Sustainable Strategy

Sustainable Strategy

This article examines how the role of the Human Resource Department is starting too change, also the cultures of companies changing with sustainability. When we think of the Human Resources Department of the past there has been significant changes and human resources professionals may not be fully prepared to lead organizational with sustainable efforts. At a recent Human Resource Management Executive Roundtable Symposium (SHRM), participants of HR departments and sustainable leaders around the world agreed that HR, while it need not be the organizational owner of the concept, should have the knowledge required to take the lead in the people dimensions of sustainability (Schramm, 2008).

However most senior executives still feel sustainability has a “nice-to-do” rather than a “need-to-do.” (Schramm, 2008). Moving forward sustainability will be on the radar for all companies it is something that's a way of the future and if HR can make a small impact on new employees and managers guiding them with training aids. This will be paramount in the going green process. Not only will this save the company money, it will also create a different way of thinking for young professional on saving the earth.

The Whirlpool Company has continued to set its bar high for its company and its customers. Whirlpool is known as one of the largest appliance makers with over 80,000 employees and manufacture such brands KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Maytag, Roper, Bauknecht, and one of the leading suppliers Kenmore (Snyder, 2006). This article explains the concept on how the Whirlpool companies will practice sustainability and innovation worldwide. Whirlpool’s innovation journey began in 1999 and was driven by the concept of embedding innovation as a competency everywhere and in everyone (Snyder, 2006). Just like all companies the guidance starts at the