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Integrating Hr Functions for Sustainability


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1 Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
     

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Sustainability has become a business imperative and many organizations are making signifcant investments in this space. A sustainable business stands an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than it is today, and remaining successful, not just for months or even years, but for decades or generations. HR has an important role in the increase of the return from the initiatives. The role of HR in an ever changing scenario has become more crucial and challenging. The greatest challenge for HR professionals is to ensure the involvement of people to establish a sustainability culture. The objectives of this paper are to unfold the best practices in HR for sustainability and to develop a model emphasizing on integrating the HR functions for sustainability. The paper shares the areas of initiatives that can be taken by corporate to establish a sustainability culture.
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Authors

R. K. Mishra
Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
Shulagna Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
Punam Singh
Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad

Abstract


Sustainability has become a business imperative and many organizations are making signifcant investments in this space. A sustainable business stands an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than it is today, and remaining successful, not just for months or even years, but for decades or generations. HR has an important role in the increase of the return from the initiatives. The role of HR in an ever changing scenario has become more crucial and challenging. The greatest challenge for HR professionals is to ensure the involvement of people to establish a sustainability culture. The objectives of this paper are to unfold the best practices in HR for sustainability and to develop a model emphasizing on integrating the HR functions for sustainability. The paper shares the areas of initiatives that can be taken by corporate to establish a sustainability culture.

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