TOOLS FOR IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37332/Keywords:
sustainable development, management system, enterprise environmental transformation, corporate governance, circular economy, motivational mechanism, investment attractiveness, competitivenessAbstract
Kryvokulska N.M. TOOLS FOR IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Purpose. The aim of the article is to substantiate the integrated approach and tools for improving the management system of the environmental transformation of the enterprise, taking into account the modern challenges of sustainable development, aimed at increasing its competitiveness and investment attractiveness.
Methodology of research. The theoretical and methodological basis of the article is formed by the principles of modern economic science as well as scientific works of domestic and international researchers in the field of sustainable development management and environmental transformation. The methodological basis of the study consists of a systematic approach and systematic analysis, which made it possible to consider the ecological transformation of an enterprise as a multi-component management system; methods of abstraction and logical generalization – to form the author's model of motivational support for the greening of activities; comparative analysis – to compare linear and circular models of economic management. The study employs systemic, structural, and functional analysis to substantiate the management system of enterprise environmental transformation, along with statistical methods to generalize and interpret available quantitative assessments and trends.
Findings. From the perspective of a goal-oriented approach, the management system of enterprise environmental transformation is substantiated as an integrated, multi-component, and dynamic managerial system aimed at achieving environmental, economic, and social goals of sustainable development. The key elements of this system are identified, including target, subject–object, institutional–regulatory, organizational–managerial, instrumental, and control–adaptive components, and their functional roles in ensuring the effectiveness of environmental transformation are revealed. It is demonstrated that within environmental transformation, the circular economy should be considered not merely as a set of technological solutions but as a managerial paradigm integrated into the enterprise strategic management system.
Originality:
for the first time, a multidimensional system of effects of the ecological transformation of an enterprise (ecological, economic, resource, investment, managerial, informational, social and cultural, reputational, strategic and marketing) has been systematized and substantiated, which allows us to consider ecological transformation not as a costly activity, but as a source of creating long-term added value and competitive advantages;
It was improved:
- methodological approach to the formation of a system for managing the environmental transformation of an enterprise by isolating its structural elements and revealing their functional role in achieving sustainable development goals, which, unlike existing approaches that mainly focus on environmental management as a tool for complying with regulatory requirements or individual management functions, ensures the comprehensive integration of environmental, economic and social goals into a single multi-component and dynamic management system focused on the formation of long-term ecological, economic, managerial and strategic effects;
- an approach to substantiation the effectiveness of an enterprise's environmental transformation by establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between the integration of environmental transformation management tools and the formation of a complex ecological, economic and managerial effect, which, unlike existing approaches that mainly record individual results of environmental measures or consider them within the framework of regulatory compliance, allows us to explain the mechanism of the influence of management tools on increasing resource efficiency, reducing environmental risks, increasing investment attractiveness and strengthening the market position of the enterprise.
Practical value. The tools proposed in the article for improving the management system of the enterprise's ecological transformation in the context of sustainable development can be used by enterprises of the real sector of the economy as a tool for strategic planning of environmental changes, formation of ESG-oriented management decisions and justification of investments in circular technologies. Their practical implementation creates the basis for increasing resource efficiency, reducing environmental risks, adapting to growing institutional and regulatory requirements, as well as for strengthening the competitive position of the enterprise in domestic and foreign markets in the long term.
Key words: sustainable development; management system; enterprise environmental transformation; corporate governance; circular economy; motivational mechanism; investment attractiveness; competitiveness.
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