Green Project Management in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy of the Enterprise

Abstract

Enterprises in different countries are increasingly choosing to focus on sustainable development and growth
as a strategy. A topical research and practical issue is how to implement such a strategy. One of the effective ways is
implementation of green project management at the enterprise. Different countries have different experience of green
project management. The purpose of the proposed study was to study the practice of green project management in the
strategy of sustainable development. In-depth interviews and questionnaires were chosen as the main method of
research. Due to the achievement of the goal, the article presents the experience of green project management in the
implementation of the sustainability strategy of Russian enterprises. Empirical data are obtained as a result of
preliminary development of the original methodology for assessing the level of maturity of green project management
and its testing at 34 enterprises of the Russian regions. The analysis of four blocks of green project management
indicators: institutional, economic, environmental, social. The description of the presence of the sustainable
development strategy at the surveyed enterprises is given; the degree of balance in the strategy of economic, social and
environmental aspects of sustainability; orientation of the strategy to the needs of future generations. A quantitative
integral assessment of the level of maturity of green project management in enterprises is given. The prospects for the
development of green project management in order to implement the strategy of sustainable development of the
enterprise are outlined. The novelty is not only the methodology used for data collection, but also the results obtained
with its help, which for the first time presented qualitative and quantitative parameters of the state of green project
management at the enterprises of Russia implementing the strategy of sustainable development. These results can be
useful for all enterprises that have chosen the path of sustainable growth and are interested in green project
management.