University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to give an insight into the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities reported in CSR reports published on the web sites of the leading European food retailers. Paper explains the importance of the CSR, followed by the latest state-of-art on the CSR issues reported by food retailers, with special emphasis and focus on international, leading European food retailers. The findings of explorative analysis of corporate social responsibility reporting of the leading European food retailers reveal their dedication to CSR issues and consideration of their own activities. However, based on the previous style of reporting activities, we observe the positive shift from focal company view to the holistic view of the entire supply chain and consequentially, sustainable supply chain perspective. This observation confi rms that leading food retailers are power holders and trend-setters in the CSR issues
