The document discusses sustainable human resource management. It addresses several challenges, including recruiting and retaining top talent, aligning company and employee values, and enhancing employee skills to promote long-term performance and innovation. It suggests training employees in sustainable development, aligning employee targets with sustainability goals, and spreading sustainability knowledge across the organization.

1. Sustainable Management in Human Resources Lukas Ritzel @ IMI 2008

3. Some text fragments Leaders > Misleading Web of Life We ARE nature Living on current sunlight vs ... Environmental refugees Destruction of ecosystems .. Name Problem is the way we are thinking From well having to well .. The role of media Thread is as well a chance Sustainable design Technology is there, what it needs is a ... Role of individuals

4. Knowing about all those problems I guess / hope you must ask yourself why don’t we solve all those problems So let us first brainstorm on WHICH problems would you solve FIRST? By the way WHO in this movie talks about those issues? .. And what could be the essential problem in this

10. What is sustainable development Meeting the needs of people today BUT keep the future in your mind Broad view on social, environmental, economical outcomes Long term perspective Inclusive approach

12. Topics concerned

13. Top 3 critical HR challenges

14. Big Question How do those 2 match Critical top 3 challenges vs. How to integrate those topics for Programs for recruitment Staff development How to bring critical issues top attention of senior management

15. Where would you want to work Google Headquarter, HRM salary 6000usd Fur Factory, HRM salary 6500usd Esso Corp., HRM salary 7000usd

16. Recruit and retain top talents

17. What is society expecting from a business? Applicants pre-assess the social and environmental performance of companies

19. People matter Important competencies are more and more related to management of relationships Ability to network Ability to partner Ability to innovate Ability to support company on a long run

20. As one HR manager recently said: A sustainable development mindset pushes us to do better – it has encouraged a focus on performance, a consistent eagerness to improve and continual learning

21. Exercise What could your future company do? Ideas!

23. Create incentives for exceptional performance What rewards can motivate employees?

25. Align values Company and employee values must be aligned Company working ethically Provide work-life balance Demonstrates concern for health Demonstrates concern for safety > Leads to staff morale and commitment increase

26. Sources of employee motivation

27. Employee targets and incentives Must be aligned with the goal of sustainable development Strengthen reputation Enhance organisational learning Boost operational efficiency But for this employees must see those objectives reflected in their targets/ rewards Performance appraisal

28. Q What are the right measures and indicators to assess the success of individuals and teams in contributing to sustainable development?

29. Q How can you use the knowledge of the HR department – in particular, your understanding of competencies and working practices across the organization – to encourage managers to incorporate social and environmental issues in business?

30. Enhance critical competencies Enhance employees skills is essential to survival The question is how Formal training (traditional) Mentoring Peer-to-peer learning Involvement in community programmes (more and more)

31. Q Will training in sustainable development help to deliver the innovation and learning your company needs to improve performance in the long-run, as well as deliver immediate business objectives?

33. Besides...

34. Spread the news Sustainable development knowledge and skills should be spread widely across the organisation using a variety of approaches Therefore Values and strategies must be understood by as many employees as possible It needs to become part of the business model Integrated across all divisions and functions

37. Guidance for the sustainable development manager Sustainable development enters business mainstream Responsibility for managing social and environmental issues slowly shift Corporate fringe to an important business function.

38. Coming back to rules and regulations What rules and regulations would you yourself add on being the manager of a hotel or restaurant to manage your business, your people and stakeholder in a sustainable manner and make therefore ALL feel better and contribute to a better future Add on to your already existing slides and send to me one by one

39. References The World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( www.wbcsd.org ) HRH The Prince of Wales’s Business & the Environment Programme ( www.cpi.cam.ac.uk/bep ) The University of Cambridge Programme for Industry ( www.cpi.cam.ac.uk )