ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES: SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT IN CHENNAI

As environmental issues become a global concem and take prominence in our world, organizations across the
globe are going out of their way adopt sustainable to practices within their business models. This is best achieved through
the implementation of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices. This large-scale study attempts to
examine the adoption and effects of several GHRM practices specifically within IT companies based in Chennai, which
is known to be a fast-emerging technological hub in India GHRM, by definition, is a chain of environmentally friendly
human resource practices that include, but are not limited to, green recruitment practices, comprehensive environmental
training programs, sustainable performance assessment processes, and well-planned reward systems meant to generate a
strong sense of environmental responsibility among employees The study focuses mainly on generating a better
understanding of how these specific practices influence not just workforce behaviour but also the overall organizational
culture, and the long-term sustainability objectives that these organizations seek to achieve. The research carried out here
confirms that Information Technology companies set up in Chennai are embracing initiatives of Green Human Resource
Management (GHRM) increasingly enthusiastically as a strategic move to effectively minimize their carbon footprint,
significantly improve the level of employee engagement, and effectively integrate their operations with wider corporate
social responsibility (CSR) goals.