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dimensions. The adoption of organisational and strategic practices re-
flects not only environmental intent but also internal coordination, re-
sponsibility sharing, and engagement with external stakeholders. The ob-
served cross-country variation indicates that while environmental con-
cerns are broadly recognised across the Mediterranean, the capacity to
translate these concerns into socially embedded and organisationally
structured forms of environmentally significant behaviour differs sub-
stantially between contexts.
Overall, Table 6.21 demonstrates that the sustainability status quo
across the Mediterranean accommodation sector is characterised by con-
vergence in basic environmentally significant behaviours and divergence
in more complex forms of sustainability adoption. Greece demonstrates
a more advanced integration of sustainability across environmental and
organisational dimensions, Spain reflects an intermediate stage, while
Italy and Slovenia exhibit sustainability profiles centred primarily on op-
erational environmental practices. These patterns underscore that cross
Mediterranean differences in sustainability adoption are shaped less by
the presence of environmental awareness and more by country specific
institutional, organisational, and contextual conditions that enable or
constrain more demanding forms of environmentally significant be-
haviour.

iso 21401 readiness level
Table 6.22 presents the level of alignment of Slovenian accommodation
providers with the requirements of the iso 21401 standard. Alignment is
interpreted as the extent to which practices and organisational arrange-
ments corresponding to iso 21401 requirements are already in place, re-
gardless of whether formal certification has been pursued.
The results indicate that alignment is strongest for requirements re-
lated to basic environmental management and operational control. A
substantial share of respondents’ report alignment with requirements
concerning waste management, resource efficiency, and the mitigation
of environmental impacts associated with daily operations. These areas
reflect iso 21401 requirements that build upon practices commonly inte-
grated into routine accommodation management and are therefore more
likely to be met.
In contrast, lower levels of alignment are observed for requirements
that depend on formalised management systems and structured organ-
isational processes. These include requirements related to documented

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