Corporate Social Responsibility in Food Manufacturing Companies - Environmental Dimensions

Abstract

The degree of a company’s acceptance and integration of the CSR concept is directly reflected in the fundamental principles of the company. Through the environmental sustainability, a company can make a positive contribution to the society and the natural environment. Competitive and cost pressures are the key drivers of sustainable development in the industry. Today, many international food and drink companies are delivering excellent achievements. The present paper tries to highlight how much are food manufacturing companies committed to caring for the environment as a main component of their CSR strategy. In order to fulfil the defined objectives of the paper, the primary and secondary sources of information were collected and used, as well as there was used the method of interview, using a questionnaire (total number of respondents was 100 food manufacturing companies). In our research the highest percentage of large, SMC and micro companies indicated the reduction of negative operational impacts as the most important commitment of companies in relation to environment. Most large companies invest to installing pollution reducing technology to improve environmental quality (67%) and utilizing more environmentally friendly raw materials (51%). These areas indicated the highest percentage as well as for SMC. In the case of large companies there are more visible movements in environmental practices than in micro and small-medium companies.

How Can We See the Corporate Social Responsibility within Its Application in Business Practice?

“…But on the other side, it creates social capital, which strengthens interpersonal relationships and cooperation (Hintošová, 2010). On the one hand, some authors confirmed that the CSR concept became very important for the society based on research of Ambramuszkinová -Pavlíková and Basovníková, 2014), on the other hand, (Egerová et al, 2013) and (Nagyová et al, 2016) described that the corporate social responsibility included the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic expectations, which had a big influence on the development of companies and their activities. At present, the principles of responsible business are acquired by more and more companies.…”

Managerial reporting by food production companies in Slovakia in 2017

“…Environmental sustainability can help a company make a positive contribution to society and the natural environment (Nagyová et al, 2016). The environment has become a part of a company's responsible approach to business activity and, at the same time, an opportunity for entrepreneurial growth (Carroll, 1999).…”

Factors Affecting the Demand for Milk and Dairy Products in the Slovak Republic

“…Milk consumption has a positive impact on human health, growth and development of the human body (Košičiarová et al, 2017), strengthening of cognitive processes, health protection and prevention of various diseases (The Dairy Council, 2014). Despite the positive effects, it is necessary to solve the problem due to their inadequate consumption, which has been below the recommended intake in recent years (Nagyová et al, 2016). However, an individual satisfaction in food consumption depends more on the social and institutional context (Cecchini et al, 2018).…”