Environmental innovations as factor of development of petrochemical industry in Russia

Abstract

Problem statement (Relevance): the article reflects the current directions of improving the environmental safety of petrochemical production through the development and implementation of environmental innovations that meet the requirements of new technological methods of production. Objective: development of methodological tools for assessing resource efficiency and analysis of the processes of introducing environmental innovations in the petrochemical complex. Methods applied: general scientific methods are used — system analysis, causeand- effect relationships, description and generalization; as well as special methods — graphical analysis, component analysis, factor analysis, descriptive statistics. Informational and analytical materials of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Rosstat, the Oslo Guide, government programs are used as an information base for the study. Originality: the factors of environmental innovations in the petrochemical industry are systematized, the coefficients of elasticity between the costs and the resulting indicators of eco-innovations in the petrochemical industry are calculated. Result: the article shows that among the main types of environmental innovations introduced in the petrochemical industry are the reduction of material and energy costs, the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, the reduction of the negative impact on the environment, the replacement of petrochemical materials with safer ones, recycling of petrochemical waste; it is revealed that the primary factor influencing the intensification of the introduction of environmental innovations in the petrochemical industry is the result of the introduction of eco-innovations at industrial petrochemical enterprises, which is reduced from the intensity of costs for environmental innovations in this industry. Practical relevance: the conclusions and results presented in the article can be applied in the development of strategies and programs to improve environmental safety in the production of petrochemical products along the entire value chain in this industry. In addition, the toolkit proposed in the article may be a prospect for further development and improvement of the methodology for studying the impact of eco-innovation on increasing the efficiency of the petrochemical complex.