The rise of corporate environmental responsibility in Serbian economy: The case of agri-food industry

The purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate environmental responsibility in the agri-food industry in the Republic of Serbia. Empirical research was conducted on a sample of 112 managers of agri-food organizations operating in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, randomly selected from...

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Published inEkonomika poljoprivrede (1979) Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 945 - 959
Main Author Milić, Tanja
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists 01.01.2021
Naučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, Bukurešt
Subjects
agri-food industry
agri-food supply and distribution chain organizations
Agribusiness
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Consumer protection
Consumers
corporate environmental responsibility
Data analysis
Empirical analysis
Environmental protection
Environmentalism
Food chains
Food industry
food manufacturing organizations
Food processing
Food processing industry
food processing organizations
Food safety
Food supply
Meat processing
Organizations
Pollutants
republic of serbia
Statistical analysis
Statistical tests
Strategic planning
Sustainable development
Serbia
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate environmental responsibility in the agri-food industry in the Republic of Serbia. Empirical research was conducted on a sample of 112 managers of agri-food organizations operating in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, randomly selected from publicly available databases, using Computer Assisted Web Interview - CAWI technique. Data analysis in this study consisted of descriptive statistics. Univariate analysis was used through individual ranking statistics. Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis and post hoc Mann Whitney U test were used to test the significance of differences. Research results show above average level of corporate environmental responsibility in agri-food business world in the Republic of Serbia, yet, not sufficiently high comparing to Serbian consumers view, leaving room for improvement. Food processing organizations proved to be the most sensitive to corporate environmental responsibility issue followed by food manufacturing organizations, and agri-food supply and distribution chain organizations the least.
ISSN:0352-3462
2334-8453
DOI:10.5937/ekoPolj2104945M