Sustainable project management: Results of research on Russian enterprises

摘要

More and more enterprises in Russia are turning to the strategy of sustainable development and introducing sustainable management practice of their projects. Under sustainable or green project management is meant such kind of management which achieves right balance of economic, environmental and social effects, both currently and in the long term from the standpoint of the interests of future generations. The aim of the proposed study was to study green project management practice in the strategy of sustainable development. In-depth interviews and questionnaires were chosen as research methods. Due to the achievement of the goal, the article presents some experience of sustainable project management of Russian enterprises. The results were achieved using preliminary development of the original methodology for assessing the maturity level of sustainable project management. Investigations were fulfilled at 34 enterprises in the regions of Russia. The analysis focused on four indicators' blocks of green project management: institutional, economic, environmental, social. A description of the sustainable development strategy presented at the enterprises under survey, the degree of balance in the strategy of the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainability, the orientation of the strategy to the needs of future generations were observed. A quantitative integral assessment of the maturity level of green project management in enterprises is given. The novelty of the idea is both a new methodology used for data collection and the results obtained with its help. For the first time qualitative and quantitative parameters of the green project management state at the enterprises of Russia are presented. The effect of sustainable development strategy implementing is shown. These results can be useful for all enterprises having chosen the path of sustainable growth and interested in green project management.