Int. J Sup. Chain. Mgt Vol. 9, No. 2, April 2020
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Green Supply Chain Management as Antecedent of
Green Satisfaction: Examining Sequential
Mediation of Green Marketing and Green Corporate
Image
Jatturong Ploenhad
*1
, Rungarun Khasasin
#2
, Kairung Khasasin
#3
, Arjaree Prachuabmoh
#
4
*
1
College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
#2
Faculty of Business Administration, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand
#3
Faculty of Business Administration and Accountancy, Pathumtanee University, Thailand
#4
Faculty of Management Science, Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thailand
Corresponding author:
1
jatturong.pl@ssru.ac.th
2
lek_rungarun@yahoo.co.th
3
kairung2011@yahoo.com
4
arjaree_prachuabmoh@yahoo.com
Abstract- The main objective of this study is to examine the
impact of green supply chain management, green marketing,
and image on the Green satisfaction of dairy industry of
Indonesia. Furthermore, the sequential mediation of green
marketing and image is examined in the present study as
well. Data is collected from 550 the customers of dairy
products through surveys. The response rate of data
collection was 57%. In order to test the hypothesis and
analysis of the data, in this study for data analysis we have
adopted the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation
Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. All of the proposed
hypothesis of the present study has proved to be significant
showing that image, green marketing and green supply chain
management practices of organization are important for the
industry to gain the Green satisfaction because customers
are more environmental conscious. The findings of the study
are important for the policy makers of dairy milk sectors to
derive the policies to satisfy the customers. Moreover, the
present study also fills the gap of limited studies regarding
the Green satisfaction in supply chain context.
Keywords; Green Supply chain, Green Marketing, Customer
Satisfaction, Image, Indonesia
1. Introduction
In the concepts of sustainability, the term green is being
widely used [35-37]. The term green basically points out
the holistic view of economic impact, social and
environmental impact [1]. In order to motivate the
environmental consciousness among the customers, green
supply chain management also termed as GSCM is the
total new concept in the literature. The term GSCM is
evolved from the concept of quality revolution which was
term used mostly in 1980s. the attention of a number of
practitioners and academicians is attracted by the term
GSCM over the last few years. This term basically deals
with the preserving natural resources and increasing the
life of the product. On the other hand, eco-efficiency is the
term which focus on maximization of remanufacturing,
efficiency and minimizing the environmental damage. It is
the demand of the customers and governments as well to
make the business more environmentally friendly and
sustainable. Additionally, the term green operations are
defined in literature as reverse logistics [2].
The issues related to environment are increasing day by
day since last few years and world have noticed issues
related to environment day by day. As the society is
showing concern regarding the environment, a number of
organizations are showing concern about the environment
[3]. In recent past, the mainstream issue is currently
emerged as environmental concern because there are a lot
of issues of global warming. Therefore, organizations are
looking for the opportunities by which they can use this
green concept to get sustainable competitive advantage.
As a result, the concept of green marketing is gaining
attention as it is focusing on a number of products
including information. Whereas, most of the companies do
not have the capability to provide green products to the
customers. The ideas of the products should be generated
from the green concept if the companies want to adopt the
concept of green marketing. If organizations become
successful in providing products which fulfil the
environmental needs of the customers, then the opinion of
the customers will be more favourable for services or
products. In the current era, the customers are more
concerned regarding environment. Therefore,
organizations must try to look for the opportunities by
which the environmental performance of organizations
can be enhanced. By this way, organizations can retain the
customers [4].
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International Journal of Supply Chain Management
IJSCM, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print)
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