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Environmental aspects of entrepreneurship – necessity in business educationits ecological foundations) and environmental management. However, they are usuallyclassified as specialty courses, not the major area.The number of specialties devoted to environmental questions is growing. However,it must be mentioned that in the majority of universities such knowledge is lecturedin specialty subjects and they are usually limited to one or two general courses.It is also worth mentioning that new fields of studies, fully (or almost entirely) devotedto environmental aspects of economic activity have been created (like Managementand Production Engineering, Management of Environmental Resources or Ecobusiness).Consequently to that, the ecological awareness in the society, knowledge ofpro-ecological solutions and skills of their implementation into everyday enterprises’activity are also increasing, which may lead to further improvement of ecoinnovativenesslevel and the environment state in the future. The final result of theseactions will be “green”, sustainable economic growth of Polish economy.9. References:1. Borys T., Śleszyński J. (1999), Ekorozwój jako zbiór zasad, [in:] Wskaźniki ekorozwoju,red. T. Borys, Wydawnictwo Ekonomia i Środowisko, Białystok.2. Ejdys J. (2007). Koszty i korzyści systemu zarządzania środowiskowego, [in:] Zarządzanieśrodowiskowe, (ed.) B. Poskrobko, Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne,Warszawa.3. Elliot J.A. (2013). An introduction to sustainable development, Routledge Taylor& Francis Group, London – New York.4. Kistowski M., Staszek W. (1999). Poradnik do opracowania gminnego i powiatowegoprogramu zrównoważonego rozwoju i ochrony środowiska, Pomorski UrządWojewódzki, Wydział Ochrony Środowiska i Rolnictwa, Gdańsk.5. Madej T. (2002). Związki i skutki wzajemnych oddziaływań gospodarki i środowiskaprzyrodniczego, [in:] Gospodarka a środowisko przyrodnicze, (ed.) T. Madej,WN Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Szczecin.6. Porter ME, van der Linde C. (1995). Green and competitive: ending the stalemate.Harvard Business Review 73 (5)/95.SummaryAccording to the principles of the European Union, the topic of sustainable developmentis strongly emphasized. The environmental law is becoming stricter, whichmeans new questions and challenges for enterprises comprising: eco-innovations, ecocertifications,implementing ISO and EMAS systems, renewable energy sources, naturalresources estimation, environmental impact assessment, water, energy and wastemanagement, restriction related to various protected area etc. Therefore, all of theabove-mentioned environmental aspect of economic activities should be known tomanagers and businessmen. The following chapter is an attempt to identify the mostfrequently lectured modules devoted to these topics that are incorporated in managementand economics studies at randomly selected Polish universities (9 universities, 7112