Green logistics
The first clear “green” concept appeared in the seventies of the twentieth century, when relationships between
economic development, the development of social relationships, environment and natural resources was noticed and
defined. The expression of these demands was primarily the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the
Human Environment adopted on 16 June 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden, (1st United Nations Conference 1972). As
a result, work was undertaken to define so-called sustainable development in the political, ecological, economic and
social context, and the concept of “sustainable development” was defined as the right to meet the development
aspirations of the present generation without limiting the rights of future generations to meet their development
needs. Thus, the environment has been identified as the primary function of the state. The definition itself indicates
that economic and civilization development of the present generation should not be at the expense of non-renewable
resource depletion and environmental destruction for the sake of future generations, which also have the right to
their own development. Officially, however, the concept of sustainable development was adopted at the second
Earth Summit, which was held between 3-14 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (www.un.org). During this summit,
two key documents were adopted: the Rio Declaration (Declaration on Environment and Development) - which was
the general philosophy of sustainable development and Agenda 21 (the Global Programme of Action), and a
document outlining the rules and mechanisms for the practical implementation of the assumptions of this concept
into practice. The mechanism of operation of this global concept comes down to achieve three main objectives: