THE EVALUATION OF RESPONSIBLE INVESTING OBJECTS IN THE UKRAINIAN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

The international experience in the development of methodical approaches to the evaluation of potential responsible investing objects has been analyzed and summarized. The main diagnostic parameters of the economic, environmental, social, ethical, informational, managerial and innovative criteria of companies' evaluation have been proved and developed. The optimal level of the Final Score of Investment Responsibility has been determined. The largest companies of Ukrainian business environment have been analyzed according to the proposed evaluation toolkit. The national companies, which meet optimal conditions of the Final Score and may be included into responsible investing portfolio, have been identified. The necessity of international experience introduction into Ukrainian companies' business strategies through a set of measures to improve corporate responsibility performance in environmental, social, ethical, informational and other spheres has been argued.