ECOLOGICAL-AUDIT ANALYSIS OF DAIRY INDUSTRY OBJECTS OF KHERSON REGION (ON EXAMPLE OF DANON-DNIPRO LLC)

Abstract

The right on ecological safety has become a standard of living in developed countries of the world. In the context of crisis phenomena, growing ecological problems become particularly noticeable. The selection and implementation of regulatory optimization tools are topical issues of the present. An ecological audit is one of them. It’s implementation at dairy enterprises is extremely necessary as it is one of the leading strategic industries of the food industry of Ukraine, including Kherson region.

The purpose of the article is the ecological-audit analysis of the dairy industry objects of Kherson region on example of Danone-Dnipro LLC.

Ecological audit is interpreted as a documented systematic independent process of the object evaluation for its  compliance with the current environmental legislation with the transfer of results to the customer. The Law of Ukraine «About Ecological Audit», international and state standards of the series ISO 14000 are the legal bases of ecological-audit activity.

The methodological basis of ecological auditing is primarily seen in systemic-synergetic, ecological, constructive-geographical approaches. 

On the basis of the accepted theoretical and methodical principles an ecological-audit analysis of dairy industry enterprises of Kherson region was conducted. It should be noted that often the enterprises, which are estimated as having the most productive production potential, are the environmentally dangerous. Among these are JSC «Ivanovo Butter Plant», PJSC «Kalanchatskiy Butter Plant», PJSC «Chaplinskiy plant of cheese and butter production», PJSC «Novotroitsky plant of cheese and butter production», PJSC «Novokakhovsky factory of melted cheese».

The results of the ecological auditing conducted at Danone-Dnipro LLC of Danone Company, as one of the leading Ukrainian dairy markets, became the basis of the report, structured in accordance with international and state standards. In general, the object is characterized by a moderate impact on the environment. 

The potential effect of the ecological-audit analysis of dairy industry objects can be defined in terms of elements such as competitiveness, risk reduction, cost reduction, organization improvement, and, finally, ecological safety at all levels (object, industry, state).