What is Green HRM?

Green HRM

Green HR is the use of HRM policies to promote the sustainable use of resources within business organizations and, more generally, promotes the cause of environmental sustainability.

Green HR involves two essential elements:

1. Environmentally-friendly HR practices

2. The preservation of knowledge capital.

Lets Talk about HR CONT:

The HR function will become the driver of

environmental sustainability within the organization

by aligning its practices and policies with

sustainability goals reflecting an eco-focus

Tasks Performed by HR:

HR strategy must reflect and inspire the ambitions

of the HR team and other employees and aligned

with :

1. Company’s strategy.

2. Values and culture.

3. Deliver sustainable returns to investors.

4. Address customer needs.

5. Identify and respond to emerging societal trends.

6. Respond to governmental and regulatory

expectations.

7. Influence the public policy agenda

The HR function can be renamed as

“People and Society”.

Advantages of Green HR

It involves undertaking environment-friendly HR

initiatives resulting in:

1. greater efficiencies

2. lower costs and better employee engagement and

retention. likes of electronic filing, car-sharing, job-sharing, teleconferencing, and virtual interviews, recycling,

telecommuting, online training, energy-efficient office spaces

etc

What will Increase if we use Green HR?

Overall, being a green employer may help to

increase :

1. employee motivation and engagement (through a shared set

of values).

2. create a competitive advantage from the opportunities

presented by changing markets.

3. reduce labor turnover (because the organization is one in

which people want to work)

4. improve the health of the workforce (for example, by

encouraging cycling to work, car sharing, public transport)

Summary

The employers and practitioners can establish the

the usefulness of linking employee involvement and

participation in environmental management

programs to improved organizational

environmental performance, like with a specific

focus on waste management recycling, creating

green products.

Unions and employees can help employers to adopt

Green HRM policies and practices.

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