Track: Business Management

Abstract

The twenty-first century has shown a heightened interest in environmental issues, irrespective of related fields, whether political, public, or business. Relevant treaties to tackle climate change have given rise to the recent interest in environmentalism globally. The organisations will need to find ways and strategies to reduce ecological footprints and cope with green workplace issues. Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) has been a core business practice for large companies in which human resources divisions play an active role in greening the workplace. GHRM practices are required for employees at all organisation levels to improve the organisation's environmental performance. The companies have not trained all employees to save energy, reduce waste, and spread environmental awareness to achieve a sustainable organisation. The present paper seeks to understand the green human resource management (HRM) and sustainable organisation literature collected from the various relevant sources. This study designed using a qualitative approach through review literature. Reviews on green and sustainable finance were conducted by reading and analysing 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and summarised in two tables, namely article journal and publisher distribution and article category on the basis of the subject. This study's findings are that GHRM is an expansion of HRM in developing an environmentally friendly business. Human resources (HR) play an essential role in the organisation. So, HR can contribute to complex environmental management activities. Therefore, employees need to be involved in the decision-making process to increase economic activity and environmental damage. Currently, the impact of business on environmental problems is increasingly visible to society, public and private organisations must increasingly focus on finding solutions to environmental issues towards a sustainable future. This study recommends future research emphasised on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries because MSMEs are the driving force for the country's economy. The economic cycle of developing countries is supported by MSMEs which have a role in contributing to a country's gross domestic product.

Keywords: Green human resource management, sustainability organisation and a mini-review approach