Possible impact of the green economy requirements on the furniture industry development in Kaliningrad region

Irina Safonova,Andrei Golubev,G Roos

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202129101001

Abstract

The article discusses the possible impact of the requirements of the “green economy” on the furniture industry development in Kaliningrad region. The main question posed in the article – whether furniture manufacturers from Kaliningrad region can withstand future changes related to the “green economy”. The authors collected and examined data on the main factors affecting the Kaliningrad furniture industry earlier (changes in customs regulations) and now (impact of the COVID-19 pandemic). Along with the general analysis, the authors considered the manufacture of individual products. No sharper drop in the furniture manufacture for home use compared with the furniture manufacture for offices was found as a result. As vendors, component suppliers, and furniture manufacturers have formed a regional cluster, its role in overcoming current challenges was also examined. Taking into account the current situation, the authors come to a rather negative conclusion about the contribution of the Kaliningrad Association of Furniture Manufacturers to the general anti-crisis actions. The requirements of the “green economy” are expected to lead to a significant increase in capital expenditures for Kaliningrad furniture manufacturers. Taking into account the current problems caused by changes in customs regulations and the COVID-19 epidemic, Kaliningrad furniture manufacturers will not put these costs at the top of their priorities in the next 3-5 years.

Highlights

The problem of sustainable development and the spread of the "green economy" is becoming more and more urgent every year due to the depletion of the base of non-renewable resources, the growing contradictions between the rate of renewable resource recovery and consumption, the impoverishment of nature, the inaccessibility of resources for all segments of the population
The article discusses the possible impact of the requirements of the “green economy” on the furniture industry development in Kaliningrad region
The main question posed in the article – whether furniture manufacturers from Kaliningrad region can withstand future changes related to the “green economy”

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Introduction

The problem of sustainable development and the spread of the "green economy" (and circular economy) is becoming more and more urgent every year due to the depletion of the base of non-renewable resources, the growing contradictions between the rate of renewable resource recovery and consumption, the impoverishment of nature, the inaccessibility of resources for all segments of the population. The principles of the “green economy” are not yet clearly defined, but individual ideas and provisions are mentioned in documents, reports, speeches of politicians in various countries of the world. In the Russian Federation, the ideas of “green economy” development are not conceptually enshrined in a specific document, but they find support at the state and regional levels in strategies and laws, and in public opinion. In Kaliningrad region, since 2012, the Strategy of Social and Economic Development of the Kaliningrad region is being implemented, “the development of which took into account global development trends and experience of building a socially oriented society with a sustainable economy”, “green economy”. The furniture industry of Kaliningrad Region is one of the successful examples of using the advantages of the Special Economic Zone established by federal legislation. [4] In this regard, the question of the possibility of early adaptation of this manufacture sector to the requirements of the “green economy” is regular and relevant

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