Natalia Ovcharova

This paper is devoted to the investigation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure regulation process and its possible connection with countries’ competitiveness as an integral part of countries’ Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER) poliсy. ESG disclosure regulation criteria were examined according to their classification on Pension Fund Regulation, Stewardship Code, Government Corporate ESG disclosure, and Non-Government Corporate ESG disclosure by UNPRI in 2016 and for developed countries and developing and emerging countries separately. In order to find the relationship between ESG disclosure and the countries’ competitiveness (describing by Global Competitiveness Index), variety of statistical tests was applied (Student’s t-tests, ANOVA analysis, Mann-Whitney tests, simple average analysis and regression analysis with dummy variables). Research hypotheses about statistically significant differences in ESG disclosure regulation between developed countries and developing and emerging countries and the influence of ESG disclosure regulation on the overall competitiveness of the country were proved. ESG disclosure regulation became an effective instrument of countries CSER policy and tools for increasing their competitiveness.

An integrated approach to the enterprise value-based management (VBM) provides a precise assessment of all accounting entities. The implementation of such an approach allows determining the value of objects that do not have a material form (intangible assets), but have a significant impact on the enterprise value. The growing role of accounting data in enterprise value formation and management determines the necessity of the research. Thus, the article aims to investigate the effect of integrated reporting implementation on the VBM at the Ukrainian enterprises. Based on recent scientific researches, the study substantiates that the VBM approach should be based on an integrated reporting concept and proves the necessity of transition from the traditional accounting model to sustainability accounting in Ukraine. The findings reveal the approach of integrated reporting incorporation into the enterprise VBM system. The authors offer the concept of creating an integrated reporting model in Ukraine that considers economic and legal criteria, basic and qualitative principles, and production, human, financial, social, natural, and intellectual capital.