Sustainability Practices and Policies in Workplace

BSB51415 – Diploma of Project Management - Teacher: Peter Riddell
BSBSUS501 - Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
Assessment Task 1.
Question 1. List one piece of legislation, one regulation and one code of practice that relate
to environmental issues in this workplace. Explain the compliance requirements of each (50 –
80 words for each).
Answer: One of the laws which the Pompom Hotels has to adhere to is Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 or the EPBC Act. The law mentions
that commercial companies operating in Australia to ensure that they do not operate in ways
which are likely to have negative impacts on the environment of the country, especially in
areas of environmental importance. The companies like the Pompom Hotels should ensure
that their operations do not endanger ‘eight matters of national environmental significance
protected by the EPBC Act’ which include world heritage sites, national heritage spots and
the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The act further mandates even the local governments
would be required to take approval from the central government, if their acts are likely to
intervene with the EPBC Act. The act further mentions that business organisations should
plan and design their projects in order to minimise impact on the environment. The act
ultimately mentions that the breach of the EPBC Act amounts to criminal and civil offences.
The act even empowers the society and communities to approach the court to seek injunction
to stop an ongoing project if they perceive the same is hampering the environment
(Environment.gov.au. 2019).
One of the regulations which the workplaces in Australia like the Pompoms Hotel
have to be follow is the online payment systems of Reserve Bank. The apex bank of Australia
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issues regulations which companies have to follow while making and receiving payments
online. This is because the payment systems involve minimum two financial institutions. The
RBA acts as the regulator of the payment systems of Australia and as the clearing house
which leads to clearing of the payments (Rba.gov.au. 2019).
The workplaces in Australia like the Pompoms Hotel have to comply with the model
codes of practices set as per model WHS Act and Regulations. The codes have been enforced
on the firms in Australia to ensure safety of the workers they employ. The codes applies to
managers or personnel of any designation having subordinates under their authority.
Infringement of the codes are liable to attract legal trials (Safeworkaustralia.gov.au. 2019).
Question 2. Read the Pompoms Hotel Waste management policy. Review the policy
identifying areas where Pompoms Hotel can improve their practices (80 – 100 words).
Answer: A review of the waste management policy of Pompom Hotel shows that the hotel
can employ several practices to improve in the area. First of all, the case study mentions that
the hotel reuses the wastes in different forms like waste to energy formats. It can be pointed
out that in addition to implementing efficient waste management techniques itself, the
company should train the surrounding companies (Kasavan, Mohamed and Halim 2017). It
should aim adopt the strategy of selling wastes like bottles and cans which would generate
revenue for the hotel.
Question 3. a) Describe the general procedure you would follow in an organisation for
seeking approval to change current policies (50 – 80 words).
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Answer: The management of an organisation should identify the changes which have to be
embraced in order to comply the external market changes. Then the management should hold
meetings with the departmental heads to educate them to changes in current policies which
have to be adopted and the necessity of the adopting the changes. The third step which would
be adopted would that the departmental heads would educate the subordinate employees
reporting to them about the changes which they have to adopt. The departmental heads
should recognize the new skills which the employees would be required to develop to
embrace the changes. They apex management in collaboration with the departmental heads
and the HR department hold training sessions for the employees. The employees feeling
insecure and resisting the changes would be provided with counselling and mentoring
sessions to elevate their fears. The apex management bodies should then integrate the
changed policies with the organizational culture of the organisations concerned (Cameron
and Green 2015).
b) List five stakeholders you could seek input from when setting objectives and targets. For
each example provide the type of input they may provide (80 – 100 words).
Answer: The following are the five stakeholders and their inputs which companies should
approach while setting business targets and objectives:
Stakeholders Nature Inputs
Management Internal The apex management bodies of organisations
forms decisions and strategies
Employees Internal The employees execute the strategies formed by
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the management and gives feedback or ideas
which can promote decision making
Government External The government forms laws and policies which
the business organisations have to comply with.
The government also forms bilateral
relationships with other countries at the union
level which enable the companies to expand.
Customers External The customers buy products which generate
revenue for the company. The customers also
provide feedback regarding the products of the
company which the latter can integrate in the
business strategies.
Question 4. List three approaches you could apply in the workplace to assess compliance
with sustainability practices (50 – 70 words).
Answer: The three approaches which can be applied to assess compliance with sustainability
practices are as follows:
1. The management should train the employees to operate in sustainable ways.
2. The management should educate the employees on the importance of operating in
sustainable ways.
3. The management should form strategies to adopt sustainable ways.
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