The aim of this study is to determine the impact of green human resources management (GHRM) practices on organizational excellence in higher education institutions in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region. Descriptive and analytical methods were used in this study. GHRM practices (green recruitment and selection, green reward management, green performance appraisal, green training and development, and green career management) were considered as independent variables and organizational excellence was considered as dependent variable for this study. The primary data used in this study were obtained from a structured questionnaire distributed to examine university staff. Seventy-three valid questionnaires have been collected and analyzed. The findings of the research showed that there is a positive correlation between GHRM practices and organizational excellence. Career management has the strongest relationship with organizational excellence and their correlation coefficient is 0.391. Performance appraisal has the lowest value among the independent variables but the correlation is positive (0.302).
