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The Relationship Between Green Marketing Mix and Purchasing Decisions: The Role of Brand Image as Mediator

This study examined the relationship between green marketing mix elements and consumer purchasing decisions, finding that environmental messaging around product, price, place, and promotion influences buying behavior. The results suggest green marketing strategies can help align business practices with environmental sustainability goals.

2023 Advances in economics, business and management research/Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research 17 citations
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Investigation the Influence of Green Brand Knowledge and Attitude towards Green Brands on Purchase Intention Corkcicle: The Mediating Role of Brand Equity

Researchers investigated how green brand knowledge and attitudes toward eco-friendly brands influence purchase intention for Corkcicle reusable tumblers among environmentally conscious Gen Z consumers, with brand equity serving as a mediating variable in the sustainable consumer behavior model.

2025 Asian Journal of Management Analytics
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Sustainable Marketing and the Challenges of Green Marketing Communication: Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Buying Behaviour for Sustainable Products in the Czech Republic

Not relevant to microplastics — this survey examines Czech consumer attitudes toward sustainable products, exploring the gap between professed environmental values and actual purchasing behavior, and the challenges of green marketing communication.

2024 WSB Journal of Business and Finance 3 citations
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Why do consumers buy paper bags? The Impact of Habit, Consumer Awareness and Sustainability as Drivers of Environmentally Responsible Consumer Behavior

Researchers surveyed 252 Indonesian consumers using Structural Equation Modeling to examine how sustainability values, consumer awareness dimensions, and habitual behavior drive environmentally responsible purchasing decisions such as choosing paper bags. Results showed significant positive relationships between all three drivers and responsible consumer behavior, emphasizing personal agency and habitual action as key levers for promoting green choices.

2023 The Es Economics and Entrepreneurship 5 citations
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Exploring Consumer Engagement in Response to Sustainable Social Media Content and Brand Identity of Fashion Brands

Researchers investigated how sustainable social media content and brand identity affect consumer engagement in the fashion industry, finding that social media posts alone are insufficient to drive meaningful engagement without a coherent sustainable brand identity.

2025 Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness
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Role of Consumer Attitudes and Policies in Increasing Sustainable Buying Habits in the Fashion Industry

Researchers surveyed consumers across diverse regions and demographics to assess attitudes toward sustainable fashion purchasing, finding that policies, financial barriers, geographic setting, and physical barriers all influence willingness to choose sustainable over fast fashion products.

2025
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Why do consumers buy recycled shoes? An amalgamation of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behaviour

Researchers found that consumers' intentions to buy recycled footwear are shaped by environmental knowledge, sustainable label awareness, and social norms, with actual purchase behavior further driven by sustainable labeling and word-of-mouth, offering guidance for circular economy marketing.

2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 30 citations
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A Study on The Impact of Green Cosmetic, Personal Care Products, And Their Packaging on Consumer’s Purchasing Behavior in Luzon, Philippines

Researchers used structural equation modeling to investigate factors affecting Filipino consumers' purchasing behavior toward green cosmetics, personal care products, and their packaging in Luzon, Philippines. The study found that product pricing and quality were the primary drivers of purchasing decisions, while also identifying the roles of environmental awareness, social media influence, and product availability.

2023 5 citations
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Greenwashing's Influence on Corporate Performance and Strategies for Regulation and Oversight

This study analyzed how greenwashing affects corporate financial performance and reputation, finding that deceptive environmental marketing can provide short-term benefits but exposes companies to regulatory and reputational risks, and recommends enhanced oversight frameworks.

2024 Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities 6 citations
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Exploring The Reasons Of Indonesian Young Adult Consumers Toward Sustainably Packaged Food & Beverages Product

This study explored why Indonesian young adult consumers choose sustainably packaged food and beverage products, identifying environmental awareness and product value as key drivers of purchasing decisions.

2024 Journal of Marketing Innovation (JMI) 6 citations
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Research on the Intention to Purchase of Fabric Saints : Based on the Theory of Consumption Value, Green Purchase Intention, and Green Purchase Behaviour

This study surveyed Indonesian consumers to examine how consumption values including functional, social, and emotional dimensions influence green purchase intentions for sustainable fabric products, finding that multiple value types positively predict environmentally conscious buying behavior.

2023 Aptisi Transactions On Technopreneurship (ATT) 19 citations
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Drivers of green purchasing behaviour: a systematic review and a research agenda

This systematic review of 41 studies found that environmental concern, health consciousness, social influence, and perceived value are the strongest drivers of green purchasing behavior. While not directly about microplastics, the findings are relevant to understanding what motivates consumers to choose plastic-free or reduced-plastic products.

2023 F1000Research 14 citations
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainability and Changing Consumer Behavior in the Textile Industry. Is it Significant?

This study examined how COVID-19 affected consumer behavior and sustainability attitudes in the textile industry. The pandemic increased awareness of hygiene and health, but the relationship between environmental concern and sustainable purchasing behavior remained complex. Understanding how crisis events shift consumer priorities informs marketing strategies for sustainable fashion brands.

2022 Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy 6 citations
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Sustainable Choices: Understanding Gen Z’s Attitude and Intentions towards Green Products

Researchers surveyed consumers including Generation Z and higher-educated adults to examine how environmental concern, green product expectations, awareness of consequences, responsibility attribution, and personal norms jointly shape attitudes and purchase intentions toward eco-friendly products. The structural model reveals that personal norms and attitude are the strongest proximal predictors of sustainable purchasing behavior.

2025 Journal of Informatics Education and Research
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A Systematic Review of Consumer Perception: Factors Affecting Green Shopping Bags

This systematic review examines what drives consumers to choose reusable shopping bags over plastic ones. Understanding these factors helps reduce plastic bag waste at the source, which is important because plastic bags are a major contributor to microplastic pollution as they break down in the environment.

2023 International Journal of Applied Engineering and Management Letters 7 citations
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Examining the Relationship Between Label Awareness and Eco-Consciousness in Clothing Consumption

Researchers surveyed 102 Singaporean consumers on eco-label familiarity, knowledge, and eco-consciousness in the clothing industry, finding that while female consumers reported significantly higher eco-consciousness than males, label familiarity and knowledge did not differ by gender. A small but significant positive correlation between label familiarity and eco-consciousness was identified, while the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable fashion remained persistent.

2025 International Journal of Economics and Management Studies
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Environmental Management and Its Impact on CSR Activities in the Field of Sustainable Development

This is a corporate social responsibility and sustainability study focused on the textile and clothing industry's environmental management practices; it is not a microplastics research paper.

2023 TalTech journal of European studies/TalTech journal of European studies. 7 citations
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An Exploratory Study on Consumer Concerns for the Environment and Its Influence on Purchasing Behaviour in South Africa

Researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey of 250 South African consumers in the eThekwini district of KwaZulu-Natal, finding high environmental awareness and a significant preference for environmentally friendly products, suggesting that consumer concern for the environment influences purchasing behaviour.

2025 Journal of Law and Sustainable Development
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Green Supply Chain Coordination with Considering Carbon Emissions and Product Green Level Dependent Demand

Researchers developed a green supply chain coordination model that incorporates carbon emission costs and product green-level dependent demand, finding that green development policies and cost-sharing mechanisms can incentivize enterprises to adopt more sustainable supply chain operations.

2023 Preprints.org 3 citations
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Greenwashing and Bluewashing in Black Friday-Related Sustainable Fashion Marketing on Instagram

Researchers examined greenwashing and bluewashing strategies used by sustainable fashion brands in Black Friday Instagram campaigns, finding that environmentally concerned but non-sustainable consumers responded positively while those with actual sustainable purchasing behavior did not.

2022 Sustainability 100 citations