title: Ratings of sustainable development and implementation of the ESG agenda in small towns
abstract: The paper considers a number of cities of different categories, and the dynamics of the population of small towns in the regions of the Central Federal District. The authors overview the indexes and rankings of cities calculated in Russia by the state corporation VEB.RF, Expert agencies, SGM, ESG Alliance, and various companies. They analysed the urban environment quality index calculated by the Ministry of Construction of Russia, using the example of small towns in 17 regions of the Central Fed
journal: Journal of Regional and International Competitiveness