Modeling of the integrated indicator of the general level of environmental safety of the enterprise

Abstract

Introduction. Effective stimulation of the activities of national enterprises in the direction of environmental protection, reduction of the negative impact of production on the environment, increase of innovation and investment attractiveness, environmental image and improvement of the ecological situation in Ukraine becomes possible on condition of the development and practical testing of the methodology for assessing the overall level of environmental safety of the enterprise.

Purpose. The article aims to develop an integrated index of the overall level of environmental safety of the enterprise, to justify the possibility of using correlation and regression analysis to confirm the interrelationship between its components.

Methodology. The fundamental aspects of the general economic theory, the economics of nature usage and environmental protection, statistics and econometrics have become the methodological basis of the article. The article uses correlation and regression analysis, comparative analysis, method of relative values, methods of economic and mathematic modeling etc.

Results.In the article the formula for calculation the integral index of the general level of ecological safety of the enterprise is developed. It is based on three partial integral coefficients: the integral coefficient of environmental damage; integral coefficient of influence of economic factors; the integral factor of the impact of environmental and economic factors. The use of correlation and regression analysis has confirmed the adequacy of the developed economic and mathematic model, the reality of interconnections and interdependencies between its indicators.