In the article, the authors consider the concept of “sustainable development”, the change in its role in the global economy and energy. They define main evolutionary stages of the concept of “sustainable development” and review the works of Russian and foreign scientists on the issues of determining the concept of sustainable development. The article analyzes socio-economic indexes and indicators that play a role in ensuring sustainable development.

The article about issues of the counterparty information verification as a tool for internal control of organizations. The authors consider the basic techniques and algorithms, which are currently used to verify the reliability of a potential counterparty, to evaluate the effectiveness of these techniques, offering alternative methodologies for verification. Moreover, they consider the salient points in the implementation of checks on the counterparty, since today there are some features to which the authors pay special attention. In the article they also reflect some of the legal gaps that occur during inspections of internal control and propose solutions to solve them, in order to ensure not only the economic security of each individual organization, but also the state as a whole.

The article discusses the features of the planning, organizing and conducting B2B sales based on marketing the enterprise products in bulk to other enterprises that later resell products with or without changing their characteristics. It is emphasized that such sales system is a set of actions for the sale of goods and services in the corporate segment. The existing classification of B2B sales is presented: transactional and consulting; dealer, distributor, corporate and retail. There are definitions of the parameters that have the greatest impact on their volumes (industry, product, sales channels). New market trends were studied and such factors as: complication of the specifics of sales, decrease in customer confidence in sellers, increase in the length of the transaction cycle were noted. It is concluded that B2B sales are a more complex product than sales to individuals. The result in them depends on the sellers meeting two conditions – providing customers with high-quality content about the advantages and benefits of the product, as well as improving the efficiency of the entire sales process, which directly depends on the choice of the structure for the sales department, improving the quality of management, the level of professional training of sales managers, the availability of an effective CRM system, the use of effective motivational mechanisms, etc. In this regard, popular sales techniques have been studied (SPIN, solution sale, value-added sale, strategic sale, selling fox). Special attention in the article is paid to the algorithm for building an effective B2B sales management system, which requires individual customization and adaptation of each company. Ideally, such activity should be considered in the context of a separate business process focused on creating key shared values of the seller with customers. The importance of solving such a problem for the corporate business of the 21st century, understanding its significance and further in-depth study with access to specific practice is noted.

The article substantiates the need to conduct a study on the issues of ensuring the effective functioning of the seaport in order to form an integrated approach in the field that should become the basis for the formation of an algorithm for making informed management decisions in concerning the efficiency and international competitiveness of ports. It analyzes the authors’ approaches to the definition of the port characteristics which determine its competitiveness and efficiency. The dynamics of the linkage index of liner transportation is considered. A comparative diagram of financial, operational indicators, human resources indicators for the Mariupol Seaport is given. It is emphasized that a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the seaport is necessary based on the definition of an integral indicator, which will become the basis for making informed management decisions aimed at creating conditions for ensuring the effective functioning of the seaport and maintaining positions not only in the domestic but also in the international market. There is a scheme for monitoring the state of effective functioning of the seaport based on the determination of the integral indicator. Thus, the adoption of an appropriate policy for the development of seaports will significantly improve the efficiency of the ports functioning and compare their achievement in the international market of port services.

Availability, types and access to energy resources significantly affect the economic development of particular industries and the country as a whole. The concept of sustainable development entails that the energy system must meet the requirements of balanced economic, environmental, and social sustainability to achieve sustainability.

The Climate Agenda remains a long-term trend, and its relevance is not waning, despite the ongoing transformation of the Russian economy. Responsible development in Russia directly relates to sustainable development and the ESG agenda, and remains relevant in the face of new challenges. Russia is developing all areas and is also improving traditional generation, striving not only to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but to ensure that the impact of traditional generation on climate change is minimized.

The article analyzes the possible setbacks associated with mastering the financial literacy competencies by young specialists in the humanities. It studies the range of issues associated with the difficulties of using individual financial planning tools and identifies a range of basic topics necessary for a comprehensive perception of the economic situation and competent management of personal finances.

The article discusses the specifics of the concept of “human capital” in the era of digital transformation: the features of those skills, knowledge and competencies that come to the fore in the implementation of digital technologies. During the period of expanding the use of digital tools in the implementation of a significant number of functions performed by an employee, the content of the requirements that are put forward to the employee and, accordingly, the specific content of the organization’s human capital are obviously changing. The article pays special attention to the issue of the speed in digital transformation.

The article discusses some fundamental mechanisms of crisis management: managing the insolvency and bankruptcy processes of international organizations. As an illustrative example, the Canadian experience as a successor system aimed at preserving the debtor organization and, if possible, restructuring the debt to restore the company’s solvency and financial stability. It characterizes the activities of the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) and trustee in bankruptcy (“trustees”). The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) and the key officials’ responsibilities in the framework of crisis measures are analyzed. Differences are identified between the voluntary bankruptcy and forced bankruptcy.

In the Canadian crisis management practice, insolvency is not identical to bankruptcy for both individuals and legal entities. Moreover, the very concept of “person” has an extended interpretation. The successor system involves the search for grounds for the bankruptcy exemptions, especially for individuals who do not cease to exist as legal entities. Therefore in the Canadian crisis management practice, the provision on mandatory financial and tax advice to individuals who have become bankrupt for the first time seems extremely interesting. Conclusions about the possibility of using some individual elements of the Canadian crisis management system in Russian practice are drawn.