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Abstract
After outlining environmental problems regarding food-economy2 companies and clarifying the
concept of environmental behaviour, I will present the results of my questionnaire survey which focussed on
food-economy companies in the Northern Great Plain region (Region). Based on solid data, the survey was
designed to evaluate the companies’ commitment toward environmental protection.
Sometimes the observed value systems conformed with the results of other national surveys (e.g.
environmental behaviour factors; environmental protection’s rank among business aims), but at times I
observed that in certain areas they truly lagged behind: for example, this held true for . the number of companies
with a certified environmental-management system (EMS) and also for companies which were producing
environmental reports and publishing them. It can be concluded that in the Region companies with higher
revenues – and thus higher capability – do not try to do better at environmental management than companies
with small or medium revenues.