Managerial reporting by food production companies in Slovakia in 2017

• Autorzy: Pakšiová Renáta , Lovciová Kornélia

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/emj-2019-0022

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Corporate reporting on non-financial information has been currently gaining much more interest compared to the past. Most food enterprises believe that performing responsibly and showing an interest in society and the environment will produce a profit and benefit them as well as society. Such cases, in which enterprises report on non-financial information, were the subject of this research. The study aims to discover the managerial reporting of 2017 on the social and environmental effects of food companies in Slovakia to better understand problems in this regard. 2017 was the first year when enterprises were required to draft annual reports containing non-financial information following the amendment to the Slovak law that resulted from the European Union requirements. Across the world, reporting on non-financial information is regulated by voluntary guidelines. The paper presents conclusions of a content analysis of annual food business reports in the Slovak Republic in the context of G4 (GRI) directives from social and environmental points of view as key elements in social responsibility reporting. Individual social and environmental aspects of the research are disclosed by an enterprise if the information in its annual report conforms to defined G4 activities (GRI). All the food enterprises operating in Slovakia that compiled annual reports for 2017 were included in the research. Therefore, 142 annual reports with economic activities in 26 subclasses in the food industry sector were selected. The results present a current and comprehensive (full) reporting overview of this industry in Slovakia and reveal several shortcomings in executive reporting. The analysis of the environmental information in the annual reports shows that food enterprises reporting on environmental protection mainly focus on waste, product services, wastewater, materials and energy, evidenced by information about ongoing monitoring of the environmental impacts of production. In the social category, the G4 (GRI) directive defines four main aspects: (i) labour relations and the environment, (ii) human rights, (iii) society and (iv) liability for products.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

disclosure; food enterprise; Slovakia; non-financial information; CSR reporting

PL

ujawnienie; przedsiębiorstwo spożywcze; Słowacja; informacje niefinansowe; raportowanie CSR

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
• Czasopismo: Engineering Management in Production and Services
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 11, no. 3
• Strony: 71--85
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 80 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Pakšiová Renáta

• University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia

autor

Lovciová Kornélia

• University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia

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