The Role of Green Marketing in Customer Relationship Management

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Nooshin Vanishoja 1
Majid Fattahi 2
1 Department of Business Management, Sirjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
10.22034/jmek.2023.325674.1007
Abstract
Customer relationship management is a strategic necessity in all organizations. The attitude and approach of many organizations to customer relationship management is from the point of view of technology. Customer relationship management is a competitive advantage for organizations. Today, companies and organizations are forced to include issues related to environmental protection in their activities and even in their marketing in order to satisfy the needs of customers and communicate more with them, and act on social responsibility and protect the rights of consumers. to use Green marketing refers to those activities and products that develop and improve pricing, promotion and distribution of goods that do not harm the environment. Therefore, organizations have tried to outdo each other by planning and implementing environmental protection activities in sync with the needs of people, because traditional marketing that overemphasizes the demands of customers and social welfare and environmental issues. It did not consider biology, it had lost its efficiency. Currently, issues such as dynamism and intensity of competition, increased concerns and awareness of consumers regarding the environment, as well as government regulations have caused commercial organizations to pay special attention to things such as the physical and mental health of consumers and the cleanliness of the environment. This issue encourages the use of green marketing. In this research, we intend to first examine the key concepts of the project and then we will review the research done in this regard, then we will examine the role of green marketing in customer relationship management.

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Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Studies
Volume 4, Issue 2
Summer 2023
Pages 65-71

  • Receive Date 20 January 2022
  • Revise Date 26 July 2023
  • Accept Date 09 April 2023