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The active transition of the world community to an innovative economy, in which the main share of the gross domestic product is provided by the production and sale of high-tech products, leads to the emergence of interest in ensuring the sustainable development of the state and enterprises through the introduction of innovations. In the modern economy, innovations that contribute to the implementation of new ideas in specific technical and commercial achievements are one of the key factors of the competitive advantage of enterprises. This article is devoted to such tools for achieving sustainable economic development as social and environmental innovations. The article defines the essence of social and environmental innovations that ensure the sustainable development of economic systems. Attention is focused on the need to solve the problem of ensuring the sustainable development of economic systems through the implementation of their innovative activities through the introduction of basic and improving innovations. The increase in environmental problems, the economic consequences of natural and man-made disasters, the problems of the social sphere, the rapid decline of natural resources dictate the need for advanced development of certain specific areas of scientific and technological research and development ("clean" energy, biotechnology, genomic medicine, new technologies in agriculture, environmentally friendly materials, "green" innovations, etc.). The sustainable development of the state is influenced by innovative activity, and therefore it is necessary to increase the intensity of the introduction of scientific research, to create conditions conducive to the innovative activity of enterprises.
Keywords: economic development, environmental innovation, innovation, innovation activity, social innovation
1.INTRODUCTION
In the history of the development of civilization, innovation is the most important factor in the sustainable and efficient development of the economy. In addition, they form the basis of entrepreneurial activity, the impact of which on modern society is difficult to overestimate. However, in the context of a post-industrial economy and a new paradigm of economic development that is gaining strength, there is a need to revise a number of provisions of the theory and methodology of innovation in order to more fully take into account the new fundamental values. These changes are primarily caused by the transition from a raw material to an innovative economy, the development of energy-efficient, energy-saving and resource-saving technologies, a rethinking of...