Methodological aspects of the formation of the system of ESG factors for the transformation of the Russian agro-industrial complex

Issue № 3, 2025, article № 6, pages 53-65

Section: Economic mechanism of managing

Language: Russian

Original language title: МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ СИСТЕМЫ ESG-ФАКТОРОВ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ РОССИЙСКОГО АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА

Keywords: ESG-ФАКТОРЫ, AIC, ESG FACTORS, AGRICULTURE, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, NATIONAL GOALS, FORMS OF MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC STRUCTURES

Abstract: The work is devoted to a comprehensive study of ESG factors in the functioning of economic structures of the agro-industrial complex with the aim of systematizing and expanding them, taking into account national development goals. As part of the study, a system of ESG factors for the agro-industrial complex was formed, which includes basic ESG factors that are currently generally accepted, as well as additional factors that reflect the specifics of the activities of economic structures in the agro-industrial complex. Additional factors are the following: indirect wastewater discharge, biofuel, use of green spaces, soil restoration, animal biodiversity, veterinary and phytosanitary control, green building, fertilizers, staff turnover without taking into account seasonal work, food quality. It has been established that for large forms of business all ESG factors are significant, while for small forms of business they are not; Of all the ESG factors, the least significant for small business structures are those of the management group. ESG factors must be considered taking into account the business model within which a particular economic structure operates, especially within the framework of a heterogeneous agro-industrial complex. It was revealed that the ESG factors of the group of environmental factors, as well as three ESG factors of the group of social factors - average wages and motivation system, human resources development, social investments - are most consistent with national development goals. To the least extent, management factors appear as ESG factors reflecting national development goals. In general, the work has created a system of ESG factors adapted for large and small forms of business in the Russian agro-industrial complex, reflecting the national development goals of the Russian Federation until 2030 and for the future until 2036.

Authors: ZHdanova Olga Aleksandrovna