Sustainability and Strategy in U.S. Agri-Food Firms: An Assessment of Current Practices

R. Brent Ross, Vivek Pandey and Kara Ross ()

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2015, vol. 18, issue 01, 32

Abstract: Increasingly, many major U.S. agri-food firms are joining their European counterparts in incorporating sustainability initiatives into their business operations. This paper provides a content analysis of the sustainability initiatives reported by select U.S. agri-food firms throughout the supply chain in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports. Among the results of our analysis, we find that many U.S agri-food firms continue to engage in a “hodgepodge” approach to sustainability without a clear link to their business strategy. Furthermore, these firms have transitioned their sustainability initiatives to focus on internal initiatives to address environmental and supply chain issues over time.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.197762

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