Legal support of environmental safety and rational use of natural resources based on ESG principles

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of modern problems of legal support of environmental protection, environmental safety and rational use of natural resources, including on the basis of the best existing practices, methods and standards of conducting environmentally responsible business (ESG principles). The conclusion is proved, according to which, in the conditions of active application of ESG standards in the economic activities of enterprises, new forms, models and methods of using natural resources and their protection are significantly ahead of environmental legislation in time. Taking into account the fact that the latest changes in the federal environmental legislation of the Russian Federation will, to one degree or another, affect almost all economic entities (not only directly or indirectly related to the production, processing, use, transportation and transit of hydrocarbons or other energy resources, but even partly small and medium-sized businesses), in addition to the appropriate transformation of environmental legislation in response to these challenges, it is necessary to develop modern legal mechanisms for environmental protection, ensuring environmental safety and nature management based on ESG principles, which will, first of all, take into account global trends (trends) modernization of the economy, management, social development, as well as the need to use advanced “green” technologies.