A incorporação da variável ambiental nas agroindústrias exportadoras de derivados lácteos de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This article aims to identify dairy exporting agribusinesses’ concerns about environment. Specifically, it is intended to identify their market segments’ requirements and environmental problems created by their activity, as well as the practices adopted to mitigate them. This is an exploratory qualitative research. Six agribusinesses from the state of Minas Gerais had been searched by means of individual recorded interviews and a secondary data survey had been conducted. For data analysis, an interpretative approach had been chosen. It was observed that the environmental variable incorporation in these agribusinesses is essentially related to legal and economic aspects, considering that the environmental variable only represents a way of achieving business objectives.