TEM Journal. Volume 12, Issue 1, pages 241-252, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM121-31, February 2023.
TEM Journal – Volume 12 / Number 1 / 2023. 241
Communicating Corporate Social
Responsibility through Green Packaging:
A Case Study in Thailand
Phinyo Udomphoch
1
, Worapan Pormsila
2
1
Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, Bangkok, Thailand
2
Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract – This article is to study corporate social
responsibility through packaging and communicated
CSR to evaluate consumer buying decisions using
the packaging from coconut fibrin. Packaging was
obtained from local materials in the community of
Samut Sakorn Province, Thailand. Using local waste
material (coconut fibrin) for green packaging, it is
beneficial to the environmental issue, and can create
jobs in the community by making paper and packaging
from coconut fibrin. Coconut pulp paper has
performed under alkaline conditions coupling a
mixture of natural additives consisting of
carboxymethyl cellulose and corn starch. The obtained
pulp paper was tested according to The National
Standard of Kraft paper. It was characteristic of the
liner board. The individual packaging was fabricated
and used as an instrument for the consumer perception
study (258 informants). We found the consumer view
of business doing CSR is an ethical organization (4.44)
that deems to present responsibility to society and the
environment. The decisions were agreed upon, and
consumers were delighted to buy the packaging.
DOI: 10.18421/TEM121-31
https://doi.org/10.18421/TEM121-31
Corresponding author: Phinyo Udomphoch,
Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala
University of Technology Krungthep, Bangkok, Thailand
Email: phinyo.u@mail.rmutk.ac.th
Received: 21 October 2022.
Revised: 23 December 2022.
Accepted: 10 February 2023.
Published: 27 February 2023.
© 2023 Phinyo Udomphoch, Worapan
Pormsila; published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution‐
NonCommercial‐NoDerivs 4.0 License.
The article is published with Open Access at
https://www.temjournal.com/
The CSR activity through the packaging could induce
community development in job creation and reduces
waste in the community by adding value to green
packaging. The CSR activity of business influences the
positive perception of consumers.
Keywords – Corporate social responsibility, packaging,
coconut fiber, buying behavior.
1. Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR is the
conceptual attempt of an organization to have an
accountability responsibility or a positive influence
on the community, environmental, and social issues.
CSR aims to build a business to grow sustainability,
coupling to return profits to the community and
society. Previous practice was voluntary. Nowadays,
the activities that cover social and environmental
issues are moved into compulsory activities by law
and regulation. Therefore, the importance of CSR has
increased due to the legal and regulations that
transform CSR practices into compulsory practices
are considered to be the most crucial factors. [1]. The
point of CSR led companies to realize and start
adapting strategies for doing business in the way of
responsibility. Committing CSR practices of a
company positively impacts employee satisfaction
and helps bolster consumer satisfaction and public
respect.
However, talking about CSR practices, we
generally think of environmental or social activities
such as reforestation, zero waste, carbon reduction,
or funding. Thus, it seems CSR activities only benefit
society and the environmental issues and look far
away from consumers’ lives. Few groups of people
had the opportunity to participate in CSR activity.
Allowance CSR efforts, CSR must be directly
relevant to the consumer to make positive feelings
for the brand or company. Packaging is certainly
beneficial to benefit the consumers to enter the CSR
activity of the brand and business.
Concerning to environment, the use or production
of reused- or recyclable packaging, called green
packaging, does not only create a good image of the