Green Leadership Practices and Organizational Sustainability Performance: A Conceptual Framework

ABSTRACT: The world is facing a growing challenge of environmental degradation, social inequalities, and economic strains but most organisations still face the challenge of integrating the concept of sustainability in leadership practises and strategic decisions. Even with the increase in interest in sustainability, there are still gaps in information about how the holistic approach of the green leadership practise affects the performance of the organisation in terms of sustainability. It is in this context that the general goal of this research is to formulate an inclusive conceptual framework that tries to describe how the green leadership practises affect the sustainability performance of an organisation. In particular, the paper examines the role of environmental vision and commitment, responsible and ethical leadership, employee green empowerment, green decision-making orientation, stakeholder environmental involvement, and green role modelling in influencing the results of sustainability. The conceptual research approach is employed in the study and solely uses secondary data collected in the form of lectures, peer-reviewed books, conference discussions, reports, newspapers, and historical texts on the leadership and sustainability subject. The study is based on systematic literature review and conceptual analysis and synthesises theoretical and empirical evidence related to sustainability leadership, the stakeholder theory, and the resource-based perspective. This discussion indicates that integrated sustainability performance which includes environmental, social, and economic performance is enabled by green leadership practises. The paper suggests that the organisations should institutionalise the green leadership practises at both strategic and operational levels to promote the long-term sustainability performance. Summing it up, the suggested conceptual framework is a solid ground on the basis of future empirical research and can result in some practical recommendations to better leaders and policymakers, who may be interested in enhancing the sustainability of organisations.

KEYWORDS: Green leadership practices, Organizational sustainability performance, Ethical leadership, Employee green empowerment, Stakeholder engagement.