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In this article the authors analyze the formation of an institution of environmental responsibility developing a modern view on the practice of corporate social responsibility, taking into account the specifics of Russian enterprises in the coal industry. The study emphasizes the importance of considering the ecological aspect and environmental protection, which is becoming relevant in the context of the implementation of anthropogenic and man-made impacts on the nature caused by industry. A comparison is made in terms of time awareness by foreign and domestic enterprises of the coal industry of a responsible attitude to the biosphere and ecosystems. The environmental aspect is marked as integral to the coal industry. It is substantiated that the formation of the institution of environmental responsibility of coal industry enterprises reflects the impossibility of taking into account all the needs of target audiences with corporate social responsibility events. It is clarified that the need for the formation of this institution is given by megatrends of civilizational development. In conclusion, the study provides the starting points for the implementation of the processes of the formation of the institution of environmental responsibility.

The retrospective dynamics of land use in the Kemerovo region since the Soviet period is presented in the study. The survey of views of the scientific community regarding the development of reclamation of lands allocated to industry was conducted. The statistics are reflected: areas of lands disturbed by the activities of open pits and mines in the mining region; the number of land law violations; land retirement. A technique is presented for determining the potential use of disturbed lands for agriculture in order to identify their suitability or unsuitability for reclamation; its algorithm including seven consecutive stages is presented. Indicators that contribute to maximizing income from each plot suitable for long-term agricultural reclamation were selected.

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