Green Human Resource Management

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Environmental issues and corporate sustainability have become a significant managerial challenge of the 21st century. Companies are taking many small and big steps to start with going green and sustainability. More "green" management practices have to be included also in human resources, just like we also have green marketing, green operations, green investing, etc. The alignment of Human Resource Management with environmental management is being called Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM). Below I collected and summarized information on Green HRM. Please help me make this subject more complete. What is Green HRM? Green HRM can be defined as the whole of policies, practices, and systems of an organization that makes the organization and its employees green, for the interest of the individual, society, natural environment, and the business. In Green HRM different human resources practices such as recruitment and selection, training, compensation and rewards, and performance a (...) Read more? Sign up for free

		Melchiorre Calabrese Business Consultant, Italy
	Green Human Resources Management Requires Education Environmental staff education should be perceived (...)

		Dr. Alan Williams Professor, Thailand
	Green Human Resources Management Going green is of course admirable, but I believe (...)

		Teun Wolters Professor, Netherlands
	Let's Start with Strategic HRM and Sustainability Many of the above statements are valuable. For a r (...)

		Melchiorre Calabrese Business Consultant, Italy
	Going Green Requires Involvement Top Management I agree, Mr. Alan Williams. In fact, as you can se (...)

		Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	HR's Role in Going Green Initiative Thank you all for your excellent contributions. Wi (...)