7 New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences Issue 4 (2017) 07-15 ISSN 2421-8030 www.prosoc.eu Selected paper of 5th World Conference on Business, Economics and Management (BEM-2016) , 12 – 14 May 2016, Istanbul Limak Limra Hotel & Resort, Convention Center Kemer, Antalya-Turkey The Evaluation of Green Growth in Selected OECD Countries Armand Kasztelan a *, University of Life Sciences, Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland Suggested Citation: Kasztelan, A. (2017). The evaluation of green growth in selected OECD countries. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. [Online]. 04, pp 07-15. Available from: www.prosoc.eu Selection and peer review under responsibility of Zehra Ozcinar, Ataturk Teacher Training Academy. © 2016 SciencePark Research, Organization & Counseling. All rights reserved. Abstract Green growth is a relatively new concept, which has appeared in the international discussion in response to the increasing environmental threats and also as a potentially effective means to deal with the outcomes of the financial crisis of 2008. According to the OECD (2011a), green growth means taking measures conducive to growth and economic development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services that contribute to the country’s prosperity. The purpose of this article is to analyze the level of green growth in selected OECD countries. Research was carried out based on Hellwig’s method, which enabled the construction of a synthetic measure of “greening” of the growth. The adopted method made it possible to evaluate the studied phenomenon as a whole, providing grounds for assigning the selected countries into four groups, characterized by similar levels of green growth. In Group I, showing the highest level, there is only one country—Denmark. Conversely, 12 of the 21 countries analyzed were assigned to Group IV. Keywords: green growth; sustainable development; environmental protection; OECD; taxonomic methods; Hellwig’s method; * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Armand, Kasztelan University of Life Sciences, Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland E-mail address: armand.kasztelan@up.lublin.pl / Tel.: +48814610061