TY - JOUR N2 - Nowadays, in order to ensure high quality of municipal services, and thus a high quality of life for the local community, the authorities of both the basic local government unit and managers of municipal enterprises must strive to maintain high standards of sustainable development. The level of quality of life and services provided can be determined by various dimensions, such as: ecological environment, housing conditions, ecological production in the field of consumer goods, balance between built-up areas and green areas, care for agricultural areas, limiting the deepening social stratification, rational economy water or rational waste management. Therefore, the paper presents a theoretical analysis of the main directions of sustainable development in the activities of municipal enterprises. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/122181/PDF/2021-04-JWLD-33-Bartkowiak.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/122181 PY - 2021 IS - No 51 EP - 284 DO - 10.24425/jwld.2021.139936 KW - activity of an enterprise KW - local government KW - municipal enterprise KW - sustainable development A1 - Bartkowiak, Piotr A1 - Bartkowiak, Anna M. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute DA - 2022.01.13 T1 - Contextual nature of sustainable development in the activity of an enterprise, on the example of a municipal enterprise SP - 279 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/122181 T2 - Journal of Water and Land Development ER -