Green human resource management
Workshop on Green Human Resource Management

Offline and online participants of the workshop

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Due to impacts of COVID-19, the Labour market and related labour management regulations have been put under enormous pressure to adapt quickly to the challenging circumstances. Businesses have been facing huge uncertainties due to the lockdown, the disruption of market value chains and climate change-related disasters. Such challenges ultimately and fundamentally affect labour relations and pose new questions to labour and human resource management that also require new and innovative answers. In this context, HSF Vietnam and ULSA jointly organized the hybrid workshop “Green human resource management: opportunities and challenges for Vietnamese enterprises” to discuss status quo and share evidence-based approaches related to human resource management and sustainability.

Mr. Michael Siegner – HSF Vietnam resident representative, and HSF staff participated in the Q&A session

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A total of 50 researchers and lecturers from universities and research institutes, as well as business representatives, attended the session. During the workshop, Dr. Doan Mai Huong, Vice Dean of ULSA, described GHRM as strategic approaches to human resource modernization that boost productivity and actively support environmental sustainability in organizational business systems. By thoroughly implementing GHRM practices, companies will be able to achieve great innovation, efficiency, long-term cost reductions by avoiding waste and unnecessary expenses, and skill development. GHRM's primary goal is to contribute to a broader corporate environmental and sustainability agenda. However, workshop participants and experts agreed that research on GHRM and its practices in Vietnam is still in its early stages. According to a study conducted by Nguyen Thi Tu Quyen, a lecturer at Thuongmai University, the principles of GHRM are mentioned in only large enterprises but have yet to be thoroughly implemented.