To the question of the essence and content of the category "sustainable development»

Analysis of the formation of the essence of the category "sustainable development" since the 70-ies of XX century to the present days allowed the author to define their own point of view on the nature and content of the category "Sustainable development", which consists in the fact that the economic stability of the company can be thought of as a well-developed system that defines the company's ability to achieve planned results in accordance with specified characteristics and on the basis of General approaches to the nature of sustainability activities, it can be described as the ability to operate the company and to ensure the rational use of economic potential.