Workplace Sustainability Policy

Workplace Sustainability Policy
Policy Scope – Green Purchasing
Organisation: XYZ Company
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1. Policy Summary
1.1 - Policy scope and importance
The area covered by the policy scope is green purchasing.
Green Purchasing is very important for every type of organization. This goes same
with the XYZ Company. Green purchasing is involved with the purchase of products that
would be helpful for the organisation to cause less damage to the environment. Green
products are generally those products that are biodegradable in nature and able to provide
reusability. This would be helpful in both reducing the waste materials dumped in the nature
and reducing the overall cost for the company.
In addition to this, the sustainable development is also performed efficiently by the
adoption of the Green Purchasing policy for the organization. Sustainable development
generally refers to the development of the organization’s overall production and business
efficiency and maintain a sustainability in the nature as well. The main aim here is to use the
natural resources of the earth and build on the profit margin so that the needs of the
company are fulfilled without any hampering the scope of further progress for both the
organization and the environment.
However, various situation purchase of greener products might mean that there are
costs inefficiencies that might take place in the organization. Hence, the organization is to
keep of note of the prices for which the alternate green product is to be purchased. After
conduction of feasibility, analysis of product the purchase process by the organization is to
be continued. This is because the company would not hamper their personal interest in their
businesses in order to accommodate the green products in their business models.
It is very important for the both the organization and its staffs to appreciate the use of
the use of the green products and the organizational culture is to support the development of
the eco-friendly products for the organization. This would be helpful for the company to
maintain the Corporate Social Responsibility for the organization.
1.2 - Policy Goals
For the project it has been identified that the XYZ organization would be looking
create a balance in between the environmental and organizational responsibilities that would
maintain overall balance in the nature.

1. As an organization we would look to develop a policy that would make the staffs in the in the
organization make use of the sustainable green products and use of the re-useable products
as much as possible within the office premises.
2. We would also like to replace at least 60 percent of our in-house equipment’s that are being
used currently in the organization currently. However, a feasibility study is to be conducted
to evaluate whether the use of the green products would be feasible in terms of reducing
the overall cost of the operations that are performed in the organization.
1.3 - Broad strategies
The strategies that have been used for the sustainable development of the
organization who is looking to create a green purchase policy. The following strategies
mentioned below are required to be adopted for the green purchase policy:
 Using renewable and reusable energies that would be helpful in reducing the overall
electricity consumption
 Use of highly efficient electric appliances
 Use of easily disposable materials
 Making use of more and more wooden products
 The products are to be ordered from the local vendors so that they would be getting the
products at a very cheap price.
1.4 - Our Policy and Mission Statement
The Green purchasing policy developed by the XYZ company is used for sustaining
the environmental resources. The policy supports the main missions of the organization that
is maintaining the development of the sustainability in the environment within the office
premises and also the staffs of the organization to compliance with the policies of the
organization.
1.5 - Relevant legislation/code of conduct
The legislations and the code of conducts that are to be followed by the organization
in order to maintain their Green purchasing policy are described below:
Energy White Paper Securing Australia's Energy Future (2004): The paper provides the
framework for the long-term policy so that the Australian energy can be reserved to a certain
extent. A list of initiatives that are to be adopted by the organizations in Australia that would
be extend the sustainability of the environment of the country.
The Australian National Research Priorities: The prorates announcements were made in
the year 2002 and core objectives of the priorities include the transformation of the industries
that are currently existing in Australia. The priorities require the new technologies that are