Analysis of Green Marketing and Green Brand On Interest To Buy Through Trust in Sosro Joy Tea Green Green Products
Analysis of Green Marketing and Green Brand On Interest To Buy Through Trust in Sosro Joy Tea Green Green Products
Analysis of Green Marketing and Green Brand On Interest To Buy Through Trust in Sosro Joy Tea Green Green Products
Abstract
At this time , a number of companies have begun to implement a lot of go green products .
Not only does it create a good reputation in the public, but it seems the business can
generate greater profits . This makes more companies finally interested in making new
products that are safer for the environment. One of the companies that implements going
green is Sosro Joy Tea Green . This study's goal is to examine how Green Brand and Green
Marketing affect Purchasing Interest, with Trust serving as a mediating factor. The
population in this study were consumers of Sosro Joy Tea Green in the District of Rungkut
Surabaya with a total sample of 130 respondents. Partial Least Square is the method of
analysis employed in this study. The following conclusions be taken based on the
outcomes of the tests run to assess the already made assumptions. The more information
that consumers get through green marketing is not a determinant of the emergence of trust
in the product. Customers believe products from the Green Brand are safe for both animals
and the environment.. Consumers do not pay too much attention to promotions that care
about the environment ( green marketing ) to choose the products to be used. Consumers
do not show a positive attitude towards Green Brand and will encourage their intention to
make a purchase. Trust is a willingness to rely on a brand, product or service that is based
on trust and can influence consumers to buy environmentally friendly products.
Background
Several manufacturers of various products have started switching to employing materials that do
not harm the environment as a result of increased public awareness of the significance of
protecting the environment and also require producers to apply aspects related to the
environment in each of their business activities such as green environment / environmentally
friendly, Green Brand / environmentally friendly products, green branding / environmentally
friendly brands, green labels / environmentally friendly labels, green packaging /
environmentally friendly packaging , green Marketing / environmentally friendly promotions and
so on, known as green marketing / eco-friendly marketing. In order to meet long-term consumer
demands and company obligations and boost the efficacy of environmentally friendly marketing,
a strategic marketing approach in the form of green marketing or environmentally friendly
marketing is crucial (Zulfiqar & Shafaat, 2015). Cherian & Jacob (2012) claim that in order to
sell the goods and services being supplied, green marketing manipulates the four components of
the marketing mix (product, pricing, promotion, and distribution).
The advantages and benefits of preserving the environment, which are created by decreasing
waste, improving energy efficiency, and minimizing the production of hazardous pollutants, are
also taken into consideration by environmentally friendly marketing. Thus, many people who are
aware of the environment provide opportunities for marketers to enter a market where people
care about the environment, because of the community's desire to be environmentally friendly,
it's crucial for marketers to use resources responsibly while preserving the environment
(Wulansari & Sri, 2015).
Currently, a number of companies have started implementing go green. According to Forbes,
businesses can reap many benefits if they start implementing the creation of go green products.
Not only have they created a good reputation in the eyes of the public, but it seems the company
can make just as big a profit. This encourages more companies to produce new products that are
safer for the environment. One of the companies that implements going green is Sosro Joy Tea
Green.This is because, PT. Sinar Sosro also always has concern for quality, safety, health and
environmental friendliness. This can be demonstrated by efforts to manage waste that does not
damage the environment, such as excess tea which turns into compost within a month. Not only
from the factory, the company's concern for the environment is also seen in one of its programs
entitled Healthy Sosro School which aims to create a clean, green and healthy school
environment.
Joy Tea Green is sold in the market at a lower price than its competitors, which are packaged in a
returnable glass bottle. But Joy Tea Green in 2020-2021 experienced a decrease in the Top Brand
Index. Products that are ranked first in 2020 are Nu Green Tea products at 49.2%, second,
Frestea Green at 29.8% and Ichi Ocha products at 10.2%, Lipton products at 3.7% and the lowest
rank is Joy Tea products at 7.7%. In 2021 the first rank was occupied by Nu Green Tea products
at 32.4%, the second was Frestea Green products at 20.5% and Ichi Ocha products at 20.0% and
Joy Tea products at 1.4%. For that, if PT. Sinar Sosro wants Joy Tea Green to be able to achieve
great awareness, so it is not only bottle packaging innovation that needs to be done, but also a
communication strategy through advertising that can convey the message content about the
product, provide clear information about the product, influence consumers, and become a source
of power . pull in communicating their products that have implemented go green. Based on the
description above, it supports the author to raise Sosro Joy Tea Green as an object of research
with the aim of analyzing the influence of Green Marketing and Green Brand on Buying Interest
with Trust as a mediating variable .
Literature Theory
Green Marketing
Green marketing is the promotion of items that protect the environment (Lee et al, 2011). This
marketing aims to market and offer products that have core values that are environmentally
friendly. Meanwhile, according to Kotler & Armstrong (2014), green marketing is a form of
marketing that offers a certain product or service that can simultaneously protect the
environment and meet consumer needs. There are three stages in the goals for green marketing:
1. The first stage is, the company tries to communicate with consumers that the company cares
about the environment.
2. The second stage, the company tries to change the lifestyle of consumers in the use of
products, such as saving electricity usage, avoiding the use of single-use plastics, etc.
3. The third stage, the company tries to change the consumer culture towards a direction that
ismore concerned with the environment without the influence of the products or services
offered by the company.
Green Brand
Several definitions of green brands (green goods) as well as numerous elements where the term
"green" is employed from the ecological, political, and social sides of business and sustainability.
Each of the Green Mark's dimensions formalizes the definition of the word "green" and covers a
wide range of topics. As a result, there is no clear definition of green products, but various
definitions have been developed by various parties; industrial companies, trade unions,
universities and political organizations (Dangelico & Pontrandolfo, 2010).
Customers that are concerned and knowledgeable about environmental concerns typically
purchase ecologically friendly items. Customers are encouraged to purchase green brands or
products because of the high level of concern about environmental damage and public
knowledge of such items. Industrial goods that are created using environmentally friendly
technologies and do not affect the environment are referred to as green brands. In essence, Green
Brand may be defined as an endeavor to reduce production-related waste while still maximizing
the number of items produced and adhering to environmental standards. An ecologically friendly
product is Green Brand. A product that is manufactured and intended to have less negative
environmental consequences throughout its manufacturing, distribution, and use. A green
product (Green Brand) is one that can be recycled or preserved and won't contaminate the
environment or harm natural resources. In other words, green products are those that use
techniques like recycling to lessen their impact on the environment. They may also use less
packaging or fewer harmful ingredients. But in general, these products must not harm consumers
when used or when not used, can be recycled at least once, and are not harmful when disposed of
into the environment (Laroche et al., 2001).
Trust
Green trust, according to Chen (2010), is the desire of a consumer to rely on a product based on
expectations or beliefs deriving from that product's trustworthiness, goodness, and environmental
performance. With the purpose to tolerate vulnerability, one must have high hopes for the
goodness and competence of others. Customers will see green products more favorably if they
believe the firms that make greenness claims about their items. A key element of long-term
customer attitudes and a crucial aspect of a connection that fosters loyalty is trust. It reveals how
much a person is willing to rely on an entity (such as a person, business, brand, or product) based
on the anticipation of its competence, dependability, and goodness.
Buying Interest
Buying intention in general can be interpreted as behavior and desire to buy environmentally
friendly products. A number of studies also mention that the emergence of Green Brands has
influenced consumer behavior and the desire to buy them (Rashid, 2009). Chen (2010) also
confirmed the important relationship between environmentally friendly products and the desire
to buy certain products, especially products that have been transformed into products that are
more environmentally friendly, even since the process at the factory has also become a concern
for consumers in influencing their intention to buy a product. Furthermore, the consumer's desire
to buy an environmentally friendly product in driven by attitudes towards Green Brands ,
attention to the surrounding environment, and consumers' effective perceptions, perceptions of
knowledge about environmental insights that consumers have . Based on the description above,
consumers' purchase intentions for environmentally friendly products will appear after
consumers conduct an evaluation, where the green image of a product has a role in shaping the
value to be evaluated. Then, consumers are interested in minimizing the risk ( perceived risk )
they feel not to maximize their utility, so consumers tend to choose environmentally friendly
products. In addition, green perceived value also builds the credibility of a company based on
environmental concerns. Consumers should get the benefits received from the use of these
products in the hope of environmental sustainability. This is closely related to trust . When
consumers believe that the product to be used is a true green and environmental-based product, it
will affect consumers' buying interest in the product. Here are some of the study's hypotheses:
H1 : Green Marketing has a positive effect on Trust Sosro Joy Tea Green consumers.
H2 : Green Brand has a positive effect on consumer confidence in Sosro Joy Tea Green.
H3 : Green Marketing has a positive effect on consumer buying interest of Sosro Joy Tea Green.
H4 : Green Brand has a positive effect on consumers' buying interest in Sosro Joy Tea Green.
H5 : Trust has a positive effect on consumer buying interest in Sosro Joy Tea Green.
Research Methods
This study is an explanatory study that employs a quantitative methodology and a survey
technique by distributing questionnaires. An explanatory study examines the causes of research
variables and tests the hypotheses that have been put forth. To address the issue formulation, the
survey data was then examined using PLS statistical modeling techniques.
Analysis Techniques
Partial Least Square is the analytical method employed in this study (PLS). Since it does not
presuppose data from small-scale measurements and samples, PLS is a strong analytical
technique. The PLS approach is appropriate for this inquiry. PLS is a good choice for this study
since it is versatile and does not need a lot of samples or data with a certain distribution. PLS
models come in several categories become two outer or measuring models. The reflexive
indicator approach is utilized to split the outer model since it gets rid of one indicator that won't
alter the construct's meaning. The covariation (connection) between indicators is required by the
reflexive model, and the content of the indicators must be the same or comparable. By examining
the proportion of variation explained by looking at the R 2 value value for the dependent latent
construct, the structural model and the inner model are assessed. The statistical t-test produced
from the bootstrapping technique was used to assess the stability of this estimate (Ghozali &
Latan, 2015). If the t value is higher than 1.96, the test is deemed to have significant influence.
The inner model equation contains the coefficient γ, β. The coefficient is a number that, if the
predictor variable's (affect) value changes, the response variable will also change (influenced).
Positive coefficient values indicate that the response variable will rise when the predictor
variable does, and vice versa. A negative coefficient value indicates that the response variable
will drop when the predictor variable rises, and vice versa.
Hypothesis test
The bootstrap resampling approach created by Ghozali & Latan (2015) was used to test
hypotheses between constructs, namely exogenous constructions to endogenous constructs and
endogenous constructs to endogenous constructs. Using the resampling strategy does not need a
large sample size, the assumption of a normal distribution, or the validity of freely scattered data.
The t statistic, sometimes known as a t-test, is the test statistic used. With smartPLS and a
comprehensive model of structural equation analysis (SEM), test your hypotheses. In addition to
predicting the model in a complete SEM model with PLS, it also explains if a link between latent
variables is there or not. If the weight value of the link between latent variables indicates a
direction with the t-statistic value above the t-table value of 1.645, the study hypothesis is
approved. If the weighted association between the variables reveals a t-statistic value below the
t-value-table for = 0.05, the study hypothesis is rejected.
than 0.5 to be considered adequate. The value of AVE for each component reveals the reflecting
indicator variable (variable). The test results demonstrate that all constructions (variables) have
an AVE value larger than 0.5, allowing for the declaration of validity.
2. Reliability
The composite reliability value may be used to determine the construct's dependability. If the
indicator is to consistently measure the hidden variable, the composite reliability value must be
greater than 0.70.
GREEN
0.748 0.755 0855
MARKETING (X1)
GREEN BRAND
0.771 0.771 0.867
(X2)
INTEREST TO BUY (Y)
0.760 0.777 0.862
Structural Model
Model Goodness of Fit
The structural model is evaluated using an indicator of the model's goodness-of-fit called the R-
Square value.
Table 3. R-Square . Value
R Square R Square Adj.
INTEREST TO BUY (Y)
0.723 0.717
According to Table 3, R2 is worth 0.723. This shows that the model can explain the incidence or
problem with buying interest by 72.30%. Whereas mistakes and other factors (other than trust)
not included in the model account for the remaining 27.70% of the explanation. It indicates that
trust has a 72.30% impact on buying interest whereas other factors, which were not examined in
this study, have a 27.70% impact. In this study the value of Loading factor (outer loading ) can
show the weight of all indicators on the variables. The largest loading factor value can explain
that the indicator is said to be a measure of the variable that is considered dominant.
Hypothesis test
The hypothesis testing will be done as suggested in the previous chapter after all of the
assumptions can be verified. The last test involves evaluating the study hypothesis based on the t
statistic values using the path coefficient and the standard error bootstrap process, from a causal
relationship between the two values and the results of PLS processing as shown in the tables
above, then the results of testing the research hypothesis are obtained.
1. Path coefficient for Sosro Joy Tea Green is -0.004 and p-value is 0.973. As a result, trust
is not much impacted by green marketing.
2. Result from path coefficient of 0.711 and a p-value of 0.000 or less than 0.05, Green
Brand has a favorable impact on customer trust in Sosro Joy Tea Green. Green Brand has
a big impact on trust, therefore.
3. Result from path coefficient of 0.111 and a p-value of 0.285 larger than 0.05, green
marketing did not increase customers' desire to purchase Sosro Joy Tea Green. Hence,
green marketing has no discernible impact on consumers' intentions to buy.
4. Result from path coefficient of -0.42 and a p-value of 0.760, Green Brand had no positive
impact on customers' buying intentions for Sosro Joy Tea Green. As a result, Green
Brand has little impact on Purchasing Interest.
5. Result from path coefficient of 0.811 and a p-value of 0.000 or less, trust has a favorable
impact on customers' buying interest in Sosro Joy Tea Green. Trust therefore has a big
impact on buying interest.
Discussion
Green Marketing does not have a positive effect on Trust to consumers of Sosro Joy Tea
Green
The results of this study indicate that using green marketing does not boost consumer confidence.
According to the hypothesis, the more knowledge buyers have about a product's advantages, the
more likely they are to buy it, the more confidence they have in the product. Trust can be
obtained if the information on the green marketing of the product is appropriate. Each company
has specific strategies that are applied to attract customers to buy their products, such as what
Sosro Joy Tea Green did, which used promotions to generate trust in consumers, but this did not
work well in the minds of consumers so that it did not create trust. adequate. So it can be
suggested that Sosro Joy Tea Green should not always rely on green marketing to create
elements of trust that want to be instilled in consumers.
Green Brand has a positive effect on consumer confidence in Sosro Joy Tea Green
According to the study's findings, trust is positively impacted by green brands. This supports the
hypothesis that customers view products with the Green Brand as reliable and kind to both
animals and the environment. The Sosro Joy Tea Green product party must pay attention to the
importance of providing good and correct product knowledge continuously so that consumers
can have confidence in the product. Important information related to the knowledge of Green
Brand as a product that is environmentally friendly, can reduce the negative impact on the
environment, can reduce environmental pollution and has a performance that is in line with
expectations, must be conveyed properly to consumers. Having proper knowledge about Green
Brand as a product that is safe for consumption is of course very important for consumers
because it creates trust in consumers.
Consumers' desire to purchase Sosro Joy Tea Green is not influenced favorably by green
marketing
The study's findings indicate that green marketing does not inspire customers to buy more things.
The study's findings refute the notion that green marketing is a conditional kind of advertising,
Consumer interest in purchasing Sosro Joy Tea Green is not influenced favorably by the
green brand.
According to the study's findings, Buy Interest is not positively impacted by Green Brand. This
study differs from earlier research conducted by Rakhmawati, Puspaningrum, & Hadiwidjojo (
2019 ) on the Body Shop's Green Brand in Yogyakarta. The variables used in research on Green
Brand show that the results have no effect on Buying Interest. This goes against the hypothesis
that suggests customers have a very favorable opinion of green brands and will encourage their
intention to make purchases. Consumers are very concerned about the environment and direct
their intention to buy Green Brand , but in this study, this cannot be proven because almost all
bottled mineral water already carries Green Brand as the concept.
Trust has a positive effect on Buying Interest on Sosro Joy Tea Green consumers
According to this study's findings, trust significantly affects consumers' propensity to buy. The
study's findings are consistent with the idea that trust is the capacity to place one's faith in an
organization, product, or service based on anticipations or presumptions derived from reputation,
moral character, or environmental performance abilities. From this research it can be concluded
that the better the trust and credibility of a product, the higher the consumer's desire to make a
purchase. Building credibility on good products in the minds of consumers can be a strategy to
make potential consumers have a desire to buy products.
Conclusion
On the basis of the results of the testing of the previously stated hypotheses, the following
conclusions are drawn. The more information that consumers get through green marketing is not
a determinant of the emergence of trust in the product.Green Brand is trusted by consumers to be
a product that is not harmful to animals and the environment. Consumers do not pay too much
attention to promotions that care about the environment ( green marketing ) to choose the
products to be used. Consumers do not show a positive attitude towards Green Brand and will
encourage their intention to make a purchase. Trust is the capacity to place confidence in a
business, product, or service on the basis of a conviction, and it can encourage customers to buy
environmentally friendly goods.
Suggestion
Sosro Joy Tea Green uses promotions to create trust in consumers, but it turns out that it can't
work well in the minds of consumers so it doesn't create adequate trust. It is necessary to have
special characteristics that can be embedded in the minds of consumers to increase consumer
confidence. Sosro Joy Tea Green should not always rely on green marketing to create elements
of trust that want to be instilled in consumers. But it is better to build credibility on a good
product in the minds of consumers, which can be used as a strategy to make potential consumers
have the desire to buy the product. It is anticipated that future research will be able to perform
development research or replication research of this research utilizing a bigger sample and/or
wider scope. This study uses a questionnaire and limited question items, it is necessary to
develop it by looking at indicators or even other variables that can affect buying interest.
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