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Green HRD The Potential Contribution of HRD
Concepts and Theories to Environmental Management

Julie Haddock, Jackie Jeffrey, Derek Miles,
Michael Muller-Camen, Aga Yamen, Peter Critten,
Mary Hartog Education Against Climate Change
Program of the Middlesex University 2009
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Take Green Seriously Green Government UK Climate
Change Act 2008 Legally binding targets Green
house gas emission reductions through action in
the UK and abroad of at least 80 by 2050, and
reductions in CO2 emissions of at least 26 by
2020, against a 1990 baseline. A carbon
budgeting system which caps emissions over five
year periods, with three budgets set at a time,
to set out our trajectory to 2050.
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Take Green Seriously Green Business
Tesco, the largest retailer in the United
Kingdom, has been awarded the Carbon Trust
Standard for its efforts to reduce its carbon
footprint, and Marks Spencers latest
sustainability report says the chain cut its
carbon emissions by 18 percent.
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Take Green Seriously Green Marketing
Carbon Crisis (online resource) This online game
challenges players to put together an urgent
report on how we could deal with global carbon
emissions, suggesting methods of carbon
reduction. .
Source BP Website
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Take Green Seriously Green Learning? Those
involved with sustainable development HRD
people - are not currently in evidence in making
a contribution. So, what could we do?
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• Green HRD
• Awareness
• HRD professionals can consider the relevance of
  Green approaches to their own organisations and
  raise awareness through courses and campaigns.

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• Green HRD
• Modelling

We should practise what we preach. We may want
to think about the impact of our practice and
behaviour challenging and changing our practice
and that of others.
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Green HRD Technology Technology provides us with
a range of communications opportunities and Green
delivery of learning including e-delivery. It is
about making informed choices, what we deliver
and how we deliver.
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Green HRD Culture
A Green HRD culture could be developed within
organisations, including sustainable people
development practices including local and
internal talent management.
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Green HRD Standards HRD might reflect the
commitments of the wider Organic Movement. Can we
apply the four overarching principles of health,
ecology, fairness and care?
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Obstacles

• Habits we always have away days
• History we were part of the problem
• Initiative Fatigue ISO, IIP etc
• Emotions giving things up

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