Volume : 1, Issue : 5, October - 2012

Green HRM–Issues and Challenges

Mrs. Pallavi Kumari

Abstract :

We are entering a green economy – one in which consumer and employee expectations and future environmental change will require businesses to address “green” issues. Environmentally conscious organizations will become increasingly prominent as we re–enter into a period of growth. Green HRM may provide interesting results for all stakeholders in HRM. For employers and practitioners, these may be to establish the usefulness of linking employee involvement and participation in environmental Management program to improved organizational environmental performance, they may help them lobby employers to adopt Green HRM policies and practices that help safeguard and enhance worker health and well–being; and for academics, they may reveal additional data to add an HRM element to the knowledge base on Green Management in general. Across the globe, we are moving from an industrial–based financial system to a talent based economy . The main environmental focus of many businesses was placed on reducing waste and optimizing resources. However, HR is never going to have a truly significant impact on a business through the improvement of HR processes alone so the greater opportunity is to contribute to the green agenda of the business as a whole.