Environmental Social Governance (ESG): um estudo em cooperativas agroindustriais

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the degree of use of ESG in the management of 13 agro-industrial cooperatives located in the central-west, southeast and southern regions of Brazil. The increase in climate change, social inequality and economic instability has intensified the pressure on society to seek solutions that promote responsibility and sustainability in the context of the future. To achieve the objective of the study, a quantitative survey was carried out with 13 agro-industrial cooperatives, sending them via electronic email and in-person interviews a questionnaire where the answers were collected using the Likert scale, measuring the degree of agreement between the cooperatives. The main results point to insights into the level of integration of ESG practices in agro-industrial cooperatives in the studied regions, seeking with this study to respond with a clearer vision on how cooperatives are transmitting the growing demands for sustainable and socially responsible business practices, through the use of ESG principles. The results achieved make it possible to identify the participation of agro-industrial cooperatives with the social, governance and environmental blocs, which reports their growing rise among them.