Today, the grand opening of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference Cooperation in Support of the Development of Corporate Social Responsibility for Green Growth of Business and Economy took place. The Russian University of Cooperation continues to work on important aspects of cooperation related to its contribution to sustainable development, support for the development of cooperative social responsibility for green growth of business and economy.

This year, more than 500 scientists and practitioners took part in the preparation of scientific reports for the conference; more than 130 articles were submitted with a very wide geography of participants.:

- Belarusian State University

- Belgorod State National Research University

- Bashkir Republican Union of Consumer Societies

- Higher School of Economics

- All-Russian Congress of Uzbeks, Uzbekists

- Volgograd Engineering and Technical Institute (branch of NRNU MEPhI)

- State University of Management

- Krasnodar Regional Consumer Union

- Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University

- Kazakhstan Academy of Sports and Tourism

- Kazan National Research Technological University

- Kamchatka regional branch of the all-Russian public organization of small and medium entrepreneurship Support of Russia

- Kaliningrad State Technical University

- Krasnodar Cooperative College of Economics, Commerce and Law

- Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin

- Kuban State University

- Moscow Polytechnic University

- Moscow State Regional University

- Moscow State University of Humanities and Economics

- Moscow University of Finance and Law

- Moscow University named after A.S. Griboyedov

- Moscow City Pedagogical University

- National Research Mordovian State University named after N. P. Ogarev

- Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management

- Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State University of Railway Engineering

- Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

- Russian State University for the Humanities

- Russian State Social University

- Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze

- Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

- Patrice Lumumba University of Russia

- Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

- Regional Consumer Union of Kaliningrad Region

- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

- Technological University named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut A.A. Leonov

- Synergy University

- Ufa University of Science and Technology

- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

- Cheboksary Institute (branch) of the Moscow Humanitarian and Economic University

- Chuvashia State Agrarian University

- Chuvash State University named after I.N. Ulyanov

- Central Kazakhstan Academy

The conference has attracted great interest from the international scientific community, with scientists from countries such as the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Chad, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Tajikistan, the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the People's Republic of China taking part.

Today, scientists and cooperatives and interested specialists from various sectors of the social and production infrastructure of the national economy of Russia, representatives of small businesses, heads of regional unions of consumer societies from all over the country gathered online to get to know each other and establish mutually beneficial cooperation on a number of promising projects and areas of activity, to develop a strategy for the progressive development of the cooperative movement in Russia and green growth of business and the economy.

Today, scientists and interested specialists from various sectors of the social and production infrastructure of the national economy of Russia, representatives of small businesses, heads of regional unions of consumer societies have gathered to establish mutually beneficial cooperation on a number of promising projects and areas of activity, to develop a strategy for the progressive development of the cooperative movement in Russia that meets modern conditions and The conference will allow us to understand the impact, benefits and prospects for unlocking the potential of cooperation for the implementation of sustainable development goals. In this regard, articles on the following topics are welcome: corporate social responsibility of cooperatives, sustainable development and green growth of business and the economy, green economy of cooperatives and green supply chains in consumer cooperation, cooperatives and environmental technologies, responsible innovations in consumer cooperation, training green personnel for cooperatives, legal regulation of corporate social responsibility, philosophy of corporate social responsibility for green growth of business and the economy in cooperation.

The welcoming remarks were made by:

1. Brodsky Vitaly Aleksandrovich, Ph.D. in Economics, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Central Union of the Russian Federation

2. Nabieva Alsu Rustemovna, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector of the Russian University of Cooperation

3. Sapronov Aleksey Fedorovich, PhD in Economics, Head of the Department of Agrarian Policy of the Voronezh Region

4. Ilyasov Vener Zakivich, Chairman of the Board of the Bashkir Republican Union of Consumer Societies

5. Mashkov Vladimir Nikolaevich, Chairman of the Council of the Regional Consumer Union of the Kaliningrad Region

6. Rybalov Vladimir Igorevich, Chairman of the Kamchatka regional branch of the All-Russian public organization of small and medium-sized entrepreneurship OPORA RUSSIA

7. Kalashnikov Dmitry Vladimirovich, Ph.D. in Sociology, Deputy Chairman of the Volgograd Regional Duma

8. Asafyev Nikolay Konstantinovich, executive director of the Saratov regional branch of OPORA RUSSIA

9. Silantieva Olga Valentinovna, Deputy Head of the Department of Legal and Organizational-Personnel Work of the Krasnodar Regional Consumer Union

10. Madiyarova Diana Makayevna, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Faculty of Tourism, Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism (Kazakhstan); Professor of the Department of International Economic Relations, RUDN University

11. Sharipova Gulnazym Kairkenovna, Director of the Department of Science, Professor of the Central Kazakhstan Academy, Master of Laws

12. Chistyakov Egor Ivanovich, first category agronomist, deputy general director of TurMyasovo LLC, AgroInvest LLC group of companies

13. Chermoshansky Igor Anatolyevich, Manager of Mordovian branch No. 8589 of Sberbank PJSC

14. Khudaiberdiev Ibrahim Khidirovich, Chairman of the All-Russian public organization All-Russian Congress of Uzbeks, Uzbekists

15. Ermalovich Lyudmila Pavlovna, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Finance and Management of the Institute of Business of the Belarusian State University