Environmental responsibility of business

The article deals with the formation of business responsibility for eco-logical resources. Environmental responsibility assumes the maintenance of such a system of management that would not cause irreparable damage to the natural environment and preserve the natural heritage for future generations. Environmental resources include the climate, the biosphere, the landscape, the aquas- phere in aggregate, which form recre-ational resources for the population, the background for the formation of regional innovation clusters, and set the conditions and limitations of business activities. The model of coexistence (symbiosis) of the natural envi-ronment and society includes three priorities: quality, efficiency of use and responsibility for environmental resources. The environmentally oriented management system is based on the following principles: moderni-zation and innovative development of the life support system from the point of introduction of waste-free and environmentally-friendly technologies and equipment; diversification and restructuring of economic (eco-nomic) activities in the region from the point of transition of the economy to an environmentally-oriented business; development of social business. Environmental responsibility of business encompasses not only the implementation of environmentally-oriented measures for the examination of the product and production, as well as reducing the emission of harmful waste, but also creates a new entrepreneurial thinking based on the realization of the importance of preserving environmental resources and the natural environment for future generations.