Introduction. Competition is a unique phenomenon which reveals specific competencies of business entities and allows them to realise their potential. However, businesses need a method for assessing the level of their competitiveness, which would use an integral index calculated on the basis of their financial statements and allow identifying «bottlenecks» of their economic activities and relate enterprises to specific economic sectors. The purpose of the article is to formulate a method for assessing the competitiveness of enterprises by using an integral index.Results. The study proves that the competitiveness of a company takes into account the three major types of economic activity: supply, production and sales. Each of the abovementioned types can be further assessed by using independent indicators, which characterises the whole economic activity of the enterprise. An integral index of enterprise competitiveness should include indicators that directly describe the production process, the financial status, the use of staff, the level of innovations, etc. The proposed approach involves determining the growth indices which аre then used as the basis for calculating the average weighted competitiveness of each type. The testing of the proposed method has been demonstrated by using the performance results of four big enterprises of metallurgical and machine building industry of Ukraine. The enterprises are contractors with established long-term relations. For example, PJSC «Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant» is a manufacturer of cast iron, steel and ferroalloys, further used by PJSC «Interpipe NTZ» for the production of pipes, wheels, etc. A separate group includes machine-building enterprises, which are PJSC «Dnipropetrovsk Aggregate Plant» specialising in the manufacture of air and space aircraft, electric motors, generators and transformers, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment and the enterprise PJSC «Dniprovazhmash» which produces railway locomotives, machinery and equipment for extractive industry and construction. However, these manufacturers are connected not only by the raw material chain and integrated sales channels, but also by the joint processes of using and introducing innovative developments and the modern expertise of specialists. The enterprises under consideration differ in the scope of economic activity: the average number of employees varies from 1,500 to 4,500 people, while the sales proceeds vary over the range of 13 to 500 million Euros. When investigating supply, we can see that the competitiveness of this process in all the enterprises is more than one, with the exception of PJSC «Dniprovazhmash», which is explained by a significant improvement in the turnover of production stocks and positively characterises the procurement of raw materials. The analysis of the production shows that the least value of this process competitiveness is demonstrated by PJSC «Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant» (0.883) and PJSC «Dniprovazhmash» (0.854), though PJSC «Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant» shows a gradual recov...

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the relevance of forming an effective partnership between business and public organizations to ensure sustainable development, using the concept of social responsibility (CSR) as a key competence. The competencies of modern companies allow shaping the strategic development of an enterprise as an open system, taking into account the impact of environmental, social and economic factors in compliance with the concept of social responsibility, which positively affects consumer loyalty, corporate reputation, satisfaction and trust of business partners, ensures the implementation of a sustainable development strategy. The study used general scientific and special methods of system-structural analysis and synthesis to determine the relationship between sustainable development, sustainable development strategy, social responsibility and CSR; method of comparison – to determine the motives of business in CSR and the factors that contribute to the attractiveness of public organizations (POs) in relation to business expectations; and systematization method – to determine the benefits that business receives from cooperation with POs. Based on the results of the literature review, the author distinguishes the levels of social responsibility (personal, enterprise, public, national, global); goals and objectives of corporate social responsibility and its relationship with the sustainable development strategy. It is found that the highest level of CSR is charitable activity. The research has shown the feasibility and necessity of partnership between business and public organizations. When selecting partners for cooperation in the implementation of socially important initiatives, it is advisable to rely on the research of the ESG transparency index of Ukrainian companies and choose partners with a higher level of information disclosure according to the criteria of «CSR Policy» and «Integration of Sustainable Development Goals into the CSR strategy/company goals (commitments)». Partnership cooperation between business and public organizations helps to speed up the decision-making process and gives more confidence that their support will be used properly. Prospects for further research include assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of the enterprise’s CSR strategy and adapting the use of ecological, social and governance (ESG) sustainability assessment indicators to the conditions of Ukraine.

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The issues of energy development management of Germany at the present stage, in the near and long term are analyzed. The sources of fuel resources typical for the country's economy are considered taking into account many criteria. Considerable attention was paid to logistical issues, the construction of terminals for receiving reduced natural gas, which will make it possible to receive it from producers from many regions of the world. It is noted that in the future, as production expands and costs decrease, it is planned to use such terminals to receive hydrogen, one of the promising types of fuel supplied to the country by sea, which is the essence of the dual logistics model. A model for the development of the German energy sector is proposed. It is shown that in the future the leading role in providing the country with energy will be played by wind and solar power plants, which have economic and environmental advantages.

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