is paper analyzes the potential of organic agriculture to meet e ectively the increasing demand for high-quality food, to increase its export potential, and to solve the country's import substitution problems. e article also reveals the importance of digital economy technologies for increasing the sustainability of organic production. Among the most signi cant are cloud computing and large databases that contribute to the development of precision farming, continuous online monitoring of the quality of various stages in technological chains, automation and robotization, etc. Following recommendations of the "Organic Agriculture 3.0" conception, the authors examine the appropriate environmental, economic, social, and institutional factors to elaborate complex development strategies for agriculture in Russia and its regions. A special environmental index is proposed to determine environmentally friendly regions that are mostly suitable for organic production. e authors discuss an economic indicator to assess the potential of unused agricultural land for organic farming. e proportion of unemployed working-age population in rural areas serves as a social indicator for the study. By analyzing these selected indicators, four groups of Russian regions with di erent conditions for developing organic agriculture are identi ed. With respect to varying potentials of the regions and the external institutional context, the authors qualify di erent regional competitive strategies and corresponding product niches. e study also provides guidelines for Russian agrarian and environmental policy to support e ective development of organic production.

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Working with trends reflecting the ongoing aggravation of the climate situation, the authors evaluate countermeasures taken at the interstate and national levels, as well as those implemented by large businesses in priority sectors that are important emitters greenhouse gases. In this context, the article makes several points. First, it provides an overview of legal regulations implemented at the interstate and state levels aimed at preventing and minimizing adverse climate change. Second, the authors examine the impact of climate challenges and new regulatory mechanisms on sectors of the modern economy that are a priority for achieving carbon neutrality, as well as on businesses operating in these sectors. This includes analyzing ESG strategies and ratings of companies, as well as rating-related failures in solving problems of the climate agenda. Third, using the example of ferrous metallurgy enterprises, the article examines decarbonization strategies implemented by business and conducts a comparative assessment of them as one means of achieving carbon neutrality. Special attention is paid to systematizing existing and projected tools for the decarbonization of production and technological processes in the steel industry, an assessment is made of their technological maturity, as well as the impact on increasing the product cost and the possibility of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The authors propose ways to further refine the mechanism of climate regulation in Russia, as well as methods for selecting proactive business strategies that provide an effective solution to the problems of decarbonization and achieve sustainable competitiveness in the context of the structural restructuring of the modern economy.