........... Malá, Sedliačiková, Dušak, Kaščáková, Musová, Klementová: Green Logistics... DRVNA INDUSTRIJA 68 (1) 69-79 (2017) 69 Denisa Malá 1 , Mariana Sedliačiková 2 , Marko Dušak 3 , Alena Kaščáková 1 , Zdenka Musová 1 , Jarmila Klementová 2 Green Logistics in the Context of Sustainable Development in Small and Medium Enterprises Zelena logistika u kontekstu održivog razvitka u malim i srednjim pogonima Preliminary paper  Prethodno priopćenje Received – prispjelo: 24. 3. 2016. Accepted – prihvaćeno: 15. 11. 2016. UDK:630*79 doi:10.5552/drind.2017.1620 ABSTRACT  Forestry and wood-processing industry are sectors based on renewable ecological natural re- sources of wood raw material. Wood mass processing should be based on sustainable development, which involves the economic and social development based on environment preservation. Green logistics, which leads to change in creating the product value, characterizes different possibilities to measure and minimize the ecological impact of logistics activities and puts emphasis on sustainable ecological orientation, is closely related to sustainable development. The aim of this article is to investigate the issue of green logistics of forestry and wood processing in small and medium enterprises in Slovakia. To reach this goal, an empirical research was carried out, the objective of which was to determine the level of understanding, as well as the implementation of green logistics activities, and to identify its potential for future implementation in small and medium enterprises in selected branches. The research has revealed that as many as 28.8 % of enterprises claim not to have had any experience with green logistics within their enterprise. The greatest barrier for the implementation of green logistics appears to be the high input costs, which was confirmed by 62 % of the enterprises. On the basis of the research results, a model of implementation of green logistics concept in Slovak small and medium forestry and wood-processing enterprises has been proposed, as an element of sustainable development. Keywords: green logistics, sustainable development, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), forestry, wood pro- cessing, model SAŽETAK  Šumarstvo i drvoprerađivačka industrija u Slovačkoj sektori su koji se temelje na obnovljivim, ekološkim, prirodnim resursima, odnosno na drvu kao osnovnoj sirovini. Prerada drvne mase trebala bi biti os- nova održivog razvoja, što podrazumijeva ekonomski i socijalni razvoj utemeljen na očuvanju okoliša. Zelenu logistiku, koja donosi promjene u određivanju vrijednosti proizvoda, karakteriziraju različite mogućnosti mjerenja i smanjenja utjecaja logističkih aktivnosti na ekološki sustav, pri čemu je naglasak na održivoj ekološkoj orijen- taciji, tijesno povezanoj s održivim razvojem. Istraživanje opisano u radu odnosi se na aspekte zaštite okoliša u malim i srednjim poduzećima za šumarstvo i preradu drva u Slovačkoj u kontekstu održivog razvoja i zelene logis- tike. Kako bi se ostvario glavni cilj istraživanja, provedeno je iskustveno istraživanje radi određivanja razine ra- zumijevanja i implementacije aktivnosti zelene logistike te mogućnosti njezine buduće implementacije. Istraživanje 1 Authors are doctors of science and associate professor at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. 2 Authors are associate professor and doctor of science at the Faculty of Wood Science and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, Slo- vakia. 3 The author is a PhD student at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb, Croatia. 1 Autorice su doktorice znanosti i izvanredna profesorica Ekonomskog fakulteta Sveučilišta Matej Bel u Banskoj Bistrici, Slovačka. 2 Autorice su izvanredna profesorica i doktorica znanosti Drvarskog fakulteta Tehničkog sveučilišta u Zvolenu, Slovačka. 3 Autor je student doktorskog studija na Šumarskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska.