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The article is concerned with the relevant issue both for Ukraine and the world of achieving global sustainable development goals based on the participation of enterprises (businesses) in ecological conservation processes and improving social well-being against the background of economic growth. The article is aimed at presenting the results of a study of the theoretical substantiation of models of the enterprise’s participation in achieving the global goals of sustainable development. Based on the use of general scientific research methods, it was logically substantiated that under the participation of enterprise in achieving the global goals of sustainable development, it is necessary to understand the alienation of assets or the acceptance of obligations to implement projects that correspond to sustainable development in the internal and external environment. On this basis, it is proposed to distinguish between four models of enterprise participation in processes aimed at achieving global sustainable development goals: «Outsider», «Activist», «Contributor», «Active Contributor». These models are based on two important characteristics: the presence or absence of internal transformation processes in favor of sustainable development at the enterprise, as well as the presence or absence of projects for financing transformations in favor of sustainable development in the external environment. The substantiation of the company’s behavior models in terms of the implementation of the global sustainable development goals allowed to propose an interpretation of the sustainable development of the enterprise in terms of its participation in these processes. In the logical course of the study, the types of sustainable development of enterprise are substantiated as follows: «driver», «supporter», «integrator». It is proved that these types should be determined on the basis of the ratio of the enterprise’s participation in sustainable development due to its activity in transformation processes in the internal and external environment. An analysis of the compliance of four models of enterprise participation in the implementation of the global sustainable development goals with three types of sustainable development of the enterprise is accomplished. Further research will concern the effectiveness of a particular model of enterprise participation in sustainable development from the point of view of different stakeholders.

The article presents the results of research on the topical issue of achieving the global goal of sustainable development by 2030. So, the urgent problem of substantiating the tasks of the institutional micro-level of enterprises during their transformation in accordance with the sustainable development principles in the bioeconomy model has been solved. The article is aimed at publishing scientific achievements that improve the theoretical foundations of sustainable development by positioning the bioeconomy in relation to sustainable development, comparing the components of bioeconomy and sustainable development goals, and defining the objectives of enterprises in this context. Having analyzed and compared the essence of bioeconomy and bioeconomics, the authors have identified their significant differences in such characteristics as the conceptual basis of the two models, their focus issues, and the factor seen as the main driver of economic growth. The choice of bioeconomy as a concept that is closer to sustainable development is argued. Significant polarity of scientists' views on bioeconomy as a set of processes and phenomena is revealed. Two types of interpreting bioeconomy are substantiated. Scientists in the first group believe that bioeconomy covers all the components of socio-economic relations connected wtih the production, consumption and utilization of biological resources, including renewable energy. The other group criticizes bioeconomy as a concept and call it a political project of economic influence. The article expresses the authors’ view on bioeconomy as a model, a mechanism for achieving certain global goals of sustainable development, which are mainly related to its environmental component. On this basis, the place of the bioeconomy model in the sustainable development system is substantiated, and the tasks of the sustainable development of an enterprise in the bioeconomy model are determined. These tasks can be divided in two groups, namely 1) tasks of the company’s own activity, and 2) tasks of supporting and assisting other enterprises, whose activities meet the global sustainable development goals and ensure their achievement.

The article is concerned with solving the problem of ensuring sustainable development at the level of enterprise as determined by the UN, which is relevant not only at the local level of Ukraine, but also world-wide. The article is aimed at theoretical substantiating the hypothesis on the existence of a connection between sustainable development of enterprises and basic unconditional income (BUI) using general scientific methods of critical and logical analysis and synthesis, ascent from abstract to specific, abstraction. The BUI in the research is understood as regular cash payments in the amount of the real subsistence minimum to citizens of the State, regardless of their socio-economic status. It is substantiated that BUI is the socio-economic regulator of sustainable development of the region and at the same time an instrument for sustainable development of the enterprise to achieve social, economic and ecological balance. It is proposed to consider BUI as an integrating instrument for sustainable development of enterprises and regions, which will provide a vertical link between the goals and objectives of sustainable development to overcome poverty, hunger, opening access to education and self-development at the meso- and micro levels. The example of depressed economically mono structural mining regions and mining enterprises of Ukraine to be liquidated displays the complex impact of BUI on their sustainable development through the component of social development. A comparison of development in the presence and absence of BUI is made and it is identified that the BUI will allow to «mitigate» economic restructuring, level territorial differentiation, implement the policy of social corporate responsibility and public-private partnership at the enterprise. The question has been raised about which economic agent should ensure the payment of BUI: the region or the enterprises operating in the region and using resources that could be saved for future generations. It is proposed to consider the possibility of payment of BUI both from the budget of the region and from the funds of enterprises.