• J.UMALATHA

Carbon emissions and pollution have been increasing at an alarming rate. To limit the effects, corporate world has started taking initiatives to promote environment friendly practices. The study was done on a sample of 120 employees and 5 HR managers in major IT firms in Coimbatore. The process adopted for the study involved interaction as well as e-questionnaire. Most of the respondents were aware of the environmental management systems in their respective companies and the HR managers agreed to the fact that green HR policies had contributed in increasing the profit share of the company. According to the research, the major barriers to the implementation of sustainable policies were cost of implementing programs and the cost of maintaining programs. It was found out that majority of the employees are aware of the practices followed and they do think that it is an important step towards sustainability. Green HR is an integral part of an organization as it is very important for a sustainable future. It is a positive step towards energy conservation and is the need of the hour.

Green human resource management, human resource information system, environmental sustainability, carbon emissions, sustainable practices, etc.

"GREEN HR PRACTICES OF THE IT FIRMS IN COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.71-75, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRX006015.pdf

"GREEN HR PRACTICES OF THE IT FIRMS IN COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp71-75, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRX006015.pdf