GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY

Abstract

The notion of ‗green management‘ is a much talked issue and the ‗go green‘ policies are 
adopting all over the world for the last few decades. Organizations in 21st century are much 
more conscious about the techniques to manage environment and Green Human Resource 
Management (GHRM or Green HRM) is one of them. In this study the authors try to highlight 
the concepts of Green HRM and its practices in the banking sector of Bangladesh. Green HRM 
can play a useful role in business in promoting environment related issues by adopting and 
following Green HR policies and practices. The objectives of the study are to assess and evaluate 
existing green human resource practices and provide some suggestions that can help the 
companies of Bangladesh for utilizing green human resource functions in order to achieve 
competitive advantage. This study tries to clarify the extent to which traditional HRM practices 
is reflected through the touch of green practices in each functions: job analysis, recruitment, 
selection, induction, performance appraisal, and reward management; and their contributions to 
the environmental sustainability. After the analysis, it has been found that the HR of this 
organization is adopting many environment friendly HR policies; it can introduce some more 
proactive green HR practices for making its sustainable programs perdurable.