08. The role of green human resources management in shaping sustainability.
Those in HR departments who are in charge of managing a company's staff and helping to establish a strong culture play a key role in the creation of sustainability policies to safeguard the planet. "Environmental sustainability is also becoming an increasingly important part of corporate strategy within companies and is closely tied to the topic of corporate social responsibility. The focus is on the common good for public administration and is therefore transferable as a strategy. All organizations have a complex challenge to overcome: the digital, economic, ecological, societal, and social transformation must be tackled practically simultaneously, and they must weather all the effects that go with it." (Behrens, 2022) To help get the transformation in motion and make environmentally beneficial changes, companies as well as administrations need to define their shared values, come up with joint-action programs, and ensure they have motivated and dedicated employees acro