Driving success: Human resources and sustainable development

This briefing has been designed for HR managers and people with responsibilities for recruitment, performance evaluation and training and development. It focuses on the issue of sustainable development – a term which many HR managers have become accustomed to hearing alongside jargon such as stakeholder engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Sustainable development is a compelling idea for many people. It is concerned with how business can contribute to some of the most significant challenges that the world faces today – from climate change and biodiversity, to working conditions and health amongst the poorest in the world.

But HR managers have often struggled to introduce sustainable development within their organisations. How, for example, should they integrate these issues into programmes for recruitment and staff development, and how can they use their knowledge of the business to bring critical issues to the attention of senior management?

The briefing does not claim there are any easy routes for HR managers to benefit from the challenge of sustainable development. Instead it asks you to test the role and relevance of sustainable development in your everyday work: how it can help your business address its strategic goals and generate long-term value; and what you can do to make this happen.

In short, how can you make sustainable development good for your career and good for your company?

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Author WBCSD Publication Date 11 Oct 2005 Document Type Publications Issue/Topic Business Role/CSR Implementing SD Source WBCSD		584 kb Click here to order