ON THE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The paper describes the task of improving the environmental efficiency of enterprises that use natural resources. To solve this problem there can be used methods of economic-mathematical modeling which complement the intuitive methods of analysis with objective quantitative assessments and represent a reliable tool for decision support. The proposed approach was implemented for the selection of companies, which use natural resources, for a program of economic incentive of environmental activities. Practical application of the approach showed that, when selecting contractors on several performance criteria, one can evaluate and compare the properties of not only individual counterparties but also groups of them. That allowed determining the most efficient variant of interaction with recipients of grants, which could use funds allocated for environmental activities with highest efficiency.