write the backgroound part for the topic: How can Vinamilk leverage Green Marketing strategies to enhance engagement and loyalty among its B2B business partners?
First, it aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of how the integration of Green Marketing an enhance B2B customer loyalty, offering valuable insights into the connection between sustainability practices and client engagement. Additionally, the research will yield practical strategies for Vinamilk to effectively communicate its environmental and social initiatives to business partners, potentially fostering increased loyalty and long-term partnerships. This approach will also contribute to strengthening Vinamilk’s market position as a leader in sustainability within the dairy industry, attracting more environmentally conscious partners. Finally, the study will identify key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of Green Marketing and CSR initiatives on customer loyalty, providing a framework for future evaluations.
3. Suggestions concerning the elaboration of the topic
Marketing research supporting question: What role do sustainability-focused marketing campaigns
play in strengthening long-term partnerships with Vinamilk’s business partners?
Relevant literature will include:
Johnson, L. H. (2015), Green Marketing: A Comprehensive Guide to Sustainable Business, offering strategies for integrating sustainability into marketing.
Skackauskaite, I., & Vilkaite-Vaitone, N. (2023), Green Marketing and Customers’ Purchasing Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review for Future Research Agenda, offering insights into the impact of green marketing on consumer behaviour and future research directions, particularly in the energy sector
Johnson, P., & Harris, M. (2023), Green Marketing and B2B Customer Loyalty: Insights from the 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report, providing data-driven insights on the impact of sustainable practices on B2B partnerships, highlighting increased client trust and long-term loyalty
Pham, L. T., & Tran, V. D. (2022), “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Vietnamese Food and Beverage Sector: A Focus on Dairy Companies like Vinamilk“, offering an analysis of
how CSR activities are used by Vinamilk to build stronger relationships with its B2B customers, particularly focusing on the role of sustainability in maintaining long-term partnership
Theoretical Framework:
The research will utilise Stakeholder Theory to explore how Vinamilk’s business partners, as key stakeholders, respond to its Green Marketing
B2B marketing theoretical background about business relationships will also be employed to investigate how sustainability-focused marketing can foster stronger, long-term relationships with B2B customers.
Methods of Data Collection:
The research will employ a mixed-methods approach. Qualitative data will be gathered through in-depth interviews with key B2B partners to explore their expectations and experiences with Vinamilk’s sustainability efforts. Quantitative data will be collected via surveys distributed to a broader group of B2B customers to measure engagement and loyalty in relation to Green Marketing and CSR.
Data Analysis:
Thematic analysis will be used to interpret qualitative data, identifying key themes related to how business partners perceive Vinamilk’s Green Marketing activities. Quantitative data will be analysed statistically to assess correlations between Green Marketing efforts and business partners loyalty metrics such as satisfaction, engagement, and retention.