Have a look at Mitchell, Wooliscroft and Higham (2010) Sustainable Market Orientation in the Journal of Macromarketing. One of the key things about moving to sustainability is not focussing on green alone, sustainability is about balance.
I would argue that the main theoriy supporting sustainability research is still Stakeholder Theory (Freeman, 1984, Carrol, 1979, MacWillims e Siegel, 2001, Carrol e Schwantz, 2003) supporting the business case for social responsibility of organizations by focusing on the importance of a firm’s relationships with critical stakeholders that may lead to better performance, as organizations that integrate business and societal considerations create value for their stakeholders.
Another theoretical model that can support sustainability is RBV- Resourced Based View Theory of the Firm (Barney, 1991; Mac Williams e Siegal, 2001, Russo e Fouts, 1977) according to which VRIN (Valuable, Rare, Imperfectly imitable and Non-sustitutable), resources can produce competitive advantage and generate better operational results and sustainable results.
For an overview of models and research approaches see Kilbourne & Beckmann (1995, in Journal of Marketing Management) and Harper & Peattie (2011, in Social Business) for a citation network analysis. Good luck, SCB.
Mind the scale. Theories on supporting sustainability at the micro level (ex. marketing, corpore, etc) are easily misleading because generally they fail to establish a correct bridge to the macro level - integration at all levels (micro, macro and intermediate) is essential to reach Sustainable Develoment (or rather, as french say, Développement DURABLE).
This article might be useful to you. The title does a good job of saying what the paper is about. Consistent with Lius Fonseca's points above, reputation can be seen as a way of managing stakeholders, and also as a valuable resource. But reputation is what others believe about you, not necessarily the truth about you. Hence the focus on media attention below.
Zyglidopoulos, C. S., Georgiadis, A. P., Carroll, C. E., and Siegel, D. A. 2011. “Does media attention drive corporate social responsibility?”, Journal of Business Research, DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.021
I have developed a model using the antecedents or enablers, named Green IT consumer purchasing behaviour model. It is from three prespectives socio, economic and environmental aspect. If you are interested, you can find it in my attached full paper in my profile page.
according to my point of view the best theory that can support a framework in green marketing is legitimacy theory. I would suggest you to consult the work of Suchman, M. C. (1995). Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches. Academy of management review, 20(3), 571-610.
Good day Yuzniza, you may find some ideas/concepts that you can incorporate in your marketing sustainability research even though I made them with general and agricultural markets in mind:
The Past Versus the Present in Development Thinking: Pointing Out the Structure of the Old Agricultural Development Model After Internalizing Environmental Externalities.
Good day Yuzniza, you may find some ideas/concepts that you can incorporate in your marketing sustainability research even though I made them with general and agricultural markets in mind:
The Past Versus the Present in Development Thinking: Pointing Out the Structure of the Old Agricultural Development Model After Internalizing Environmental Externalities.
Good day Yuzniza, you may find some ideas/concepts that you can incorporate in your marketing sustainability research even though I made them with general and agricultural markets in mind:
The Past Versus the Present in Development Thinking: Pointing Out the Structure of the Old Agricultural Development Model After Internalizing Environmental Externalities.