The increasing awareness of environmental degradation has led to a growing demand for sustainable products, prompting the adoption of eco-labelling as a pivotal tool for environmental protection. This article aims to examine eco-labelling's multifaceted role in fostering environmentally responsible consumer choices and incentivising businesses to embrace sustainable practices. By providing a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles and mechanisms underlying eco-labelling, the paper explores how these labels communicate vital information about a product's ecological impact to consumers. Drawing insights from case studies and existing frameworks, the article evaluates the effectiveness of various eco-labelling programs in influencing consumer behaviour and steering market forces toward sustainability. However, it also addresses challenges such as greenwashing and the lack of standardised criteria, proposing potential solutions to enhance the credibility and transparency of eco-labels. Furthermore, the discussion encompasses the regulatory landscape and industry collaboration, emphasising the crucial role of government policies and collective efforts in fortifying the success of eco-labelling initiatives. In conclusion, the article asserts that eco-labelling is a dynamic force for environmental protection, urging continuous research, collaboration, and refinement to solidify its impact on shaping a more sustainable and eco-conscious marketplace.

Natural and cultural wealth in the tourism market plays a significant role in tourism development ideally in a sustainable way. The papers´ research evaluates the potential of old beech forests and primeval beech forests in Europe as targets for possible future nature tourism, emphasizing their ecological, aesthetic, and cultural significance. The analysis, which utilizes a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods including the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman correlation coefficient processed through Gretl software, highlights the significant role these forests play in biodiversity conservation, climate regulation, and sustainable development in the context of the area of the country, where they are located. These forests, rated as premium destinations for nature tourism or ecotourism, should be integrated into broader tourism strategies. Their preservation and proper utilization can significantly contribute to the development of the local economy while also providing educational and recreational opportunities for residents and tourists.

The development and execution of employees in a modern public administration organisation are subject to specific management forms. Performance management is about setting performance standards, monitoring progress, and building relevant plans. Managerial performance and its management are presented as beneficial for employee development. Addressing the interaction between performance management and administrative authority is appropriate given the empirical result of performance management reform. The public sector's adoption of performance management systems has long focused on creating more advanced performance information systems while neglecting to increase managerial authority. Therefore, understanding how this partial acceptance affects public service performance is particularly important. However, our knowledge of how they interact remains limited despite the central role of management authority over standard performance management regulations. According to the analysis of the current situation, the main goal of the presented article is to derive propositions and propose measures to streamline the managerial performance of the offices in Trnava, Nitra and Trenčín. In the study, we use the benchmarking method to analyse and subsequent evolution of the state of managerial performance in selected bodies. We identify individual factors in the form of the Saaty matrix and characterise the systematic steps of the methodological procedure. In this process, we faced certain limitations related to limited data access. The main benefits of this study are suggestions for improving the level of managerial performance that can be applied in public administration. Among the primary areas where change is needed, we identified ambiguity in the strategy and plan, delayed feedback processes and limited behavioural incentives.

The digital transformation associated with the Industry 4.0 concept fundamentally changes the functioning of human resources management and places new demands on the competencies of HR managers. The main objective of this paper is to explore the impact of HR Managers 4.0 competencies as a moderating factor in the relationship between HRM 4.0 practices and selected corporate and employee performance indicators. The research is based on quantitative data collected through a questionnaire survey conducted among HR managers and directors of HR departments. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and simple and multiple linear regression were used to analyse the data. The results indicate the importance of competencies such as effective communication, complex problem-solving, and strategic and analytical thinking, which positively influence productivity, especially in the areas of employee adaptation, training and development. The study contributes to the development of knowledge on the role of HR managers' competencies in the digital environment.

Information and communication technologies have undergone substantial development in recent decades. These changes have been manifested not only in the economy, but also in people’s everyday life, as modern technologies have fundamentally transformed working methods, leisure activities, and administrative processes. The strong influence of advanced trends has also left changes in public administration. The international concept of eGovernment has come to the fore, known in Slovakia due to the development of the Internet public services under the “informatization” of public administration. In Slovakia, as well as throughout the world, the primary objective of electronification is to increase the obligations of the state administration, reduce corruption, improve communication within the public administration itself, increase transparency, save finances, eliminate empty bureaucracy, and simplify the contact of citizens with the authorities. eGovernment allows individual states a range of options for delivering public services electronically, such as interactive collaboration or providing information online. In spite of all the advantages brought by information and communication technologies, the Slovak Republic still lags behind in the implementation of computerization in public administration. In the field of electronic public administration, individual processes are constantly influenced primarily by external changes (political), but also by internal changes (organizational). These are precisely the types of changes that can be described as limiting factors for the development of eGovernment. The objective of the present paper is to analyze how public policy actors in three studied countries influence the development and implementation of electronic public administration. The analysis will then culminate in the proposal of appropriate solutions to remove the identified barriers for the conditions of the Slovak Republic.