Análise das Startups do setor do agronegócio voltadas a questões ambientais

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Bruna Flávia da
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFU
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/39559
• topic: Startup do agronegócio; ESG ambiental; Startups; Agtech; Agribusiness startup; Environmental ESG; Startups; Agtech; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::CIENCIAS CONTABEIS

This research has the objective of analize the main technical features of the brazilian startups of the agrobusiness sector, focused on environmental issues, as well as the knowlege and behaviour of it’s managers, how aligned and motivated they are with the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. As for it’s methodology of approach for data collection, this research is classified as qualitative. As for it’s objective, as descriptive, using questionnaire, interview and document analysis as instruments for data collect. Considering a number of 1,703 Brazilian agribusiness startups, a total sample of 102 startups were selected among them, for the research. However, after the exclusions, the final sample consists of 85 startups, which were researched from July to August of 2023. The main results were the disclosure of the managers’ profile about their’s level of academic degree. It was observed that 59% of statups are considered young, being founded in the last 15 years. 59% of them are concentrated in the Brazil’s Southeast Region, with 41% in São Paulo State. 33% of the interviewed believe that ESG helps in business transparency in the eyes of the market, 33% claim to invest on topic due to sustainability concerns, while another 33% invest in ESG in an attempt to attract investors. The study contributed academically about the knowledge and behavior of managers and motivation of ESG in the development of their business. It also contributed for the startups in the agribusiness sector, expanding the knowledge and perception of its managers on the subject. With this, it is concluded that despite the ESG theme having no influence on the founding of 50% of the startups analyzed, They all paid attention to the issue at some point in their development, motivated by trust and expectations of future returns by its managers.