{"id":1472,"date":"2026-09-09T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netzeroheroes-platform.eu\/?page_id=1472"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:45:50","slug":"mary-gaerty-case-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/netzeroheroes-platform.eu\/hr\/mary-gaerty-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Studija slu\u010daja Mary Gaerty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mary Gaerty\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Koja je va\u0161a trenutna uloga i organizacija? Koliko dugo ste u zelenoj tehnologiji? \u0160to vas je motiviralo da se pridru\u017eite ovom sektoru?<\/b><\/p>

Moje ime je Mary Gaerty i suosniva\u010dica sam tvrtke Green Skip Services Ltd. Predsjednica sam Uprave tvrtke, kao i generalna direktorica u svojoj radnoj ulozi. Bavim se prodajom i poslovnim razvojem tvrtke te upravljam dvama timovima: Prodajnim timom i Timom za opasni otpad. Obu\u010dila ih je i \u010dvrsto vjerujem da su kontinuirana obuka i stjecanje znanja klju\u010dni za kontinuirani razvoj poslovanja.<\/span><\/p>

Posao je zapo\u010deo \u010distom slu\u010dajno\u0161\u0107u kada su, tijekom posjeta na\u0161em domu radi \u0161alice \u010daja 1991. godine, poznanici mog supruga upitali za kontejnery na Malti. U potpunom neznanju, upitala sam \u0161to je kontejner, i oni su mi to objasnili. U to vrijeme na Malti nije bilo kontejnera, i budu\u0107i da su rekli da im posao u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu ne ide dobro, predlo\u017eila sam im da razmisle o preseljenju svog poslovanja ovdje na Maltu.<\/span><\/p>

Jednog dana su se vratili i pitali kako bi ovdje mogli pokrenuti posao i bismo li im se htjeli pridru\u017eiti kao partneri. Moj suprug je odgovorio ne, a ja sam rekla: \u201cU tom slu\u010daju, dajte da vidim \u0161to mo\u017eemo u\u010diniti i kako to mo\u017eemo postaviti.\u201d I tako je sve po\u010delo.<\/span><\/p>

Pribli\u017eila sam se sestri, budu\u0107i da smo obje naslijedile ne\u0161to novca od oca, i zajedno smo uspjele ulo\u017eiti na\u0161 udio od 50% u tvrtku kako bismo kupile kamione i prvih nekoliko kontejnera.<\/span><\/p>

Prvi je kamion stigao, kao i kontejneri. Nau\u010dio sam kako koristiti pi\u0161tolj za bojanje kontejnera. Tako\u0111er sam nau\u010dio kako svladati svoju srame\u017eljivost i ne zacrveniti se u lice svaki put kad bi mi se netko obratio. Nau\u010dio sam kako osnovati tvrtku, kako raditi s ljudima koji nisu \u010dlanovi obitelji i kako nau\u010diti o kontejnerima. No, najvi\u0161e od svega, nau\u010dio sam kako postati neovisna osoba koja mo\u017ee donositi odluke. Imao sam 40 godina kada je, 1992. godine, na\u0161a tvrtka i slu\u017ebeno osnovana.<\/span><\/p>

Otada mogu re\u0107i da je moje znanje zna\u010dajno poraslo i danas se smatram stru\u010dnjakinjom u onome \u0161to radim. Biti \u017eena u ovom sektoru nije bilo lako; me\u0111utim, nikada nisam osje\u0107ala da je to nedostatak. Mo\u017eda je ono \u0161to sam govorila mnogima bilo novo, pa su me u tim ranim danima do\u017eivljavali doista upu\u0107enom. Biti jedina \u017eena u prostoriji punoj mu\u0161karaca nije uvijek bilo idealno mjesto, pogotovo prije 34 godine!<\/span><\/p>

Tijekom ranih godina \u017eelio sam nau\u010diti \u0161to je vi\u0161e mogu\u0107e kako bih razvio tvrtku. Kada se ukazala prilika za kupnju zemlji\u0161ta s kojeg bismo mogli po\u010deti poslovati, umjesto gara\u017ee u kojoj smo radili, na\u0161i britanski partneri odlu\u010dili su da ne \u017eele nastaviti. Kao rezultat toga, imovina i poslovanje tvrtke su se podijelili me\u0111u nama. Moja sestra i ja nastavile smo svoj put samostalno.<\/span><\/p>

Obnova tvrtke do njezinog punog potencijala zahtijevala je bankovni kredit koji smo osigurali koriste\u0107i samo zemlji\u0161te kao zalog. Danas imamo potpuno dozvoljeno postrojenje iz kojeg poslovanje vodimo 365 dana u godini.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Koji su bili najte\u017ei profesionalni ili osobni izazovi? Kako su ti izazovi utjecali na va\u0161 profesionalni razvoj?<\/b><\/p>

U svakom pothvatu \u017eivot nudi prilike, ali i katastrofe. Kroz iskustvo \u010dovjek nau\u010di izvu\u0107i najbolje iz lo\u0161e situacije. U na\u0161em poslu, kao i u drugim uslu\u017enim djelatnostima, prisutnost zaposlenika od iznimne je va\u017enosti. U na\u0161em slu\u010daju to posebno vrijedi za voza\u010de. Ako se ne pojave na poslu zbog bolesti ili nekog obiteljskog ili osobnog problema bez upozorenja, to mo\u017ee poremetiti va\u0161e rasporede rada. Osim ako brzo ne prerasporedite svoj posao, imat \u0107ete ljutite klijente. U takvim je slu\u010dajevima najbolje da najprije sami nazovete klijente i obavijestite ih o situaciji, umjesto da oni zovu vas.<\/span><\/p>

Te prepreke treba promatrati kao izazove, a ne kao katastrofe. Kad god je to mogu\u0107e, uvijek biste trebali biti spremni s Planom B.<\/span><\/p>

Obiteljski \u017eivot tako\u0111er mo\u017ee utjecati na vas, kao i va\u0161e osobno zdravlje i zdravlje \u010dlanova va\u0161e obitelji. Ponekad \u010dovjek mora odlu\u010diti ho\u0107e li prisustvovati va\u017enom doga\u0111aju ili ostati i pomo\u0107i \u010dlanu obitelji. Takve trenutke nazivam prioritetima. \u0160to je najva\u017enije u\u010diniti u ovom trenutku? Nekako je, me\u0111utim, obitelj u toj odluci uvijek bila na prvom mjestu.<\/span><\/p>

Sve u svemu, mislim da nije bilo ni\u010deg izvanrednog \u0161to je ometalo rast poslovanja. Financijska sredstva svakako mogu biti ograni\u010davaju\u0107i faktor. Mo\u017eda da smo na po\u010detku imali vi\u0161e sredstava, posao bi vi\u0161e porastao. Da sam tada znao ono \u0161to znam sada, posao bi rastao br\u017ee i mo\u017eda dalje. Me\u0111utim, rast poslovanja ovisi i o tome koliko \u017eelite da raste. Ako \u017eelite da raste preko onoga \u0161to mo\u017eete upravljati, onda je i to va\u0161a odluka.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Koje su vam radnje, strategije ili vje\u0161tine pomogle u svladavanju prepreka? Jesu li vam pomogli mentori, alati ili mre\u017ee?<\/b><\/p>

Biti supruga i majka \u010detvero djece, u dobi izme\u0111u 5 i 19 godina kada sam pokrenula tvrtku, nije bilo lako, pogotovo uz sav posao oko tr\u010danja po raznim odjelima radi registracije tvrtke. Osim toga, tu je bilo vo\u0111enje doma, djeca koju je trebalo voziti u \u0161kolu i iz nje, i sve ostalo \u0161to je i\u0161lo uz obiteljski \u017eivot. Moj suprug mi je bio velika podr\u0161ka u mom pothvatu, kao i moja sestra, s kojom sam u\u0161la u partnerstvo za pokretanje posla.<\/span><\/p>

Tr\u010danje s jedne uloge na drugu postalo je prili\u010dno u\u017eurbano, a povrh toga odlu\u010dio sam upisati ve\u010dernji te\u010daj iz ekolo\u0161kih znanosti na Sveu\u010dili\u0161tu u Malti. To nije uklju\u010divalo samo poha\u0111anje predavanja, ve\u0107 i sudjelovanje na terenskom radu te rje\u0161avanje zadataka.<\/span><\/p>

Odlazak na izlo\u017ebe i sajmove, kao i na konferencije i te\u010dajeve, klju\u010dan je za napredak poslovanja jer je potrebno pratiti sve novo, bilo da je rije\u010d o opremi, idejama ili metodologijama. U po\u010detku je bilo prili\u010dno te\u0161ko uskladiti i planirati sve te aktivnosti, da ne spominjemo tro\u0161kove koji su s tim dolazili. Posao se financirao mojim vlastitim naslije\u0111enim sredstvima, ali uvijek je te\u0161ko donijeti odluku da se taj novac upotrijebi za posao umjesto za obiteljske potrebe. Ipak, \u010dovjek mora donijeti odluku i dr\u017eati se nje, uz povremene prilagodbe gdje je to potrebno. Tako\u0111er sam nau\u010dio\/la dati prioritet onome \u0161to se tog dana mora u\u010diniti kada bih se suo\u010dio\/la s takvim odlukama. Radio\/la sam ne osam, nego ponekad i 16 sati dnevno, rade\u0107i \u0161to god je trebalo u\u010diniti.<\/span><\/p>

Imati partnera koji pru\u017ea podr\u0161ku je va\u017eno. Moj suprug se nikada nije uplitao u tvrtku. To nisam htjela, ali \u010desto sam se savjetovala s njim kad mi je trebalo drugo mi\u0161ljenje. Tako\u0111er bih rekla da sam se prisje\u0107ala \u0161to bi moj otac predlo\u017eio, s obzirom na to da je u svoje vrijeme i sam bio inovator. Radila sam uz njega, iako samo na kratko, i njegov je utjecaj ostao sa mnom.<\/span><\/p>

Bilo je i drugih koji su me ohrabrivali kad sam bio u nedoumici oko novog dodatka poslu. Na kraju bi me \u010dak i na\u0161a vlastita djeca savjetovala i iznosila svoja mi\u0161ljenja. Njihov savjet nije nu\u017eno bio ne\u0161to \u010dega bih se pridr\u017eavao, ali bih ga uzeo u obzir, razmislio o njemu i potom donio vlastitu odluku.<\/span><\/p>

Od samog po\u010detka pridru\u017eila sam se Gospodarskoj komori. Iako sam se u po\u010detku osje\u0107ala neva\u017eno, posebno zbog nedostatka \u017eena u prostoriji na godi\u0161njim skup\u0161tinama i drugim sastancima, uspjela sam, uz pomo\u0107 \u0161a\u010dice \u017eena koje su bile prisutne, ostvariti kont.<\/span><\/p>

Uklju\u010divanje u odbore relevantne za va\u0161 posao mo\u017ee vam pomo\u0107i u izgradnji mre\u017ea i uspostavljanju profesionalnih odnosa. Darovat \u0107ete svoje vrijeme, ali zauzvrat \u0107ete dobiti va\u017ene informacije, ostvariti vrijedne veze i izgraditi mre\u017ee koje mogu pru\u017eiti podr\u0161ku i vama i va\u0161em poslovanju.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Na koje projekte ili inicijative ste najponosniji? Imate li nagrada, priznanja ili mjerljivih rezultata? Kako je va\u0161 rad doprinio odr\u017eivosti ili inovacijama u zelenim tehnologijama?<\/b><\/p>

Od samog po\u010detka, prije 34 godine, shvatio sam da je sektoru potrebna temeljita reorganizacija. Me\u0111utim, nisam imao pojma kako bi se to moglo posti\u0107i, pa sam po\u010deo istra\u017eivati koje mogu\u0107nosti postoje negdje drugdje. Inspiraciju sam prona\u0161ao u \u010dasopisima i, kasnije, kroz te\u010dajeve koje sam poha\u0111ao u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu.<\/span><\/p>

Prvi te\u010daj koji sam poha\u0111ao rezultirao je razvojem, zajedno s Odjelom za zdravstvo, nove metodologije za prikupljanje i evidentiranje klini\u010dkog otpada. Bila je to jedna od prvih promjena, nakon koje je uslijedio niz novih metodologija za druge frakcije otpada koje su u sljede\u0107im godinama uvedene diljem sektora.<\/span><\/p>

Te su mjere rezultirale \u010di\u0161\u0107im i organiziranijim metodama sakupljanja otpada. Razne frakcije otpada po\u010dele su se odvajati i reciklirati. Ti su se materijali zatim prera\u0111ivali i izvozili radi oporabe materijala. Opasni materijali tako\u0111er su se po\u010deli sakupljati i izvoziti, \u0161to predstavlja zna\u010dajan napredak u odnosu na postoje\u0107u praksu jednostavnog odlaganja takvih materijala.<\/span><\/p>

Kroz izvoz razli\u010ditih materijala, na\u0161a je zemlja uspjela zaustaviti zbrinjavanje materijala koji bi se umjesto toga mogli tretirati kao vrijedni resursi.<\/span><\/p>

Kao tvrtka primili smo nekoliko nagrada. Prva je bila Nagrada za okoli\u0161 1998. godine, koja je bila ujedno i prva ikad dodijeljena nagrada za postignu\u0107a u za\u0161titi okoli\u0161a. Uslijedile su i druge nagrade, uklju\u010duju\u0107i nagradu za ekolo\u0161ku potporu industriji te nekoliko sli\u010dnih priznanja.<\/span><\/p>

Osobno mi je Uprava za okoli\u0161 i resurse (ERA), pod pokroviteljstvom Njegove Ekscelencije Predsjednika Malte, dodijelila nagradu Buonamico za moj doprinos okoli\u0161u. Nedavno mi je dr. Lydia Abela, supruga premijera, dodijelila i nagradu Il-Mara za poduzetni\u010dku viziju u sektoru okoli\u0161a.<\/span><\/p>

Tako\u0111er sam primljen kao punopravni \u010dlan britanske Ustanove za gospodarenje otpadom (CIWM), presti\u017ene strukovne ustanove koja tako\u0111er savjetuje britansku vladu.<\/span><\/p>

Ipak, moje najve\u0107e zadovoljstvo proiza\u0161lo je iz mentoriranja mladih, ambicioznih mladi\u0107a i djevojaka te podr\u017eavanja industrija kroz dijeljenje mog znanja i vo\u0111enje u njihovom radu.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Kakav bi savjet dao nekome tko ulazi u industriju zelene tehnologije? Koje si lekcije nau\u010dio koje bi drugi trebali znati?<\/b><\/p>

Sektor za\u0161tite okoli\u0161a je ogroman i dinami\u010dan. Prilike postoje; \u010dovjek mora samo razviti ideje o tome kako ih pretvoriti u posao.<\/span><\/p>

Potra\u017eite pomo\u0107, ali ne odajte svoju ideju. Uvijek provjerite nudi li netko drugi ve\u0107 istu uslugu ili proizvod. Ono \u0161to nudite mora biti bolje ili, u slu\u010daju usluge, pru\u017eati dodatnu pogodnost. Tra\u017eite prilike i nove ideje.<\/span><\/p>

Izvorne ideje ne smiju ostati stati\u010dne. Moraju se razvijati i \u0161iriti kako bi ostale relevantne i inovativne. Va\u017eno je tra\u017eiti pomo\u0107 kada je to potrebno, bilo kroz mentorstvo ili stru\u010dni savjet. Umre\u017eite se s drugima za koje smatrate da bi mogli biti korisni va\u0161em poduze\u0107u. Nau\u010dite kako razvijati svoj marketing i SLUSAJTE SVOJE KLIJENTE. Oni su ti koji \u0107e vam re\u0107i \u0161to trebaju. Poslu\u0161ajte ih, a zatim djelujte tako da u skladu s tim razvijate i pro\u0161irujete svoje poslovanje.<\/span><\/p>

Moj je kona\u010dni savjet da se pripremi\u0161 za putovanje. Ako padne\u0161 i natu\u010de\u0161 koljena, svejedno hodaj uzdignute glave. Bol \u0107e s vremenom biti zaboravljena, ali iskustvo \u0107e ostati.<\/span><\/p>

Za one koji imaju obitelj, obitelj na prvom mjestu, uvijek, jer biste kasnije mogli \u017ealiti \u0161to niste donijeli taj izbor. Sretno!<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary Gaerty Professional Background What is your current role and organisation? How long have you been in green tech? What motivated you to join this sector? My name is Mary Gaerty, and I am a co-founder of a company called Green Skip Services Ltd. I am the Chairperson of the company, as well as the Managing Director in my working role. I deal with the sales and business development of the company and manage two teams: the Sales Team and the Hazardous Waste Team. I have trained them, and I strongly believe that continuous training and the acquisition of knowledge are key to the continuous development of a business. The business started by pure chance when, during a visit to our home for a cup of tea in 1991, my husband\u2019s acquaintances asked about skips in Malta. In complete ignorance, I asked what a skip was, and they explained it to me. There were no skips in Malta at the time, and since they said that their business was not doing well in the UK, I suggested that they should consider bringing their business here to Malta. One day, they returned and asked how they could start a business here and whether we would like to partner with them. My husband replied no, and I said, \u201cIn that case, let me see what we can do and how we can set it up.\u201d And that is how it all started. I approached my sister, as we had both inherited some money from my father, and together we were able to put up our 50% share of the company to purchase the trucks and the first few skips. The first truck arrived, as did the skips. I learnt how to use a spray gun to spray the skips. I also learnt how to overcome my shyness and not become bright red whenever someone spoke to me. I learnt how to set up a company, how to work with people who were not family, and how to learn about skips. But most of all, I learnt how to become an independent person who could make decisions. I was 40 when, in 1992, our company was officially set up. Since then, I can say that my knowledge has grown significantly, and I am now considered an expert in what I do. Being a woman in this sector was not easy; however, I never felt that this was a disadvantage. Perhaps what I said was new to many people, so they perceived me as truly knowledgeable during those early days. Being the only woman in a room full of men was not always the ideal place to be, especially 34 years ago! During the early years, I wanted to learn as much as possible in order to grow the company. When the opportunity came to purchase land where we could start operating from, instead of the garage we were working from, our UK partners decided that they did not wish to proceed. As a result, the company\u2019s assets and work were split between us. My sister and I continued on our journey on our own. Rebuilding the company to its full potential required a bank loan, which we secured using the land itself as collateral. Today, we have a fully permitted facility from which we operate 365 days a year. Challenges Faced What were the most difficult professional or personal challenges? How did these challenges affect your career growth? In every venture, life offers opportunities as well as disasters. Through experience, one learns to make the best of a bad situation. In our business, as in other service-based businesses, the presence of employees is of utmost importance. In our case, this is particularly true for the drivers. If they do not turn up for work due to sickness or some family or personal issue without warning, this can disrupt your work schedules. Unless you are prompt in rescheduling your work, you will have angry clients. In such cases, it is best to call the clients yourself first and advise them of the situation, rather than having them call you. These obstacles should be viewed as challenges rather than disasters. Whenever possible, you should always be prepared with a Plan B. Family life can also affect you, as can your own personal health and the health of your family members. At times, one must decide whether to attend an important event or stay and assist a member of the family. I call these moments priorities. What is the most important thing to do at this point in time? Somehow, however, family always came first in that decision. All in all, I do not think there was anything extraordinary that obstructed the growth of the business. Funds can certainly be a limiting factor. Perhaps if we had had more funds in the beginning, the business would have grown more. If I had known then what I know now, the business would have grown faster and perhaps further. However, the growth of a business also depends on how much you want it to grow. If you want it to grow beyond what you can manage, then that is also your decision. Strategies & Solutions What actions, strategies, or skills helped you overcome obstacles? Were there mentors, tools, or networks that helped? Being a wife and mother of four children, aged between 5 and 19 when I started the company, was not easy, especially with all the work involved in running around to the various departments to register the company. Apart from that, there was the running of the home, children who needed to be chauffeured to and from school, and everything else that came with family life. My husband was a great support to my enterprise, as was my sister, with whom I partnered to start the business. Running from one role to another became quite hectic, and, to add to it, I decided to take an evening course in Environmental Science at the University of<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t