Improving the methodology for assessing the economic sustainability of a chemical industry enterprise

Nowadays, it becomes obvious that the stable economic development of regions and the country is real only with the economic stability of such structural components as industries and enterprises. A significant contribution to the theory of economic sustainability assessment was made by Russian researchers. To the current date, the theoretical foundations and practical recommendations for assessing economic sustainability are not fully represented in the scientific literature. Despite the fact that authors distinguish several components of economic sustainability, many of them address the economic sustainability of an enterprise from financial perspective only. As a result, additional research has to be conducted. The article proposes a methodology for assessing the economic sustainability of a chemical industry enterprise, which includes five components: production, technological, financial, marketing, and environmental. The inclusion of the last component in the methodology is justified. Since in their activities the enterprises of the chemical industry deal with toxic, aggressive, flammable and explosive substances and environments, which determines a high degree of risk of negative impact on the environment. As a result, enterprises of the chemical industry, in order to ensure their economic sustainability, must pay increased attention to environmental safety issues. The technique has been tested at the «Gambit» enterprise. The main areas of production activity of «Gambit»: the production of resins, plastic products, polymer containers.