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Scientific journal NRU ITMO Series "Economics and Environmental Management"
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Issue:4 (19)
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In the new industrialization the role of energy efficiency and energy conservation is rising as essential requirement to ensuring the effective functioning of the industry with production capacity and energy consumption increasing. The paper analyzes the factors affecting the energy efficiency of Russian companies. As a research method, the participatory backcasting approach was applied in order to identify the main barriers to energy efficiency, and the factors contributing to the development of corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) of Russian business: economic, social, political (managerial), technological (scientific) and environmental.