Corporate Sustainable Development – Motives, Steps, Challenges and the Role of HR

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sode, Raghavendra^{; *} | Chenji, Kalaa

Affiliations: Department of Human Resources, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) (Deemed to be university u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Hyderabad, India

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding Author. [email protected]

Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a framework to transform conventional businesses into sustainable businesses by understanding the motives, challenges for sustainability, and the role of HR in incorporating sustainability in the organisation. The steps of the framework include formulating the sustainability strategy, altering the systems to support sustainability, implementing the sustainability strategy, measuring sustainability, and reporting sustainable development. The framework will help organisations to transform their business models into sustainable business models.

Keywords: Formulating the sustainability strategy, altering the systems to support sustainability, implementing the sustainability strategy, measuring sustainability, and reporting of sustainable development

DOI: 10.3233/AJW220061

Journal: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 99-103, 2022