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Going Green in the Workplace
Going Green
Going Green: Going Green in the Workplace
Human resource managers are bringing the green movement into the workplace. At a recent conference of the Central New York Society for Human Resource Management they devoted time to designing green behaviors in the workplace.
“In the past it looked too expensive and now it's the way you have to go in order to stay in business and grow it properly. As human resources professionals we need to understand that and bring that information to the table and help guide and direct our CEOs as they go forward,” said Keith Flynn, Vice President of CNY SHRM.
Keith Flynn says practicing sustainability and conservation will help save money.
“As we saw last year with high gas prices and high-energy costs, we're at the whim of offshore suppliers and the world economy so we help with that and go forward by making good decisions for our companies and be good stewards of our earth,” said Flynn.
But Flynn cautions that saving money probably won't happen immediately.
“You have to have a long-term plan. The initial investments are probably more but you have to look beyond one year. You have to have a five and ten year plan if you want to be around five and ten years from now,” said Flynn.
The 700 members of CNY SHRM also learned that going green is creates new job opportunities.
“As job professionals we'd love to be on the recruiting front creating new jobs as we go forward. On the cost side of things, can green technology help businesses cut costs? In the past probably not, then it was too expensive but, now as it gets more popular and we see where it's going not only is it less expensive but essential,” said Flynn.
