Environmental sustainability is becoming vital for twenty-first-century businesses. This study thoroughly reviews the literature on green human resource management (GHRM) and employee green behaviour (EGB). A thorough search of Scopus and Web of Science databases found 46 peer-reviewed scholarly articles from 2013 to 2023, demonstrating the increased focus on sustainability. The underlying ideas, structural framework and nomological framework of GHRM in academic literature are carefully examined in these empirical articles. The ability–motivation–opportunity (AMO) hypothesis dominates GHRM–EGB literature, supported by social exchange and social cognitive theories to explain how GHRM affects pro-environmental behaviour. The literature demonstrates a nomological network with GHRM as antecedents, green commitment and psychological climate as mediators and personality, leadership and culture as moderators. Results include sustainability, green innovation and in-role and extra-role green habits. Most research comes from emerging economies’ service sectors (Pakistan, India, China and Malaysia), limiting cross-sector and cross-cultural generalisability. The Journal of Cleaner Production, CSR, Environmental Management and Sustainability are top journals. Influential scholars, including Fawehinmi, Dumont, Chaudhary and Ababneh, link psychological and organisational GHRM to green outcomes. This study helps researchers and top management understand how GHRM promotes sustainability.
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