Abstract : The purpose of this research is to study the "green" in human resources work, analyzing the latest environmentally friendly solutions and proposing the development of a new green human resource management model. Concerns about environmentally friendly strategies and actions are being emphasized around the world. The recent climate conference in Bonn, where heads of state came together to develop a roadmap, is a testament to the need to rethink our habits and make decisions that benefit society in the long run. Sustainable development has now become the necessity of the moment. To ensure that the world becomes a better place to live, it is necessary to adopt environmentally friendly policies. Organizations, public or private, can make a significant contribution to ensuring a greener environment if they integrate a number of grassroots environmentally friendly initiatives into their operations. This basic concept paper discusses the steps organizations can take to support the cause and need for sustainable growth or environmentally friendly missions. The purpose of this study is to adopt sustainable and environmentally friendly practices by human resource management departments in organizations in the form of green human resource management. Green HRM is a concept that has recently caught the attention of scholars, this concept paper further adds a basic understanding of this idea.
Keywords : Human Resource Management, GHRM, Sustainable Development.
Cite : Verma, P. (2025). Integrating Green Human Resource Management For Sustainable Organizational Development (1st ed., pp. 81-92). Noble Science Press. https://noblesciencepress.org/chapter/nspeb-rt21stcmtocc2025ch-08
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