Transformation of the Economy to the Low-Carbon Path of Development: Criteria and Indicators

DOI

10.2991/iscfec-18.2019.88How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sustainable Development; Environmental Indicators; Energy Resources, Greenhouse Gases

Abstract

Extensive way of natural resources consumption as well as waste and pollution formation have obvious resources and environmental constraints. At present and in the nearest future similar model of the economy will not be able to provide sustainable development of society; serving the needs of the present generation impairs future generation abilities in serving their needs. Implementation of the sustainable development strategy requires balance between economic growth, environmental security and social well-being. Applying traditional economic criteria are not enough to assess the ecological impact of industrial corporations’ activities; there is a need for integrated assessment system of economic, environmental and energy efficiency, especially in energy production and consumption. The problem is relevant for energy intensive industries of modern Russia, striving to follow the path of low carbon development. The article analyzes the need for increasing responsibility of Russian corporations in ecological sphere through raising the informativeness of non-financial reporting on energy efficiency, management of greenhouse gas emissions as well as eco-logical management in transition to low-carbon economy. In order to solve this problem, the authors examine the existing system of assessing environmental efficiency and offer additional criteria and performance indicators to assess the efficiency of environmental management system from the point of view of de-creasing in carbon intensity and increasing in energy efficiency of manufacturing.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - T. V. Maiorova
AU  - O. S. Ponomareva
AU  - O. L. Nazarova
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TI  - Transformation of the Economy to the Low-Carbon Path of Development: Criteria and Indicators
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PB  - Atlantis Press
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