World Experience of Introduction of Ecological Audit and its State in Ukraine

The article studies one of the most important problems of modern economic development - keeping a proper level of ecological safety at all levels of economic functioning. Taking into account inefficiency of existing instruments of ecological and economic regulation, the article speaks about appearance of a necessity of search for creative solutions, which allow forecasting and avoiding negative influence of activity of enterprises upon environment and not resist ecological catastrophes after they appear. Aspiration of Ukraine for international integration into the world economic environment and achievement of sustainable development of industrial regions, taking into account a necessity of simultaneous consideration of economic and ecological interests of Ukraine, requires the use of modern economic instruments. One of such instruments is the ecological audit, which is studied in this article.