ESG-ориентиры российских градообразующих предприятий и их влияние на развитие моногородов

Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 5. Экономика. 2024. Т. 40. № 1. С. 80–101.

Bozhya-Volya A. A., Попова П. А.

In research, the influence of city-forming enterprises on the single-industry town’s development
is considered from the perspective of ESG-parameters of their activities. In the development of the researches of previous authors, the article presents a conceptual model of the
influence of city-forming enterprise ESG-indicators on the socio-economic development of a
single-industry town, including three types of indicators. If the social aspects of the organization
activities are carried out at a city-forming enterprise, this contributes to increase the
attractiveness of the labor market in the city and expanding the human potential of the city
as a whole. When performing the G-component of organizing the city-forming enterprise
activities this contributes not only to attracting investors, but also expanding the practice of
co-production public goods in the city, due to the combined efforts of the city-forming enterprise,
local governments and external investors. In the article application of ESG-indicators in
non-financial reporting of large Russian city-forming enterprises. The authors found public
non-financial reports (with ESG-reporting) only in 45 % of Russian city-forming enterprises.
The non-financial reports of 30 city-forming enterprises from 19 regions of Russia were studied
more detailed. What indicator: economic, social or corporate are presented in them. The
authors concluded that the city-forming enterprises demonstrate mainly managerial indicators,
the dynamics of staff turnover and responsibility in waste management. Indicators of the
environmental, social and managerial components are not always presented in a sufficiently
diverse way but one group of indicators may be present, or such indicators are used that do not
reflect the initial value of ESG-monitoring. To overcome these imperfections, the article also
presents some recommendations for the development of this practice.

Keywords: economic development, социально-экономическое развитие, градообразующие предприятия, city-forming enterprise, ESG-factors, ESG-факторы