ANALYSIS OF TARGETS TO BE REACHED WITH SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN FOREST PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION.

In the study, the objectives of the forest products industry enterprises operating in the Western Black Sea Region with sustainable production were analyzed. The study was conducted in 50 forest product industry enterprises that represented 174 industrial enterprises with 10 or more employees with 90% confidence level and 10% sampling error. Within the scope of the study, the questions to consider are: What do participant companies know about sustainable production? What are the costs of production? What do they expect from sustainable production? As a result, 38% of participating business representatives have never heard of clean production in terms of sustainable production and practicing eco-efficiency methods. According to participating business representatives, raw materials, energy, labor, chemical materials, research, and development costs are the most important production inputs that constitute the costs for sustainable production, respectively. Participating business representatives showed that they achieved higher profitability with sustainable manufacturing and operations. As a result of the study, it has been found that sustainable production can work with higher efficiency and more environmentally friendly production can be made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]