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How can HR use the green agenda to drive efficiencies... Can you become leaner and greener?
A panel of business professionals were recently asked a question: What is green HR? The subsequent answers all pointed towards environmental initiatives to reduce employee carbon footprints. The likes of electronic filing, car-sharing, job-sharing, teleconferencing and virtual interviews, recycling, telecommuting, online training, and energy-efficient office spaces. These ideas are being implemented more often with each passing year, and dovetail with existing green HR efforts focused on increased process efficiency, environmental waste reduction, and revamped HR products, tools, and procedures. These measures dont just ensure compliance and improve productivity, they also have an impact on intangible yet invaluable assets such as brand and reputation.
HR and Sustainability
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HR and Sustainability
Conclusion
Green ideas and concepts are beginning to gather pace within the HR space, often complementing existing sustainability-based initiatives. Increasingly they are delivering tangible benefits to the business, rather than simply adding a gloss to brand and reputation. These new processes, policies, products and tools are actually helping to ensure compliance and improve productivity too. And with legislation now in place to effectively formalise the need for a new corporate approach to the environment, nows the time for HR to embrace the green agenda.
HR and Sustainability
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