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Overview

Get an introduction to how HR, specifically Green HR, can help create a business that’s environmentally friendly

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

4,450

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Business Futures: Sustainable Business Through Green HR
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Business Futures: Sustainable Business Through Green HR
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Business Futures: Sustainable Business Through Green HR
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Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is aimed at professionals and students in disciplines of operations, finance, marketing, or human resources, who wish to learn more about sustainable Green HR practices

What are the course deliverables?
Define sustainability from an ecological and human resource perspective
 
Identify the stages of sustainability, and the drivers of change to business sustainability
 
Define and apply green HR tools and strategies
 
Develop green HR as a concept for organisations to achieve beyond compliance
 
Explore the concept of triple top line approach for sustainability
 
Explore the elements of green HR and the linkages between ecological and human sustainability
 
Assess the effective of business strategies and approaches to sustainability
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More about this course
  • This course will explore what constitutes sustainability from both ecological and business perspectives. We will investigate the emergence of sustainable approaches to human resources, known as 'Green HR', and identify various types of sustainability models.
  • We will take you on a journey through the fashion industry where we'll explore the essential features of Green HR, including the value placed on human capital and the necessary balancing of sustainable values and business viability.
  • Operating a sustainable business is a balancing act. We will examine how sustainability and Green HR can work in practice by examining:
  • Throughout the course we identify the internal and external drivers of sustainable practice and cultural change, and explore several critical issues, such as transparency and authenticity.
  • Paid certification course
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Business Futures: Sustainable Business Through Green HR
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Curriculum

What is green HR and how relevant is it to organisations becoming sustainable

 

The nature of sustainability including internal and external drivers toward change and barriers inhibiting change to show the nature of the organisational mindset required to acknowledge the need to move toward sustainability and beyond compliance

 

Sustainable return on investment (S-ROI) and ‘Triple top line’ (TTL) to demonstrate how sustainability gains can be measured and valued by the business

 

The role of HR in corporate human sustainability to show operational functions for sustainability within the business including networking and green rewards

 

Human sustainability to understand the importance of human capital and being inclusive of all stakeholders

 

Ecological sustainability to distinguish between green practices and organisation-wide sustainability and show how leadership is required to go beyond rhetoric and provide transparency

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