Sustainable Enterprises: A Case Study of Nomad Restaurant in Australia

This report highlights the sustainability practices of Nomad restaurant in Australia, focusing on its social, economic, and environmental dimensions. It discusses the restaurant's efforts in reducing waste, sourcing locally, and promoting social equity. The report also explores the economic benefits of sustainability and the importance of monitoring systems and indicators in achieving sustainable development goals.

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Executive summary
This report majorly highlights about the sustainability aspect, which mainly highlights
about its three main indicators, such as social, environmental and economic indicators. As it is
very necessary for the every organization of every sector to adopt the various sustainability
techniques, which further helps the environment as well as company for the future to earn more
and live more. Similarly, this report carries information about the famous restaurant of Australia
named as Nomad, Surry hills which adopts various and numerous techniques towards
sustainability in respect to environment which not only benefits them to be rare of all but also
turn the environmental bad situation and leads to better initiatives towards society globally.
Other than this, this report also highlights information about the social as well as economic
aspects in general but still it contributes towards the society as whole.

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Contents
Executive summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Features of good monitoring system............................................................................................3
Features that contribute to effective indicators............................................................................4
Enterprise Description.....................................................................................................................4
Sustainability Dimension.................................................................................................................5
Socio- culture dimension.............................................................................................................6
Economic dimension...................................................................................................................6
Environmental Dimension...........................................................................................................7
Specific sustainability Area.............................................................................................................9
Summary Table................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Sustainability factor mainly highlights about the individual desire for an environment that
helps in reaping the current as well as future profits. Its main aspect is to set various decisions in
terms of economic, environmental and social aspect, which can be sustained and leads to success
in longer term. Monitoring process or system generally gives emphasis on developing and
maintaining the great sustainability practices. Such monitoring system reveals the trends and
patterns of the sustainable system by constructing a good understanding (Clayton, & Radcliffe,
2018).
In general, terms it always states that indicators are and will be the backbone of the
monitoring process or the system, which is all for and towards the sustainable development goals
at the local, national, regional as well as international level. The sound indicator helps in turning
the sustainable development goals and their targets into a management tool, which mainly helps
the countries to develop and implement various strategies and helps in allocation of the resources
accordingly. Along with this, report cards are also maintained to extent growth towards
maintainable expansion and helps in ensuring the accountability of the entire stakeholder for
attaining sustainable development goals (Welter, 2012).
Features of good monitoring system
It is seen that well designed system mainly helps the organization in identifying the
promising interventions early so that it implemented accurately. Moreover, it also helps in
generating useful information for further formulating and justifying budgets requests. Other than
this, the main features of an effective monitoring system mainly highlights that it is an cost
operative for the functioning unit, along with it also provide user- friendly means of considerate
the current position of the significant strategy. Other than this, it also helps in making the
decision at the management level, which is easy, and efficient. It also provides the clear
indicators against the organization and information for the outputs, which are easily available
and verifiable. Lastly, it is also seen that an effective monitoring system has many ways to report

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to findings to those who can take further actions and apply those findings for the positive
changes (Alegre, et al, 2016).
Features that contribute to effective indicators
In basic terms, an indicator is something, which mainly highlights about the issue or the
condition. It main purpose is to highlight about how well the entire system is working. If there
any issue, an indicator helps the system to determine what all direction is to be considered in
relation to the issue. It is seen that every effective indicator which majorly comprises relevancy,
easy to understand, reliable and accessible data. It is seen that indicators are majorly useful for
substitutes for measuring condition, which are complex in nature, and there is no direct
measurement (Hák, Moldan, & Dahl, 2012).
Enterprise Description
Nomad in Surry Hills, in Australia, is one of the famous restaurants of the sustainable
countries. It was opened in 2013, with the main aim of carry organized the best Australian wine,
produced and designed in the core of the Australia. It is located in the turn of century depository
with the large open vital kitchenette and public house. This restaurant mainly uses locally
harvested and sustainable firewood instead of charcoal. Nomad ethically sources its meat and
buys the entire whole animal by breaking it down and using its every part. Other sustainability
actions majorly includes the use of the local wine, repurposing used oil into biofuels and serving
as a solar panel host site for the local community. Other than this, this particular restaurant is
also working with Pin gala energy in order to become a host site restaurant, which generates the
rooftop solar generation, which mainly provides or produce the renewable energy while allowing
the local community to invest in it for the solid return. Nomad also applies bottle cycler system,
which helps in crushing all the glasses used on premises and compacts it. Other than this, they
also save 33% kilos of carbon emission per bin (Nomad Foods, 2014).
If we talk about offering of this restaurant, it generally offers the range of Mediterranean
inspired choices, which mainly comprises of snacks, small plates, pork on the wooden fired
oven, fish cooked over charcoal and much more. The entire menu is set according to the seasons
and availability from the local farmers. Other than this, it also provides the free range of heritage
pork, which is mainly sourced from the Melanda Park on the banks of the Hawesbury River.

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Hence, in terms of specialties, Nomad is the central door of the city where food and wine
displays the best local produce, which is grown and raised by the Australian farmers. Nomad
menu is mainly drawn over the flavors from the Mediterranean along with the use of the local
Australian ingredients, which generates or creates a dynamic and seasonal driven menu. It main
aspect is to focus over the produce, which are sourced from the growers along with the
sustainability aspect or on the philosophy of sustainability. Along with this, Nomad was also
awarded with the chef hat in 2014 and comes under the Australia’s top 100 restaurants (Nomad
Foods, 2014).
Moreover, dumphy phases of sustainability mainly highlights about the six phases, in
which first phase highlights about rejection in which company gives more importance to profit
rather than society, employees and nature. Second is non-responsiveness in which public and
ecological matters are ignored. Thirdly, it highlights about compliance factor focuses over risk
reduction and weakening to meet the least morals tighter regulations on environment or social
issues are mostly opposed. Forth aspect highlights about efficiency as it displays the mindfulness
of the sustainability performs and the company emphasis on competence and the cost saving
benefits to business.
Fifth phase highlights about strategic proactivity in which sustainability becomes a core
part or strategy of the business, in this business focus on achieving modest benefit and long-term
success from sustainability creativities. Lastly, supporting company the last phase in which
business sustainability morals are fully internalised. In this firms energetically follows ecological
revitalization, social fairness and human well-being at all levels.
According to the Nomad Surry hills, Australian the sustainability aspect it mainly lies in
the category of Strategic proactivity in which sustainability becomes the main aspect along with
the business operations. As, Nomad focuses on its competitive advantage strategies, along with
this it practicing of sustainability initiatives and earning profits out of it.
Sustainability condition of the restaurant highlights that it lies in the fifth stage strategic
proactivity in which Nomad is working over the food waste aspect, in which they are reducing
energy, water and waste. Moreover, the food, which is left over, is distributed over the poverty

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Section of the society, to children who are from very poor families, which highlights that
company is working towards sustainability aspect.
Sustainability Dimension
If we purely talks about the sustainability development aspect it mainly calls for the long-
term mechanical plan for the world’s financial system and social system, which mainly
objectives to decrease the problem on the environment and the natural wealth to the permanently
viable level. Other than this, sustainability aspect helps in growth that accomplishes to balance
these proportions and can be sustained for longer time period. Hence, sustainability aspect never
ignore social, economic and environmental aspect as these aspects helps in generating success of
the entire development process (Wellard, Glasson, & Chapman, 2012).
Sustainability for restaurants majorly highlights about the operating ways, which protects,
preserves or helps in restoring the natural environment. Other than this, it also helps in
promoting social fairness, enhancing the lives of the persons and groups through contributing to
the cost-effective wealth for the stockholders and the shareholders.
Triple bottom line concept is used by mainly businesses to access the profit, which they
make through their corporate sustainability solutions. Hence, the businesses, which use the triple
bottom line, are one of the best makers of how sustainable their business is and how profitable it
really is. Hence, in Nomad concern, they are more towards environmental sustainability as they
manage, monitor and report the consumption, waste, and emissions. They make less waste
lessening and adopt green strategies business wide standards across all the stages of organization.
When we connect sustainability with the Nomad restaurant, which is located in the heart
of the people of Sydney it mainly highlights that nomad serves the best Australian wines with the
fine foods, which are sourced locally. The restaurants main motive is to reduce waste and send it
to land fill by strictly recycling. They also use cooking oil and then after use it gets recycled.
Other than this, water consumption has also minimized through an installation of the flow
restrictors at the restaurants taps. Hence, all aspects highlights that they consciously consider the
mindful choices towards sustainability and are much clearer to the firm (Feng, & Sun, 2012).

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Socio- culture dimension
Socio-culture aspect mainly highlights about the equality of opportunities for the people
living as community. Moreover, involving welfare aspect, maintaining the quality of life and also
generates the sustainable human development needs such as fulfilling human needs, ending
poverty, improving individuals quality of life and along with this, it also helps in offering or
giving full rights and secure life and liberties to individual in longer term (Barclay, 2012).
In terms of nomad, the main aim in terms of social dimension mainly generates
information about the supplier, creators, cultivators and service provider whose main wish is to
diminish the carbon footprints. Company’s chef also contributes to it by producing the source as
close as possible to the restaurant. Chef source is to yield as close as possible to the restaurant.
Along with this, they are also minimizing the distance for the produce that must be transported
(Axelsson, et al, 2013).
Economic dimension
Economic efficiency dimension mainly highlights information about the efficiency of
economic as well as technological activities, which further helps the company to foster
investment and productivity, economic growth and helps in generating the potential output.
Moreover, economic prosperity is also on of the element of the economic dimension, which is
necessary for the sustainable development (Schneider, & Meins, 2012).
Moreover, sustainability for restaurants mainly highlights about operating in which it
helps in protects, preserves or restores the natural environment, also helps in promoting social
equity. Other than this, it also helps in enhancing the lives of individuals and communities,
which helps in contributing to economic prosperity for the shareholders as well as the
stakeholders (Montiel, & Delgado-Ceballos, 2014).
There are frequent other financial benefits which are associated to sustainability such as
water decline in restaurants, water reduction uses not only directly protects cash on the water bill
bit along with this, it also helps in saving money over vitality used to drive the water, the vitality
used to warmth the water as well as cost associated with it. With time the restaurants develops
the complete water administration tactics that enumerate the company’s total water cost and
develops various strategies to reduce over time (Åhman, 2013).

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Moreover, in terms of Nomad, Apana is one of the techniques, which helps in innovating
water administration machinery that uses internet of things equipment to path, and display water
use of amenities and along with this, it provides automatic alerts to recognize and eradicate the
water leftover. Some of the water competence an opportunity adopts by the nomad includes low
flow jets and fittings, water capture and reprocess dishwasher arrangements (Haghi, & Zabihi
2012).
Moreover, company also engage and getting input from many investors as possible. This
majorly includes group of persons, the business containing workers, supplier, clienteles,
communal associates, administration and others. Other than this, restaurant also does the
complete valuation of the business and develops the list of parts where the highest materials is
required and are impacted. Moreover, company also develops sustainability metrics such as
energy use, GHG releases and waste and also generates indicators such as data per client or per
square foot of the structure space is calculated (Lee, Hallak, & Sardeshmukh, 2019).
This sustainability concept also helps in identifying newer technologies, policies and
programs, which helps nomad to achieve its goals. Sustainability consultants are helpful in
guiding businesses and bringing out the best performs newer machineries and leading the
thorough monetary examination of the future success.
Hence, in economic sustainability aspects, the goal of every organization as similar as
Nomad believes in continual improvements, reducing prices, endure to shape flexibility and
lastly contributes to a healthier creation for every individual, every business and globally too
(Weingaertner, & Moberg, 2014).
Environmental Dimension
Lastly, in terms of environmental responsibility dimension majorly highlights about the
ability to use the natural resources without undermining the equilibrium and helps in maintaining
the integrity of ecosystem. This factor helps in reducing the burden on the environment.
Along with this, there is an increase in the demand for the transparency and increase in
the customers’ expectation; hence, implementing the sustainable practices helps in increasing

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opportunities as well as challenges for the restaurants. As opportunity, it will be authoritative for
the long-term fitness and achievement of the business and in challenges concern, today the
industry is facing slower growth, higher operating costs, employees’ staffing and retaining and
lastly the need to appeal the diverse demographics customers (Herrero, & Thornton, 2013).
As in concern to nomad restaurant, they in environmental more concern likewise, they
have huge chances for the cost saving through energy competence, which helps in upgrading and
renewable energy investments. Nomad applies energy organization arrangement, which helps in
identifying the vitality leftover in their processes and reduces energy use through conduct
change, new strategies for the vitality effectiveness advertisings. Moreover, it also highlights that
all light fixtures in the Nomad eatery are LED which uses seven times lesser energy than
luminescent or halogen big glows (Nomad Foods, 2014).
Other than this, when we talk about the sustainability aspect of Nomad restaurant, they
also work for the rooftop solar panels, They in this aspect works over Pingala to develop a host
site astrophysical farm for which native communal can capitalize in. Moreover, it also helps in
generating the clear vitality and the same period receiving a better income on their speculation.
Moreover, staff retirement fund also works for the sustainability aspect, in which they have any
morals based achieved assets and on that basis, staff has an choice to capitalize in Australian
principled great, a fantastic fund basically helps in capitalizing in fresh vitality, accountable
investment, reprocessing (Le Saout, et al, 2013).
In terms of waste nomad is working with the waste contractors JJ Richards. As with
them, they bifurcate waste into general waste, wooden waste, plastic waste, metallic waste,
organic waste, and thereby reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill by 80%.
In terms of polystyrene, all polystyrene containers are applied for deliveries of creating to
the restaurants are refunded to the dealers for Re-use. Nomad also reuses cooking oil, in which
firstly, they recollect and then they reprocessed to make the biodiesel fuel. Nomad in terms of
paper use applies or uses only reprocessed paper merchandises. In washrooms they uses 100%
reprocessed toilette papers, which covers no chlorine, inks, colors or perfumes. Office printing
paper is 100% reflex recovered and re-uses every page to safeguard patterns on both the edges
and edges. Moreover, their paper masses are also made with the reprocessed paper, their take

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away vessels are also complete from the herb fiber, which will fit into mud within 90 days.
Printings of menus are also done of the quarterly basis, or over on the season basis also it
changes and most probably, they avoid re-prints and through this, they reduce or minimize the
paper usage (Leslie, et al, 2015).
As nomad restaurant is famous for its wine serving, as they choose to support by the
Australian growers and winemakers. Moreover, they focus on winegrowers and winemakers that
lowly the organization which carry desire to their skills and harvest an amazing wine through
various methods such as bio-dynamic agricultural, least interference aspects. Along with this,
they are also chemical, sulphur free, and use least sanitizing and straining.
Lastly, on the environmental sustainable basis, nomad chooses to offer the best tap water,
which are ice-cold, strained and carbonated on site. This scheme also chooses disproves the
introduction of carbonated bottled water transported in from foreign. Currently, they also apply
the vestal water structure, which removes the usage of water over four million solo use water
bottles each time. Other than this, in the similar aspect, all the glass bottles, which are used or
produced inside the cafeterias, are creased and are together by using the water cycler structure.
As in this every container of crushes glass bottles collected, saves up to 33-kilo grams of carbon
oxide emissions and helps the company to save the environment from such harmful gases, which
not only affects the nearby environment but also generates the huge loss in the atmosphere of the
country outside (Nomad Foods, 2014).
Specific sustainability Area
Specific sustainability which Nomad, Surry hills Australia adopts is environment
sustainability in which they majorly focus over the water, pollution, waste recovery, reuse the
paper usage, in lighting aspect, staff superannuation, usage of charcoal and firewood and lastly
making use of rooftop solar panels to save the nature and also to safeguard the individuals and an
entire environment as well.

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Summary Table
Indicator Definition Measured Limitation and
challenges
Clean and carbonated
water
Strainer, cold and
carbonate consumption
water bottled from
overseas. As they
applies Vestal water
system and collects
bottle cycler system
With every creased
tumbler, they protect
33 kg of CO2
emission.
As setting vestal
water management
will be costlier than
normal water
servings.
Wine In this, company does
make use of Australian
growers and
winemakers. This is all
form through use of
biodynamic agri-
business, nominal
interference and are
biochemical and
sulphur free.
It will be more cost
consuming, as
refining and
filtering are much
costly.
Waste Waste defines as a
general leftover,
insubstantial leftover,
malleable leftover,
metallic leftover and
carbon-based leftover.
All this helps in
sinking the quantity of
leftover that goes to
landfill by up to 80
percent
Moreover, they are
also reducing
greenhouse gas
emission year after
year
Polystyrene As in this, polystyrene This helps in reducing Rather than this,

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containers are used for
the transfer of products
to the restaurants and
are reimbursed to the
dealers for reprocess.
the effect of
polystyrene on nature
company is
adopting plant fiber
for delivering the
products, which is
quite costly. And
for all this, more of
labor is required.
So labor cost will
also increase.
Water usage It highlights that
company do adopts
flow restrictors, which
are installed at all the
taps for saving more
water than usual.
This aspects helps the
company to reduce the
water intake by up to
65%
Paper usage Only reprocessed
paper merchandises
are used. Reflex aspect
for printing paper and
reusing each page,
paper bags are also
recycled and along
with its takeaway
containers are made of
plant fiber.
In bathrooms, 1005
recycled toilet paper
used. For takeaway
containers plant fibers
turns into soil within
90 days.
Lighting All light fitting within
the restaurant are LED
As these LED, lights
use 7 times lesser
electricity as compared
to halogens light
globes.
Rooftop solar panels Solar panels helps in Adoption of Pingala The solar panel

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generating the clear
vitality and at the same
period, it is receiving
the greater profit on
their deal.
as it is the first host
site solar farm, which
works for longer
period.
setup is very much
costly at initial it
not but later it lead
to higher returns.
Customers packaging
foods
The products which
are carried by
customers are totally
safe
As packaging is
recyclable and they
are, keep on improving
this. 100% this target
will be fulfilled.
Packaging material
tends to be higher
in cost as
packaging is done
quite different.
Food In food it includes, fish
and sea food from
sustainable fishing and
responsible farming
Adoption of healthier
meal choices
100% conversion to
sustainable fishing and
farming activities will
be adopted.
As in this, year after
year healthy choices
will be added in their
food portfolio.
This part also
requires labor,
which further leads
to the higher cost
of labor than usual.
The above table depicts that there are numerous indicators in concern to environmental
factor, which are adopted by Nomad Surry hills, Australia. As it states that, there are many
practices such as water usage by 65% is a good number. Other than this, using of Led lights
rather than using halogens lights globe as this technique helps in saving 7 times lesser electricity
than incandescent. Moreover, is it also seen that company has adopted the rooftop solar panels in
which local community invest in, this, helps in generating the clear liveliness and at the same
time company gain greater profit on their deal. As the best sustainability adoption by the
company was paper usage, they only used recycled paper, 100% recycled toilet paper, 100%
recycled printing paper and ensure that both the sides are printed. Moreover, paper bags are also
made of recycling paper. Takeaway containers are made of plant fiber that helps in biodegrading

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it into soil within 90 days. Hence, such initiatives help in avoid wastage and reprints and also
minimize the paper usage.
However, all these initiatives are much costlier because installing of the system within
the company and along with the they also has to set labor accordingly. All these installation not
only increases the cost of the machines which needs regular services facilities and the
technological aspect which needs to be updated regularly before they become obsolete leads to
the higher cost and along with this, handling the same requires more labor than usual. Hence, all
these aspects help the company towards maintaining the sustainable environment in long run.
But for the same the company needs to pay higher at initial they will not be able to recover but
further they will surely fulfills both the objectives as one is adopting the sustainability criteria
and secondly, earning and recovering all those finances which were invested at initial
installations and setups.

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