Sustainable development: trends and realities of Ukraine

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the current state of the principles of sustainable development of enterprises in Ukraine, and the impact on the economy of Ukraine as a whole. To this end, was performed an analysis of Ukraine’s position on the indicators of sustainable development in the dynamics. The article defines the essence of the concept of sustainable development and its main components: economic, environmental and social. The basic principles of ensuring sustainable business development are determined. The prerequisites for ensuring and supporting the implementation of the concept of sustainable development of the enterprise in management practice are considered. The proposals on the innovative nature of economic development in the context of sustainable development of domestic enterprises are studied and substantiated. It was found that the current situation in the economy of Ukraine is characterized by not very high activity of innovation, which is caused primarily by the deficiency of own funds of enterprises and limited budget funding. The ways of transition of the national economy, in particular of domestic enterprises to the model of sustainable development are suggested.