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Lately, it has become rather popular to change a business so that it is environmentally-friendly and sustainable. There is a plethora of information available to the general public that describes the advantages of such an operating model, but somehow very few sources providing a clear description of how a business can estimate the financial benefit from the transition to a “green” model. This research has the goal of reviewing and summarizing fragmented information to create a comprehensive guide to estimate the benefits and planning for organizations considering turning “green”. The research can be split into three virtual parts. The first part is a critical review of fundamental information sources. The second part is devoted to the public resources that currently exist, which monitor and provide statistics regarding business resource consumption. The third part evaluates which of the existing financial ratios and indications can be used to monitor implemented eco-solution performance and planning. The result of this research is a guideline on estimating the benefits from the implementation of eco-friendly solutions for SMEs that are considering investing their resources into this area. Publicly-available information from Lithuanian and Latvian sources were frequently used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mobility of society is an essential condition for the development of the regions. Transportation provides access to the labour market, satisfying people's daily needs, encouraging consumption and making a positive impact on the economic development of the regions. An efficient, economical and safe transport infrastructure is an essential precondition for sustainable mobility. Society can be considered as being part of the transport infrastructure, because society's everyday routine directly affects the use of infrastructure and related processes. Driver's behaviour in road traffic is an essential factor for a safe transport infrastructure. Road traffic accident statistics in each country is a significant indicator of transport infrastructure quality and its efficient usage. The problem of the study is the negative influence of drivers driving behaviours to road safety and the necessity to propose the discussion of solutions to change these behaviours. For a solution to the defined problem, the authors put the article's objective: with the aim of determining the essential benefits from a change in driving habits, to identify preventive actions applied in practice, to improve road safety and to reduce the number of road traffic accidents. National economic indicators affect society's behaviour and there is a direct observable correlation to road traffic accident's statistics. Serious accidents are associated with driving a car or being in a car that was involved in a road traffic accident. The issue of traffic safety needs to be addressed at a national level, however, entrepreneurs must engage in solving this problem, whereas road accidents directly affect the profitability of companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]