Sustainability of Operas and Theatres

This assignment explores the sustainability strategies of Sydney Opera House. It includes a review of resources, sustainability policies, audience feedback, resource efficiency, statistical review, and recommendations. The aim is to delve into the sustainability achievement strategies of the famous cultural venue.

Running head: SUSTAINABILITY OF OPERAS AND THEATRES
Sustainability of Operas and Theatres
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Table of Contents
Introduction:...........................................................................................................................2
1. Review of the resources of the Sydney House Opera:.......................................................2
2. Review of Sydney House Opera Sustainability Policies and Sustainability Plans:...............2
3. Review of Audience feedback:..............................................................................................3
4. Review of resource efficiency:...............................................................................................3
5. Review of Sydney Opera House statistically:........................................................................3
a. Graphs showing progress towards target sustainability level:...........................................4
b. Graphs showing sustainability trends:...............................................................................5
c. Success and/or shortfalls of sustainability implementation and communication:..............5
i. Trends in resource use:...................................................................................................6
ii. Audience feedback:........................................................................................................6
d. Trends requiring remedial actions and continuous improvement plan:.............................6
e. A review of Sydney Opera House’s policies of resource management:............................6
f. Recommendations:..............................................................................................................7
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................7
References:.................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction:
Sustainability achievement is important for gaining operational effectiveness and
stakeholder support. This fact holds truer for the internationally famous cultural venues like
the Sydney Opera, Australia. The sustainability achievement for these organisations is so
expensive and crucial that it requires direct supervision of apex management
(sydneyoperahouse.com 2018). The aim of the assignment is to delve into the sustainability
achievement strategies of the famous cultural venue.
1. Review of the resources of the Sydney House Opera:
The reports which document the resources used in the Sydney Opera House show that
the opera uses its resources judiciously and seeks to attain sustainability. The financial
resources of the opera come from income from shows held at the auditoriums. Moreover, the
opera employs skilled manpower which accounts for its human resource power. The case
study reveals that the opera house seeks to attain sustainability to using its resources like
energy more judiciously and reducing its expenditure (business.gov.au 2018).
2. Review of Sydney House Opera Sustainability Policies and Sustainability Plans:
The review of the Sydney Opera House’s sustainability policy and sustainable plan
shows that the house seeks to attain sustainability in several ways. First, the corporate
websites of the house reveals that it involves stakeholders like visitors, educational institutes
and artists as important parts of its sustainable corporate plan. Second, the house encourages
the groups hiring its venue to use environment friendly organic decorative items and
cosmetics (sydneyoperahouse.com 2018). Third, the management seeks to reduce electricity
consumption to reduce carbon dioxide emission due to high energy consumption as shown in
the implementation plan. Fourth, the opera house accepts donations from different entities

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like schools and colleges by selling small gift items. The amount collected goes towards
helping the underprivileged sections of the society, thus paving ways for their economic
sustainability. Thus, the sustainable policies of the house strive to benefit the environment
and the community as a whole (Childers et al. 2015).
3. Review of Audience feedback:
The feedback of the staff members, the audience to the training session would be
reviewed. It would shed light on their understanding and increase in knowledge post training
session.
4. Review of resource efficiency:
The review of the corporate information and the resource efficiency targets like
saving electricity reveals that the Sydney Opera House has performed excellently to gain
sustainability. The opera house has cut down its energy and gas consumption. It has reduced
usage of toxic chemicals and engaged staff in supporting its sustainability targets. The house
is also encouraging actions like urging audiences to opt for sustainable means of using the
house like switching off lights when not in use. Thus, assessment of each of these set targets
shows that the house has succeeded in gaining resource efficiency (Waas et al. 2014).
5. Review of Sydney Opera House statistically:
The following sections would review of sustainability achievement of the Sydney
Opera House on the basis of statistical graphs:

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a. Graphs showing progress towards target sustainability level:
Figure 1. Graph showing electricity generation by fuel type till 2017
(Source: reneweconomy.com.au 2018)
The figure above shows that the trend in the sources of energy in Australia from 2008
to 2017. The figure clearly shows that the demand for coal as a source of electricity is falling
while the renewable sources of energy like wind and solar energy are experiencing demand
surges. The Sydney Opera is shifting towards using sustainable sources of energy as per the
sustainability targets. Thus, the graph clearly shows that the progress of the Sydney Opera
House towards sustainability would be positive as it would gain support from the growing
sustainable energy market like solar energy in Australia (Apanavičienė et al. 2015).

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b. Graphs showing sustainability trends:
Figure 2. Projected output of solar and wind power in Australia in 2018
(Source: reneweconomy.com.au 2018)
The graph above shows projected sustainability trends in the energy market of
Australia in 2018. The graph shows wind energy has higher potential of development into an
in-demand source of renewable energy in the future. The opera house is also emphasising on
gaining sustainability by cutting down its energy consumption and also by switching over to
organic material usage, as per its corporate report. Thus, one can evaluate from the study of
the sustainability plans of the Sydney Opera and the emergence of wind and solar energy as
future energy sources that opera is moving in the right direction towards achieving
sustainability (Hosenuzzaman et al. 2015).
c. Success and/or shortfalls of sustainability implementation and communication:
The following section analyses the success or shortfalls of the sustainability
implementation plan of the Sydney Opera House:

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i. Trends in resource use:
The trends in the two above graphs successfully show that the renewable sources of
energy like wind and solar power would gain more importance compared to conventional
sources of energy like coal. The shortfall of the trend of resource use graphs shown above lies
in the fact that they remain silent about the technological developmental trends to support the
renewable energy sources (Apanavičienė et al. 2015).
ii. Audience feedback:
The growing markets of renewable energy sources shows that the Sydney Opera
House would get positive audience support. This support would stem from growing
awareness about renewable sources of energy among the employees of the opera (Childers et
al. 2015).
d. Trends requiring remedial actions and continuous improvement plan:
The energy trends graphs above show that non-renewable sources like coal are still
used to generate energy, though their demand shows downward trend. The government
should take remedial actions to encourage more technological advancements to support
massive adoption of renewable sources of energy like solar energy. The opera should make
plans to improve its sustainability achievements. The sustainability should consist of steps
like shifting towards sustainable sources of energy and installing recycling plants to reuse the
wastes (Hosenuzzaman et al. 2015).
e. A review of Sydney Opera House’s policies of resource management:
A review of policies of the opera house to measure and analyse resource consumption
and its recording shows that it is advanced and well maintained. However, the opera house
must keep on augmenting its resources and resource management system to strengthen its
sustainability (Apanavičienė et al. 2015).

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f. Recommendations:
The following are the recommendations which can be made based on the above
discussion:
1. The Sydney Opera House should improve its sustainability policies, communication
and management by adopting modern technology to integrate its sustainability policies with
its business. This would enable it to make its entire business operations sustainable.
2. The sustainability plans and sustainable policies of the company should be part of its
core policies. It should be under supervision of senior and middle level management.
Conclusion:
The above discussion of the two assignments shows that the Sydney Opera should
obtain sustainability. The opera is capable of generating huge revenue to bring about
sustainability of not only itself but also the local communities. The internationally famous
theatre should follow the energy trends in Australia to gain sustainability. In fact, it is a
prudent decision of the management to strengthen sustainability measures taking advantage
of rising markets of renewable energy sources like wind and solar energy. This would help
the company gain support of government, suppliers and the society as a whole to obtain
sustainability.

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