Green Industrial Development in Ukraine

Abstract

The relevance of the research is connected with the need to develop effective instruments for creating green industry as the basis for sustainable development and prosperity of Ukraine.

The purpose of this research is to develop methods of separating strategic priorities for the implementation of green industrial policy of Ukraine and its justification through empirical research. Methods are based on the concepts of green industry and resource efficiency and cleaner production.

Proposed methods assume the analysis of contemporary features of the economy, comparative analysis of efficiency of natural resources use (material resources, energy, and water), the impact on the environment and nature waste and emissions of industries, separation of the main factors and implementation of empirical evaluation of their impact on the development of green industry based on the model “Pressure-State-Response,” correlation and regression analysis, and comparison of the obtained results with the priorities, ways, and criteria of development of green industry in Ukraine under the national legal framework.

The set of indicators reflect industrial trends and patterns of environmental significance (i.e., indirect pressure and/or related driving forces); interactions between the industrial sector of Ukraine and the environment, including positive and negative effects of industrial activities on the environment (i.e., direct pressure of industrial sectoral production (cement manufacturing, rolled iron manufacturing, and sugar manufacturing); economic linkages between the industrial and the environment, as well as policy considerations (i.e., environmental damage and environmental expenditures, economic and financial instruments, such as total natural resources rents or energy intensity level of primary energy).