The report examines the importance and transformation of the concept of resource-saving in the digital economy, based on the reasons proposed by the authors for the emergence and characteristics of the information society, whose economy is what is now called the digital economy. According to the authors, a rather constructive definition of the information society is proposed, its main features, including, are briefly considered. determining the meaning of the concept of "digital economy," the reasons for the transition from industrial society to information society. The main risks that may appear during the transition to the information society are described. The new content of the concept of "resource-saving" is considered from the point of view of the implementation of resource-saving as one of the main features of the information society in terms of production, production facilities (products) and resource-saving infrastructure. It was emphasized that the target installations of industrial society production in the form of mass content, pre-planned restrictions on the life cycle of manufactured products are in contradiction with the technological capabilities of the information society. In this regard, it is shown how resource-saving should strategically develop in terms of production, production facilities (products) and resource-saving infrastructure