Opportunities of ESG transformation for the goals of developing machine and tractor fleet of agricultural organizations

ESG transformation in the 21st century opens new opportunities for sustainable development of organizations. The advantages of ESG transformation are based on a systematic approach that allows to take into account and evaluate simultaneous impact of many facts by building complex simulation mathematical models, technical ability to process which has appeared in the digital era. Using this approach, which integrates economic, social and environmental objectives into a single strategy, ensures sustainable development of the system. With a systems approach, the socio-economic system of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) of the Russian Federation is considered as the main system, consisting of subsystems of individual agricultural organizations and associations included in it according to the principle of hierarchy, while the agricultural organization is considered as a socio-economic system consisting of economic, technological, managerial, social and environmental subsystems. The purpose of the study is to show the possibilities and positive impact of systemic ESG transformation on the process of ensuring sustainable development of MTF of agricultural organizations to improve the comprehensive efficiency of their activities. As an information base, we used data from the statistical collections of Rosstat “Agriculture in Russia 2023”, “National Report on the progress and results of the implementation in 2022 of the State Program for the Development of Agriculture and Regulation of Markets for Agricultural Products, Raw Materials and Food”, etc. The subject of the study is opportunities for the development of a machine and tractor fleet (MTF) as part of the technological subsystem of agricultural enterprises in the conditions of ESG transformation. The problem was studied using methods of logical and statistical analysis. The authors came to the conclusion that the ESG transformation of agricultural organizations can ensure sustainable development of the machine and tractor fleet; the directions for its development in agricultural organizations are substantiated based on individual ESG criteria. It is concluded that the development of MTP during ESG transformation ensures expanded reproduction of products of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation and increases the economic efficiency of its work.