GENESIS OF THE CONCEPT OF "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT". THEORETICAL STUDIES OF THE ESSENCE AND CONTENT OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The article investigates the genesis of the concept of «sustainable development». For this purpose, the authors' opinions were studied and the author's view of the term was formulated. During the research of definitions of the term «sustainable development», we found that different authors present it in the form of categories: balance, process. The diversity of foreign and domestic definitions of the concept of «sustainable development» is determined by the parameters included in the scope of research. Sustainable development is considered by the authors as a process, as a phenomenon that includes a set of factors, the competent management of which will be able to provide a decent existence of mankind in the future. In the course of scientific research, the authors investigated the main aspects of this process. In particular, the transdisciplinary nature of research in the field of sustainable development was determined. In addition, the authors of the end of the 20th century included only three types of solved problems (economic, social and environmental) in the circle of research, which were subsequently expanded and supplemented. The researchers emphasize the need to study qualitative data, along with quantitative ones, which later led to the study of nonfinancial indicators, along with financial ones. Based on the studied opinions of the authors, we formed our own vision regarding the theoretical study of the concepts of «development», «sustainable development», the process of achieving sustainable development, the opinions of domestic and foreign authors were investigated, regarding the understanding of the term «sustainability», including within various branches of knowledge, in relation to existing methodological approaches. In addition, a review of the definitions of the concept of «sustainability» in relation to the enterprise is carried out, the opinions of the authors involved in the study of problems of sustainable development, the differences in the relationship of the terms «steady growth» and «steady development», and also the opinions of authors in the context of distinctive features of the concepts of «sustainability» and «sustainable development», an overview of the relationship between the states «sustainability» and «unsustainability».