This essay aims to, against the background of how today's second hand-fashion has come to change current concepts and new communication techniques, find out how businesses in the industry perceive their communication towards their recipients. The method used is qualitative and interviews have been conducted from the producer's perspective with a selection of relevant businesses within the industry. Questions that have also been investigated are how businesses view media for the distribution of their communication. The results show, among other things, that businesses active in second hand-fashion need to stay up-to-date in their communication in order to maintain their place in the market and therefore see digital media as necessary although not entirely unproblematic, in terms of the distribution of the communication. What is also common is that the primary communicative strategies are not to emphasize sustainability, due to not shaming or telling consumers in which way they should live or act. Instead, it is important for the businesses to emphasize messages about clothing care and how clothes last longer and thus retain value. The essay has finally shown that the second hand industry in fashion is closely connected with media development, where digital media are primary components to reach out to the audience. / Denna uppsats syftar till att, mot bakgrund av hur dagens second hand-mode kommit att förändras gällande koncept och nya kommunikationstekniker, ta reda hur aktörer inom branschen ser på kommunikationen gentemot sina mottagare. Metoden som använts är kvalitativ och intervjuer har genomförts ur producentens perspektiv med ett axplock relevanta aktörer inom branschen. Frågor som också undersökts är hur aktörerna ser på medier för distribuering av sin kommunikation. Resultaten visar dels på att aktörer verksamma inom second hand-mode behöver hålla sig uppdaterade i sin kommunikation för att behålla sin plats på marknaden och ser därför digitala medier som nödvändiga om än inte helt oproblematiska vad rör distributionen av kommunikationen. Gemensamt är också att de primära kommunikativa strategierna inte är att betona hållbarhet, med anledning av att inte skambelägga eller tala om för konsumenterna på vilket sätt de ska leva eller agera. Viktigt för aktörerna är i stället att kommunicera budskap kring klädvård och hur kläder håller längre och därmed behåller ett värde. Uppsatsen har slutligen visat att second hand-branschen inom mode är nära sammansluten med medieutvecklingen, där digitala medier är primära beståndsdelar för att nå ut till publiken.

Greenwashing is considered a global issue and refers to a process of conveying false information and marketing about a company's products and how they are produced. Greenwashing in marketing will give consumers the belief that a company is more eco-friendly than it really is and leads to unsustainable claims. This research aims to assess, through a quantitative analysis in combination with a survey, how Swedish consumers are affected by greenwashing, when it comes to their consumption choices. Moreover, this research assesses whether general attitudes towards ecolabels, green marketing and consumption is determined by a personal attitude towards marketing. In conclusion, the findings contribute to a better understanding of the effect of greenwashing on an individual level and how it has led to an increasing amount of skepticism regarding green trust and ecolabels.

Hur bidrar reklamfilmer till att producera och reproducera klimatdiskurser i samhället? Genom att undersöka tre svenska reklamfilmer som marknadsför elbilar syftar studien till att öka förståelsen för hur reklam samspelar med allmänhetens åsikter om miljöfrågor. De aktuella bilmärkena är Kia, Volkswagen och Volvo. Utifrån teoretiska perspektiv om grön kapitalism, gröna utopier och industriell fatalism strävar studien efter att avslöja de diskurser som är aktuella i reklamfilmerna, samt att avslöja de strategier som fordonsindustrin använder för att positionera elbilar som lösning på klimatkrisen. Studien använder en kritisk multimodal diskursanalys för att analysera reklamfilmernas visuella, auditiva och textuella element. Resultaten erbjuder värdefulla insikter för marknadsförare, beslutsfattare och forskare som är intresserade av samspelet mellan reklam och hållbara diskurser, samt bidrar till fältet för miljökommunikation. / How do commercials contribute to producing and reproducing climate discourses in society? By examining three Swedish commercials that market electric cars, the study aims to increase the understanding of how advertising interacts with the public's views on environmental issues. The car brands are Kia, Volkswagen and Volvo. Based on theoretical perspectives on green capitalism, green utopias and industrial fatalism, the study aims to reveal the discourses that are embedded in the commercials, as well as to reveal the strategies that the automotive industry uses to position electric cars as a solution to the climate crisis. The study uses a critical multimodal discourse analysis to analyze the commercials' visual, auditory and textual elements. The results offer valuable insights for marketers, policy makers and researchers interested in the interplay between advertising and sustainability discourses, as well as contributing to the field of environmental communication.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the use of certified green labelling together with green labelling created by companies themselves, as a tool within green marketing communication to create credibility for green products. A focus has been placed on department stores within the retail sector. This thesis is a qualitative study conducted in an approach where induction and deduction have been combined. Data has mainly been collected by performing 10 semi-structured interviews with company representatives and experts within the chosen subject and industry. This study clearly shows that the perception of the use of both certified green labelling and green labels created by companies themselves, as a green marketing communication tool, is positive. However, the green labelling created by companies is preferred above certified green labelling for this purpose. The result of this study also shows very clearly that all three parts of the 3Cs´ principle are of importance to create an effective green marketing communication, and that green labelling, both of the earlier mentioned types, can be an effective tool to achieve this. Thus, it is of importance that the identified risks connected to the use of green labelling are minimized. / Denna uppsats är skriven ur ett företagsperspektiv och berör bruket av egna och certifierade gröna märkningar samt dess positiva och negativa aspekter i egenskap av kommunikationsverktyg för att skapa trovärdighet för gröna produkter. Ett fokus har lagts på övrig sällanköpshandel.   En kombination av induktiv och deduktiv forskningsansats tillsammans med en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod har använts till denna uppsats. Data har främst samlats in genom tio semistrukturerade intervjuer med företagsrepresentanter och experter inom den valda branschen och ämnet.   Denna studie visar tydligt att uppfattningen gällande bruket av både egna och certifierade gröna märkningar är positiv ur en kommunikationssynpunkt, men att de undersökta företagen föredrar egna gröna märkningar i detta syfte. I studien har det även tydligt framkommit att samtliga tre delar av 3C-principen är av vikt för att skapa en effektiv grön marknadskommunikation, och att gröna märkningar kan vara ett effektivt sätt för att uppnå detta. Dock behöver de identifierade riskerna kopplade till användningen av gröna märkningar minimeras och förslag hur detta kan göras har kunnat presenteras.

Growing environmental problems have led to increasing pressure on companies to improve their environmental performance. This means that also supply chains must become greener, which has contributed to new challenges when it comes to green collaboration and trust. Research has suggested marketing as a tool to tackle these challenges, but how to use marketing to address these concerns has yet to be explored further. The focus of this thesis is thereby to explore and clarify the possibilities to use green industrial marketing as a tool to meet these new supply chain challenges. In line with that, the overarching aim of the thesis is to explore and advance the understanding of green industrial marketing, with the underlying aim of merging the fields of green marketing and green supply chains. There is also the goal of contributing to companies’ knowledge about the field and thus possibly inspire improvements in green industrial marketing and green supply chain practices. These aims are met by answering two research questions. The first research question regards the practice of green industrial marketing, and how this practice has developed over time. The second research question revolves around what strategies, placing an emphasis on trust, can be identified in companies working in green industrial marketing and how these strategies can improve green supply chain collaboration. The literature review focuses mainly on green industrial marketing, with green marketing, the emergence of green business, industrial marketing, green supply chain management, green marketing strategies, and trust as associated theoretical fields related to green industrial marketing. The study is interpretive and qualitative with a focus on one industry, the Swedish textile service industry, during a 26-year time period. Three sub-studies have been combined to explore the phenomenon of green industrial marketing: a qualitative content analysis, a semi-structured interview study, and a minor case study. The results of this study can improve the understanding of green industrial marketing, both as a practice and theoretical area by describing the strategies, including strategies intended to build trust, that are practiced in markets. A typology of eight identified green industrial trust strategies have been developed. The study also contributes to discussion on the differences between industrial marketing and consumer marketing by clarifying the boundaries of green industrial marketing in relation to green consumer marketing. Among other things, the results of this study show that there is a greater relational focus in green industrial marketing compared to what exists in green consumer marketing. This study also contributes to a merger between the fields of green industrial marketing and green supply chain management by showing how green industrial marketing can contribute to improved collaboration within green supply chains in four ways. The first way is to convey different types of environmental information and green market positions, the second is to improve the integration and coordination of green supply chains, the third is to facilitate supplier evaluations, and the fourth is to build trust. / Växande miljöproblem har lett till ökad press på företag att förbättra sitt miljöarbete. Det innebär att även leverantörskedjor måste bli mer miljövänligt. Forskning har föreslagit marknadsföring som ett verktyg att tackla dessa utmaningar med, men har ännu inte fördjupat sig i hur man använder marknadsföringen för att ta itu med problemen. Fokus för denna avhandling är därför att utforska och klargöra möjligheterna att använda så kallad grön industriell marknadsföring som ett verktyg för att möta dessa nya utmaningar i leverantörskedjan. Det övergripande syftet med avhandlingen att utforska och främja förståelsen av grön industriell marknadsföring. Ett underliggande syfte att sammanföra forskning om grön marknadsföring och gröna leveranskedjor. Det finns också ett mål att bidra till företags kunskap om området och på så sätt inspirera till förbättringar av deras verksamheter. Dessa syften uppnås genom att svara på två forskningsfrågor. Den första forskningsfrågan handlar om praktiken av grön industriell marknadsföring och hur den har utvecklats över tid. Den andra forskningsfrågan kretsar kring vilka strategier, med tonvikt på tillit, som kan identifieras i företag som arbetar med grön industriell marknadsföring och hur dessa strategier kan förbättra grönt samarbete i leverantörskedjan. Resultaten från den här studien kan förbättra förståelsen av grön industriell marknadsföring, både som praktik och teoretiskt område, genom att beskriva de strategier, inklusive strategier avsedda att bygga tillit, som praktiseras på marknader. En typologi med åtta identifierade gröna industriella tillitsstrategier har utvecklats baserad på tidigare litteratur och företagens praktik. Studien bidrar också till diskussion om skillnaderna mellan industriell marknadsföring och konsumentmarknadsföring. Resultaten visar bland annat att det finns ett större relationellt fokus inom grön industriell marknadsföring jämfört med vad som finns inom grön konsumentmarknadsföring.

Implementation av ett CSR-engagemang innebär stora ekonomiska påfrestelser på ett företag vilket kan visa sig vara problematiskt för företag då konsumenterna uppger att de är villiga att överväga CSR men när det gäller verklig konsumtion är det få konsumenter som tar hänsyn till CSR. Syftet med denna uppsats är därför att kartlägga åsikterna om företags CSR inom mejeribranschen och klädbranschen hos konsumenter i Stockholm län. Frågeställningarna för denna uppsats är “anser svenska konsumenter att det är viktigt med CSR inom mejeribranschen respektive klädbranschen??” samt “vilka CSR-faktorer anser svenska konsumenter påverkar deras köp mest inom mejeribranschen respektive klädbranschen?”. Arbetet i studien är grundat i en kvantitativ undersökning där 307 respondenter deltog i en enkätundersökning. För att studera resultatet av enkätundersökningen har arbetet utgått ifrån teorier inom CSR och konsumentbeteende. Utifrån resultatet kan man konstatera att respondenterna anser att det är viktigare med CSR inom mejeribranschen än inom klädbranschen samt att de faktorer som respondenterna anser påverkar deras köp mest är smak eller utseende, beroende på branschen. En slutsats som kan dras utifrån resultatet är att CSR är viktigare för kvinnor än för män inom respektive bransch, samt att konsumenterna inte anser att CSR faktorer är det som har störst påverkan på deras köp inom respektive bransch. Slutligen kan slutsatsen om att respondenterna anser att CSR faktorer har större påverkan på deras köp inom mejeribranschen än i klädbranschen, bortsett från arbetsförhållanden som anses påverka mer inom klädbranschen. / Implementation of a CSR engagement involves major financial strain on a company, which may prove problematic for companies, as consumers state that they are willing to consider CSR, but when it comes to real consumption, few consumers take CSR into consideration. The purpose of this paper is therefore to map out the opinions about the corporate social responsibility regarding the industries of both clothing and dairy products for the consumers in the Stockholm area. The research questions that were examined was “do Swedish consumers consider CSR to be important in the dairy industry and the clothing industry?” and "which CSR factors do Swedish consumers consider to affect their purchases most in the dairy industry and the clothing industry?". The research has a quantitative base with a survey with 307 respondents. In order to study the result of the survey the use of different theories has been implemented for example CSR, Green Marketing and Consumer Behaviour. The result shows that the respondents think that CSR is more important in the dairy industry than the clothing industry, as well as the most important factor in their purchase is the taste or looks of the product, depending on the industry. Another conclusion is that CSR is more important for women than for men in both industries. Furthermore, consumers don't think that CSR factors is what has the greatest impact on their purchases within each industry. Lastly is that the respondents consider CSR factors to have a greater impact on their purchases in the dairy industry than in the clothing industry, apart from working conditions which are considered to affect more in the clothing industry.

從1990年代個人電腦普及以來，電子垃圾產生了嚴重的環境問題，其中尤以廢電腦的影響為鉅。2001年美國發動The Computer Take Back Campaign (CTBC)來推動製造商處理其生產的有毒性電腦廢棄物。其後歐洲提出「生產者責任延伸(extended producer responsibility, EPR)」法規，並在2003年歐盟宣布施行「廢電子電器回收指(Directive on Waste Electric and Electronics Equipment, WEEE)」。再加上我國國內亦繼此世界趨勢陸續頒布廢容器、廢汽機車、廢家電產品及廢電腦強制回收再生的法規，也因此舊廢產品的回收逆物流處理能力對我國電子電器及資訊產品廠商就顯得益發重要。 但現行電子產業中絕大部分的廠商都是採「出售商品」的事業模式，製造商難以掌握產品售後流向、進而回收其舊廢產品。且關於此類電子資訊產業如何佈建一個具獲利基礎的封閉式供應鏈、以及實施的狀況與程序之相關研究甚少。於此，本論文欲探討：對電子產業來說，在哪些條件之下才能達成封閉式供應鏈？其中的關鍵因素又為何？盼能透過個案研究的方式，從實務上的運作狀況探討其中的原因。 本研究選擇重視全球環保及永續發展的華碩電腦，以及在逆物流回收實施領域施行多年且成效顯著的Dell電腦做為個案研究的對象。本研究架構乃依據文獻分析結果，從驅動個案公司進行產品回收的力量開始分析，進一步檢視個案公司的回收再生策略，並從訪談及其他文獻資料內容中分析有哪些重要因素會影響個案公司達成封閉式供應鏈，這些要因會根據第二章歸納出的四大面向為基礎進行比較。最後，根據分析結果評估個案公司在封閉式供應鏈的完成度與績效表現。 / Since 1990s, the electronic wastes (e-wastes), especially PCs and laptops, have caused serious environmental problems. In 2001, the Computer Take Back Campaign (CTBC) initiated and asked the PC manufacturers to be in charge of toxic e-wastes that they produced in the U.S; in 2003, the European Union declared the Directive on Waste Electric and Electronics Equipment (WEEE); besides, Taiwanese government also put the recycling laws into practice, requiring that the wasted containers, cars and motorcycles, electronic products and PCs should be recycled. Therefore, the capability of managing e-wastes has become more and more crucial for Taiwanese PC manufacturers. For those manufacturers who sell out electronic products, it’s difficult to track and recycle their wasted products. Furthermore, there are few researches discussing about how to build up a profitable closed-loop supply chain. Therefore, this study will focus on exploring the key success factors for building up a profitable closed-loop supply chain in the electronic industry. In the case study, ASUS Tek Inc. and Dell Inc., both are dedicating great efforts on recycling issues, were chosen to be the case companies. The framework of this study will start from analyzing the drivers of recycling, the recycling strategies, and then generalizing the key successful factors, which are discussed in Chapter 2, for building up a profitable closed-loop supply chains for the case companies. Finally, the study will evaluate the completeness and performance of the case companies.

Abstract Authors: Mikael Forsberg and Sara-Maria Löfvenberg Tutor: Susanne Åberg Title: Socially Desirable Fast Moving Consumer Goods – A Literature Review on How To Decrease the Gap Between Intention & Purchase Behavior Through Marketing Keywords Branding, Consumer Behavior, Consumer Value Creation, Decision-making, Differentiation, Eco, Ecological, Environmentally Conscious Behavior, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Green Consumer, Green Marketing, In-store marketing, Marketing, Organic, Purchase decision, Socially Desirable, Value Creation. Background and Problem Consumers today are more environmentally conscious than ever. However, it has been found that there is a gap between the consumer’s intention and actual purchase when it comes to products that there is a social pressure to buy for environmental reasons. The potential for the socially desirable segment is estimated to have potential, but growth seems to be slow. It has been stated that until now, there is not enough research done that take a holistic perspective including several fields of marketing. There is a need to review and combine existing literature in various fields of marketing to investigate how the gap can be decreased and sales increased. Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to review and combine existing literature in the fields of consumer value creation, decision-making and in-store marketing. By doing so the authors of this thesis aim to present a theoretical model on how producers of socially desirable FMCG can decrease the gap between the consumers’ intention and actual purchase through marketing. Decreasing the gap refers to more fully exploit the potential size of the segment and generate more sales.   Method A completely theoretical method was chosen for this thesis. To the authors’ knowledge there has not been done enough specific research to match the purpose of this thesis. A literature review has therefore been conducted within three separate fields of marketing to get a broader understanding of how the gap between intention and actual purchase can be decreased. Based on the extensive literature review, the authors developed ten propositions that formed a model that can be used as the backbone for future theoretical and empirical research.   Final Discussion Some highlights of the theoretical discussions earlier in this thesis are presented in the final discussion. The authors suggest that purchase decisions of socially desirable FMCG initially are high-involvement decisions that often are formed outside the in-store-setting. This suggests that more long-term marketing efforts such as brand building in some cases can be more important than in-store marketing when it comes to FMCG that are socially desirable. Symbolic values should be highlighted in branding of socially desirable FMCG because the instrumental differences between FMCG and socially desirable FMCG is limited. It is therefore likely that it is more efficient to focus on consumers’ self-identity to convince them to purchase socially desirable FMCG. It is also important that producers of socially desirable FMCG provide consumers with clear product information in-store and that the products are easy to find. Based on the extensive literature review, the authors have developed eight propositions that form the model presented in this chapter.

This study analyses the international timber trade between Malaysia and Europe with respect to the importance of environmental issues on trade and the role of Malaysia as a major timber exporter to Europe. It also evaluates the comparative advantage of Malaysian wood products and the willingness of French consumers (to represent European communities) to pay for sustainable forest management. The first part gives an overview the clashes of perception between developed and developing countries on the environmental concerns over trade. It was observed that environmental standards may act as non-tariff barriers to exporting countries. In addition, the stringent requirements posed by importing countries on technical, marking and labelling to some extent provide unnecessary barriers to trade. The second part deals with the role of Malaysia as a key player in the tropical timber trade. This part evaluates the main export market for Malaysian wood products to the world. For the purpose of this thesis, the analysis focuses on the European market. From the observations, it was found that the export of wooden furniture surpassed major timber exports in 2004. However, to penetrate the European market, Malaysia has to compete with the Chinese with their lower cost tropical wood products, and Brazil with their advantage in certification and labelling of tropical wood products. In tandem with that, the commitment towards sustainable forest management at national level causes shortage of raw materials in Malaysia. To a certain extent, the internal and external factors create necessary challenges to enter the European market. In the third part, the Balassa approach was used to classify the comparative advantage of Malaysia's twenty one types of wood products in Europe. It was estimated that Malaysia had high comparative advantage only in five products which were mechanized and intermediary industrial products. The products identified were sawn wood, wooden mouldings, plywood, veneer and builders' joinery and carpentry. The remaining products had lower comparative advantage and disadvantage to export to the European market based on the Balassa index. In the last part, the estimation on the willingness to pay for sustainable forest management attributes was conducted. Besides that, additional attributes such as fair trade and wood origin were included. A questionnaire was set up using all the attributes reflected in the hypothetical wood flooring product in the market. Based on the result, consumers were willing to pay the highest for the presence of fair trade and wood origin (in this study referring to French origin); nevertheless they were still willing to pay for sustainable aspects of forest. However, the willingness to pay for all the attributes was altered depending on the respondents' knowledge of forest labelling, their attitudes towards environmental preservation, living area, education level, type of job and income level. In the overall finding of the thesis, all the results from each part were synthesized in a systemic approach simultaneously deliberating on the macro and microeconomic perspectives as well as the dimensions on demand and supply. Overall, the findings suggest that the challenges and constraints facing the Malaysian timber industry indirectly shaped the export of Malaysian wooden products. Malaysia has adapted by going into value-added products to lessen the impact of environment-related trade barriers and to circumvent the shortage of raw materials supply. Malaysia has successfully customized the wooden products to the sustainability and legality requirements of the European market by pursuing the national certification (Malaysian Timber Certification) and being committed to sustainable forest management objectives.

Submitted by Paulo Junior (paulo.jr@fgv.br) on 2010-12-14T20:14:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maya Reyes Ricon.pdf: 1301376 bytes, checksum: bd05966453c595fc0b4166c22bef7e41 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Paulo Junior(paulo.jr@fgv.br) on 2010-12-14T20:15:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Maya Reyes Ricon.pdf: 1301376 bytes, checksum: bd05966453c595fc0b4166c22bef7e41 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-03-31T19:08:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maya Reyes Ricon.pdf: 1301376 bytes, checksum: bd05966453c595fc0b4166c22bef7e41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-30 / Sustainable development is a multidimensional challenge with implications on all sectors of society. From the marketing point of view, building a significant green market can be of great importance in facing this challenge. Considering that, understanding the backgrounds of ecological consumption could reveal how environmentally oriented consumption behavior occur and so, it can help the development of both educational and commercial campaigns. The present study examines the influence of emotional and cognitive factors in the ecologically correct shopping behavior. To do so, a conceptual model was built, based on the literature and it was submitted to empirical verification, using a survey approach, analysed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. A sample of 291 individuals, gathered through electronic means was analysed during the month of January, 2010. This research's findings confirm that emotion and subjective knowledge are backgrounds for ecologically correct consumption, mediated by the attitude reffering to the ecological consumption and by the intention to engage in such behavior. It is considered that the objectives of the present study, which was to identify the backgrounds of ecological consumption, were achieved. / O desenvolvimento sustentável é um desafio multidimensional com implicações para todos os setores da sociedade. Do ponto de vista do marketing, a construção de um mercado verde significativo pode ser de grande importância neste desafio. Diante disto, compreender os antecedentes do consumo ecológico lança luz sobre como se dão os comportamentos de consumo ambientalmente orientados, o que pode auxiliar no desenvolvimento de campanhas tanto educativas quanto comerciais. O presente estudo examina a influência de fatores emocionais e cognitivos nos comportamentos de compra ecológica. Para isso, um modelo conceitual foi construído a partir da literatura e submetido à verificação empírica, utilizandose levantamento para coleta de dados e Modelagem de Equações Estruturais para análise. Foi analisada uma amostra de 291 respondentes, levantada por meio eletrônico durante o mês de janeiro de 2010. Os achados desta pesquisa confirmam a emoção e o conhecimento subjetivo como antecedentes do consumo ecológico, mediadas pela atitude referente ao consumo ecológico e pela intenção de se engajar em tal comportamento. Sugestões de pesquisa futura são analisadas com base na teoria de marketing.