ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the roles of Human resource (HR) teams in supporting sustainable business and the responsibility of HR teams to perform HR sustainably. It describes how HR supports sustainable business and the connection between Human resource management (HRM) and sustainability and examples of the way HR practices affect society and possible ways to integrate. Ensuring a supply chain free from child labour, forced labour, human rights abuses and discrimination has also become part of the role of HR management and goes beyond traditional relationships with suppliers and outsourcing vendors based on procurement contracts focusing on price, quality and service. The chapter discusses some of the principles behind having a sustainability mindset and discusses social and environmental considerations into HR processes in order to improve the social and environmental impacts of business. It describes where to find more information and examples of good practice in the area of sustainable HRM.
