Green HRM: A strategy for sustainability of business

Abstract

The function of human resource (HR) department has been importantly considered as the important catalyst of organizations’ green culture by place or arrange its practices and policies with the goal of organizational sustainability and has intricate that so as to modify green management, employees must be arising from some external creative impulse, given the authority or power to try to something. Green human resource management (GHRM) incorporate practices that are environment friendly and also commencing practices for sustainable use of resources that result in more efficiencies, less wastage, improved work attitude, improved QWL, low cost, better employee performance and retention of talented manpower, which help the organization to scale back employee carbon footprints by the means of GHRM initiatives, that is, flexi work schedule, electronic filing of information, car-sharing while going to the office, jobsharing at workplace for better productivity, teleconferencing and social media platforms, virtual interviews on various digital platforms, recycling, telecommuting, online training, energy-efficient office space and so on. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of GHRM practices in context of sustainability of business. From the perspective of GHRM, this study argues that GHRM can play an important and useful role in business in promoting environment- related issues by adopting and following the processes. The application of GHRM enables organizations to scale back their costs and invest their resources for the betterment of the environment. Organizations that recruit employees with the target to reinforce environmental outcomes have gained customer satisfaction and eventually increased their performance. Companies are now able to associate green practices and human resource dimensions with their organizational objectives of better environmental management (EM) can be successful in the organization journey towards environmental sustainability. The research paper aims to highlight the role of GHRM for better business sustainability. The research paper will help managers to improve sustainability of business and achieve the targeted goals using GHRM practices.