Aligning the environmental and social values of the sustainable development concepts, Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0

Abstract

The relevance of the issue is due to the intensification of global crisis phenomena in the field of ecology and social sphere, the increasing imbalance of the world economy, the insufficient scale of implementation in practical activities of environmental and social aspects of development that contribute to the sustainable growth of society. Goal of the issue is to identify how the environmental and social values of modern global sustainable development are taken into account in regulatory international and national documents, in the concepts of Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 and how they are consistent with each other. Research methods include bibliographic analysis, comparative analysis, cliometric methods, modeling. The reports and scenarios of the Club of Rome for 1972-2023, studies of large consulting companies were used as a database. Results. The study revealed a gradual strengthening of the role and importance of environmental and social values in international documents and policies in the field of sustainable development. However, these rates are not sufficient to form favorable trends in the field of sustainable development and overcome the movement of humanity along the trajectory of the crisis. Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that following only economic goals without an active transition to achieving environmental and social goals based on corresponding values leads humanity to climate and social crises.