Green Human Resource Management for Environmental Sustainability: A Case Study

Abstract

Environmental sustainability is such a momentous issue that it has
already drawn attention of academicians and management disciples. As a part
of the environment, organizations should ensure environmental sustainability
through its Human Resource Management (HRM) practices. Green HRM is
mandatory in this regard as it helps to integrate the environmental
management into HRM of an organization to ensure environmental
sustainability. This paper aims at discussing the green HRM practices along
with its sustainable goals based on accessible literature on green HRM and
environmental sustainability and also providing a conceptual framework of
the relationship between them. The paper also explores the green initiatives
and role of HR of Plummy Fashions Limited which is the first eco-friendly
knitwear factory of Bangladesh approved by US Green Building
Council(USGBC)in the form of a case study. For this, two HR personnel were
interviewed to collect relevant data. The case study shows that Plummy
Fashion Limited is very much concerned about the environmental issues.
Though the HR of this organization is adopting many environment friendly
policies, it can introduce some more proactive green HR practices for making
its sustainable programs perdurable.