Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability

This article discusses the development of workplace policy and procedures for sustainability. It includes three policy option summaries, drafting sustainability policy, implementation approach, interim report, best practice model, strategies for promoting awareness of sustainability policy, and strategies for maximizing the impact of the policy.

Running head: BSBSUS501 DEVELOP WORKPLACE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
Assessment Task 1 BSBSUS501 Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
Develop Policy
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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Three policy option summaries
In this section, there will be development of an implementation plan as well as
monitoring strategy that will be used for understanding the application at Tiny Opera Company.
The information can be gathered by reviewing the sustainability plan of Tiny Opera Company
and completing the implementation plan as well. Policy option summary will help in developing
a monitoring strategy on selected scenario in order to gain approval from management through
use of proper implementation plan. This plan will help in developing a presentation and
conducting training session for the employees who are working at Tiny Opera Company and
make use of this training session for improving resource efficiency within the company.
Each of the three policy option is summarized below with proper justification:
1. Potable water and waste water- It is known to all that water scarcity can be treated as
main component that is basically needed for industrial as well as economic growth. In
that case, portable waster is needed for meeting increasing demands of freshwater
resources as it is one of the issues noted on agendas like environment and development
factors for past decades.
2. Suppliers, products and use of materials- Raw materials are needed at first place so that
company can plan to meet consumer demand for goods and services. In order to get raw
materials into a saleable product in future, it is needed to get proper functioning of
production as well as manufacturing and distribution activities. Addition to that, applying
environmental standards at the time of procuring sustainable products and services will
help in providing a catalyst and that will bring improvement in the environment and high

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performance in supply chains. This altogether will include other factors such as driving
resource efficiency as well as innovation at the same time. Furthermore, managing
demand is necessary and this is one of the organizational strategies that will give
opportunities for controlling as well as reducing costs. However, effective use of
technology will be in automating business process and even lead to bring improvement in
the productivity as well as environmental performance as a whole.
3. Office waste, building waste and recovering from used resources- It is important to
understand the fact that developing strategies as well as practices are needed for
managing huge quantities of waste generated and this is treated as one of the
environmental challenge. Earlier, there were several traditional approaches used for
managing waste and this relies upon natural environment for absorbing and assimilating
unwanted by-products. In addition, environmental impacts get linked with waste disposal
such as methane emissions, land contamination as well as toxicity and leachate
discharges.

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Drafting sustainability policy
Tiny Opera Company’s Sustainability Policy
Policy Scope
The scope of the sustainability policy of Tiny Opera Company is to explain the
commitments as well as implementation approach and discuss about the responsible parties. The
main aim of policy scope is to ensure that the objectives are met in the long-run and these are
discussed below. Therefore, the sustainability policy of Tiny Opera Company takes into account
business operations of goods as well as services at the same time.
Policy Objectives
 The Sustainability Policy of Tiny Opera Company deals with highlighting the high risk
environmental aspects as portrayed by the Environmental Risk Assessment Department
 The Sustainability Policy of Tiny Opera Company fails to address staff welfare that
relates to health and safety because the aspect is taken care by the Occupational Health
and Safety Department
 The Sustainability Policy of Tiny Opera Company contain strategies of diverse business
that they will be expanding in the near future
 Tiny Opera Company desire to become leader in environmental as well as social aspects
that is linked with sustainability programs.
 Tiny Opera Company aims at influencing environmental outcomes that can be done by
partnering with the stakeholders

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 Tiny Opera Company believes in engaging their staff members, partners as well as
community to work upon several key sustainability issues and inspire them so that they
can take action both individually and collectively.
Tine Opera Company’s Commitment to the Policy
In this section, there will be proper explanation of the policy that will provide a
framework that will be used for implementing measures in bringing improvement in the
environmental performance.
 Tiny Opera Company will adopt Environmental Sustainability Policy as it is one of the
comprehensive policy design and this help in improving performance as well as
mitigating high risk. The risk can be avoided by considering the environmental aspects as
highlighted in the risk assessment
 Tiny Opera Company will adopt a policy that will expand with the policy statement as
well as introduces from the context of environmental and sustainability. The policy even
highlights the legislative as well as policy obligations that will help in understanding the
responsibilities and actions that should be followed by the Department officials
 Tiny Opera Company will be complying with all important environmental legislations
planning, initiatives as well as regulations and planning of policies
 Tiny Opera Company will be setting environmental objectives as well as aims at
targeting attributes that ensure continuous improvement
 Tiny Opera Company will be communicating and delivering environmental sustainability
objectives as well as set an target and plan implementation for each 3 years

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 Tiny Opera Company will be focusing on clear accountabilities
 Tiny Opera Company will be monitoring as well as assessing level of performance
against targets, standards and benchmarks
 Tiny Opera Company will be reporting on the performance individually and this is
transparent by nature
 Tiny Opera Company will be reviewing the environmental performance and
communicate the same to the Upper Management Level every year
 Tiny Opera Company will be communicating level of commitment addressed in front of
the staff members as well as stakeholders
 Tiny Opera Company will be working with supply chain and this will be used to source
products as well as services
 Tiny Opera Company will be developing practices for achieving requirements of
environmental legislation as well as industry standards and government policies.
Implementation approach- office waster, building waste as well as resource resources
Energy management programs as well as training of staff members
 Developing formal energy management policy
 Developing achievable targets as well as policies
 Appointing Energy Management Committee
 Continuous reviews, feedback sessions as well as action planning
 Rewards and recognition to the staff members who are performing well
 Collection of accurate record of energy consumption

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Office recycling systems
 Installation of paper recycling system
 Installation of recycling system in the offices
 Application of centralized paper recycling system
 With each desk, there will be small paper bin as well as small garbage bin
 Existing recycling system to be improved
 Introduction of Office Waste reduction program
Interim report
The Sustainability Policy of Tiny Opera Company had been developed for meeting the
industrial requirements in proper ways. Some of the sustainability strategies that should be used
by Tiny Opera Company are as follows:
 Minimum utilization of available resources
 Waste minimization
 Waste recycling all the time
 Minimizing use of toxic material as well as other hazardous chemicals
 Application of sustainability continuous improvement strategy
 Monitoring the sustainability policy
 Implementation of life cycle management approaches
Best Practice Model- Government energy efficiency programs

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The efficiency of Australian Government can be measured by understanding the energy
usage as well as investment made in getting better buildings and equipments. It is the Australian
Government who is working with the state and tertiary government so that they can implement
some strategies and these are as follows:
 Staff members to know their objectives and implementation of project
 Requirements of minimum energy performance
 Eliminating cost generated from waster and minimum energy waste
 Reviewing energy ratings especially for commercial buildings as well as appliances and
equipment
 Implementation of Commercial Building Disclosure as it is one of the national program
that need mandatory energy ratings used for commercial office buildings that are either
sold or leased for given period of time.
 Showing the results of all the department so that staff members remains updated with all
the policies.
Strategies for promoting awareness of sustainability policy
 Setting up a Sustainability Corner as presented in the company internet
 Updating bulletin board that are present in the cafeteria. In this board, all the information
about sustainability should be mentioned
 Sharing electricity bill with employees
 Sharing water or sewage bill with the staff members
 Conducting sustainability tours that will talk about sustainability building features

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 Meeting with CEO and discuss about sustainability program during annual employee
programs
 Performing waste audit
 Printing up posters that summarizes the sustainability priorities as well as goals of Tiny
Opera Company
Strategies for maximizing the impact of the policy
Business enterprises shows interest in understanding the perceived advocates of
sustainability as there is increased pressure present from government, regulatory bodies and
public. In addition, it is important to manage the sustainability strategies as well as techniques
that can be gathered after conducting research and understanding the field of expertise.
Furthermore, the range of sustainability services that are made accessible to the business is
increasing and there is high pressure growth present. Nowadays, Business Corporation believes
in adopting sustainability strategies so that they can evaluate with the best practices and provide
benefit to the society as a whole. There are several services that come under the category of
sustainability services as well as each had access to varied benefits. Therefore, training as well as
educating staff members about the sustainability practices will help in meeting long-term goals
and objectives.

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Final version of the sustainability policy
Tiny Opera Company’s Sustainability Policy
Policy Scope
The scope of the sustainability policy at Tiny Opera Company will define the implement
plan approach that focuses upon business in the section serving both staff members and
customers.
Policy Objective
 To comply with all important government legislations as well as policies and planning
instruments. This can be done by meeting obligations as needed by Australian
Government environmental as well as sustainability reporting
 To reduce adverse environmental impacts as well as promotion of sustainability practices.
This can be done by delegating responsibilities as well as undertaking actions for the
department officials for application purpose
 To assess products based on life cycle attributes as well as evaluating suppliers for social
responsibility
 To manage resource consumption as well as demand. This will eventually help in
bringing improvement in product utilization as well as efficiency and financial
performance

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Tiny Opera Company’s Commitment to the Policy
 Setting environmental objectives as well as targets that ensure continuous improvement
 To measure and report on environmental management initiatives
 To understand relevant environmental legislations as well as regulations and planning
policies
Implementation approach- office waste, building waste as well as resource recovery
Engagement or Training or Communication Sustainability
Employee engagement
 Feedback from employees
 Assisting staff members so that they can complete the project on time
 Collaborating with employees so that discussion can be done about sustainability based
on their job functions or role or responsibilities
 Creating opportunities in understanding sustainability policy
Energy Management Programs
 Lighting Sensors
 Reducing temperature for night-time hours
 Saving LED lighting
 Improvement in the existing recycling system
 Energy metering