional qualifications of existing employees instead of hiring new staff. Implementation of the green practices did not have significant effects on working conditions either, as the working conditions, according to the company’s management,