PRESTIGIOUS AWARD "CSR INDEX" AWARDED TO DVOKUT-ECRO FOR THE YEAR 2011

Dvokut-ECRO has been awarded the prestigious award "CSR Index" for achievements in the field of sustainable management during the year 2011 in the category of small companies. The aim of the CSR Index (Corporate Social Responsibility) is to establish a reliable comparative annual assessment of the most successful Croatian companies regarding their responsibility and performance in accordance with the principles of sustainable management, to affirm leading domestic practices and to facilitate monitoring of economic, social and environmental dimensions effects as well as reporting on socially responsible management. More information available at:

10th SCIENCE FESTIVAL - 23rd - 28th APRIL 2012

Company Dvokut-ECRO ltd. shall again take part in the Science Festival as it did the previous years. The festival is taking place concurrently in six Croatian towns (Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split). This year's jubilar 10th Science Festival shall take part in the period 23-28th April 2012. Dvokut-ECRO has participated in all the festivals held so far, the fact that we are very proud of. This year, Dvokut-ECRO shall again contribute to the Festival with its Mobile Ecological Laboratory for measurement of air quality which will be put on display within the Zagreb Technical Museum's front yard. MSc Gordan Golja, the chief of the laboratory, shall provide expert guidance to the visitors and also provide insight into operational and functional facilities of the laboratory regarding environmental protection. More information available at:

DVOKUT-ECRO RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

On March 23rd 2012, Dvokut ECRO ltd. company has obtained a Certificate of Business Excellence. The certificate was awarded by Bisnode Croatia Company. It confirms Dvokut ECRO's status as one of a few business subjects registered in Croatia (only 2%) which are certified for the utilization of AAA status as a top mark for business excellence.


ABOUT THE COMPANY

Dvokut Ecro d.o.o. is a service provider in the area of environmental protection, sustainable development, planning, research, designing and project management. Founded in 1991 under the name of Dvokut ECRO d.o.o, the company has been active since 1995, providing advisory services concerning environmental protection for private investors, public utilities and government bodies.

The competence of its own human resources and its good references have rendered Dvokut ECRO the first Croatian company that met all the required professional and technical standards and was granted in1997 a license to conduct analyses and prepare expert reports on environmental protection and various influences on the environment by the Croatian Environment Agency.
Owing to its cutting-edge technology for air-quality control – a mobile ecological laboratory – Dvokut ECRO also obtained in that same year a license to conduct air-quality and air-emission control as well as monitoring environmental conditions.

Today Dvokut ECRO is a respectable and experienced company which spreads its business by investing in a young team of highly trained experts and most advanced research technology, offering a full range of new environmental services to private business clients and the public sector.

Dvokut ECRO provides advisory services to its clients, conducts air-quality measurements, sets up automatic air-control units, draws up legal documents, conducts reviews and analyses of environmental impacts and develops waste management and environmental protection plans. Dvokut ECRO’s services also include techno-economic studies, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses and due-diligence reports. The company’s experts are fully qualified and authorized to draw up preliminary designs, master and construction plans. For the purposes of developing project documentation for landfill reconstruction, the company conducts exploratory drillings and water, soil and waste analyses as well toxic waste gas studies. An oceanographic research boat, equipped with the most sophisticated instruments for the study of ocean currents, batimetry and the identification of ocean bed types enables Dvokut ECRO to offer a wide range of oceanographic research services. Drawing on the experience and knowledge of our expert divers with a scientific background, we are able to carry out extensive research in the field of marine biology. A Training Center for Environmental Protection was established in the company’s headquarters, where specialized training course are held for private companies, public utilities and local authorities.

Numerous international consulting agencies have recognized in Dvokut ECRO a reliable local partner for joint projects in Croatia, which are partly financed from EU-funds. Dvokut ECRO cooperates with consulting agencies from the Netherlands, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Austria, Great Britain and Norway.

Dvokut ECRO is one of the founders of the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Croatian Association of Professionals in Nature and Environment Protection.

In 2006 Dvokut ECRO implemented the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificated systems of quality and eco-management with the aim of modernizing its business processes, increasing efficacy and raising the quality of its services. Service quality assurance and environmental protection measures are compliant with the Quality and Eco-Management Policy.