Greening of HRM has emerged as an important thrust area for management and a new key area in the field of Human Resource Management. In the 21 st century, corporate sustainability has become a strategic imperative for all businesses. There is a growing need to do the corporate 'greening' in order to integrate environmental management into business. Green HRM plays a pivotal role in business for promoting environment related issues by adopting and following green HR policies and practices. This

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... n turn, enhances corporate and brand image of any business organization. The area of green HRM has attracted the attention of many management scholars, business managers, employees and employers. Today, more number of organizations are responding and operating in an environmentally responsible way for becoming a viable and sustainable system. This paper seeks to provide the conceptual framework of green HRM, need for greening HR functions and highlights the process model of green HRM encompassing the activities concerning on boarding and acquisition of human resources, training and development, employee relation, performance appraisal and management, reward management etc. (from entry till exit process) to attain corporate sustainability and management.