Integration of Enterprises as One of the Conditions for Sustainable Economic Development: International and Russian Practices

Abstract

Purpose: the research focuses on the current conditions of sustainable development on the example of the best international and Russian practices. The four most important conditions have been identified based on a systemic analysis of the best practices for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The study of the evolution of sustainable development has suggested that creating integration associations is one of the successful ways to overcome contemporary environmental and technological challenges. Statistical and expert methods have identified possible directions for further development of companies and industries in the conditions of active interaction of actors. The authors established four conditions for the implementation of SDGs: the level of institutional support for the implementation of SDGs, the level of technological development, the maturity of ecological culture, and the level of actors’ integration interaction. The research novelty is that the conducted analysis showed that new qualitative growth in today’s conditions (if they are met) would increase the resource efficiency of enterprises of system-forming industries and reduce their negative impact on the environment.