Sustainability Implementation Report: Analysis and Recommendations

This sustainability implementation report analyzes staff survey results and energy audit data to evaluate the effectiveness of a company's sustainability policies and procedures. The report highlights achievements against set targets, such as reductions in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and provides recommendations for additional actions, including the implementation of solar panels and renewable energy incentives. New efficiency targets are proposed, and the success of the sustainability policy is summarized, along with suggested updates to address the needs of new employees. The report also includes two emails: one to stakeholders summarizing the report's findings and another to the team announcing a reward system for achieving sustainability targets, with specific reward brackets based on energy consumption reductions. The report concludes with a list of references.

Assessment Task 4
Sustainability activities
review
CONTENTS

1. SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENTATION REPORT......................................................1
Analysis of staff survey results and achievements against targets.........................................1
Analysis of energy audit data and achievements against targets............................................1
Recommendations for additional actions that need to be taken based on a review of the data
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Recommend new efficiency targets........................................................................................1
Summary of success of sustainability policy and procedure based on analysis.....................2
Updates to sustainability policy and procedure to account for recommended improvements
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2. SENDING AN EMAIL TO STAKEHOLDERS................................................................2
3. SENDING AN EMAIL TO TEAM....................................................................................3
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................4

1. SUSTAINABILITY IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
Analysis of staff survey results and achievements against targets
Talking in relation with the staff survey results along with the achievements in
comparison with the set targets, it can be attributed that the most of the employees of the
company are contended with the policies and procedures being implemented by the company
for reducing the energy consumption and making the company a green firm. However, the
results shown that there were some employees who were not aware about the steps they need
to undertake for reducing their energy consumption (Gareis, Huemann and Martinuzzi, 2018).
Thus, based on this, it has been suggested that the firm should make efforts in promoting the
awareness of sustainability initiatives amongst all staff members so that they can take active
participation in these initiatives.
Analysis of energy audit data and achievements against targets
Prior to the implementation of the sustainability policy the yearly energy bill was
$2,415 a year and the yearly greenhouse emission was around 18 tonnes a year. However,
with the execution of the different targets, energy audit and actions, there has been reduction
in the energy consumption and greenhouse has emission by 3.7 tonnes six month later to the
energy audit. Additionally, the annual energy bill also reduced by $140 which is considered
quite effective. Furthermore, after a year later, the overall energy bill was reduced by $615 a
year and greenhouse emission were decreased to 10.2 tonnes a year.
Recommendations for additional actions that need to be taken based on a review of the data
On the basis of the review of the information, it is highly suggested that the company
should undertake additional actions which will help them in reducing more greenhouse gas
emission and will help them in maintaining their energy bills as well. It is suggested that the
firm should purchase solar panels and renewable energy incentives (Staniškis, 2022). In
addition to this, they can also make use of solar lights for illuminating the darker corners of
the rooms which will helps them in reducing their energy. Moreover, they can also recycle
and reuse for decreasing carbon emission.
Recommend new efficiency targets
Some of the new efficiency targets of the company are as follows:
 Making use of non-toxic and less-toxic substances by the end of the year 2022
 Reducing the packaging by 10%
 Decreasing the consumption of electricity by 30 percent within the six months
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 Implementing solar panels and installing solar lights by the end of the year 2022
 Installing automatic light shut off
Summary of success of sustainability policy and procedure based on analysis
The sustainability policy and the procedure of the company is quite successful on the
basis of the evaluation. However, the policy requires some modifications and addition for
more enhanced and augmented results. The targets and the action plans being implemented
mainly focused on reducing the greenhouse emission and energy bills of the company and
they even achieved the desired targets up to some extent (Sun and et.al, 2022). Nevertheless,
there were four new employees being employed in the organization which was not accounted
for increase and the energy targets were not adjusted to account for these new employees.
therefore, it can be attributed that sustainability policy needs to be upgraded considering these
deliberations.
Updates to sustainability policy and procedure to account for recommended improvements
Based on the suggested improvements and enhancements, the sustainability policy as
well as procedures needs to be updated and the following focus areas will define the
sustainability program of the company:
Environmental footprint Corporate social
responsibility
Product specific
Carbon dioxide emission
(transport, production and
facilities)
Greenhouse gas emission
(production)
Energy resource (facilities,
transportation)
Sustainable workplace
Engagement of the workers
Business ethics and
compliance
corporate engagement
Local e engagement
Hazardous materials
Waste management
Reuse
Recycle
Products and packaging
Product innovation
Product environmental data
2. SENDING AN EMAIL TO STAKEHOLDERS
Dear, MR.XXX
I have attached the Sustainability Implementation Report below. The main purpose of
this report is to review the statistics of the energy audit and achievements with the targets and
make improvements so that better efficiency can be achieved. Further, this report
encompasses details in relation with the evaluation of the result of the staff survey results,
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energy audit data, achievements, recommendations for additional actions, new efficiency
targets and updated sustainability policy for the company based on the suggested
improvements. There are different strategies which have proved to be successful in achieving
the desired results such as converting the energy source, replacing air conditioner with more
efficient inverter unit and connecting to natural gas.
Thanks & Regards
XXX
3. SENDING AN EMAIL TO TEAM
Dear, Team
I feel immense pleasure in announcing that a permission has been given to a system
that rewards individuals for accomplishing the sustainability targets. Rewards are being
regarded as one of the most important and crucial motivators that helps in encouraging
individual and a team to pursue the goals and improve their work performance. The
sustainability improvement plans and report being implemented by the company has included
different targets and objectives and each and every team and area of the blue healer were
obliged to fulfil the same (Neck, Murray and Houghton, 2018). The rewards should not cost
more than $200 per year for each area of the Blue Healer and thus, the rewards for all the
work teams are being planned according to that budget. The bracket for the rewards is as
follows:
Set Target Achieved targets Rewards
20 percent decrease in the
energy consumption
$2300 in six months $50
20 percent decrease in the
energy consumption
$2000 in six months $100
20 percent decrease in the
energy consumption
$1800 in one year $150
On the basis of the evaluation been made in the sustainability implementation report,
it can be said that the work team has attained the energy bill of $2275 in six months and
$1800 in one year. They have attained the set targets being specified in the above bracket and
thus, they are entitled for the rewards of $50 and $150 respectively.
Thanks & Regards
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XXX
REFERENCES
Books and journals
Gareis, R., Huemann, M. and Martinuzzi, A., 2018. Project management and sustainable
development principles. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
Neck, C.P., Murray, E.L. and Houghton, J.D., 2018. Organizational Behaviour: A Skill-
Building Approach. United States: SAGE Publications.
Staniškis, J.K., 2022. Sustainability Challenges in a Business Organisation. Transformation
of Business Organization Towards Sustainability. 1. pp 3–14.
Sun, X., Dong, Y., Wang, Y and Ren, J., 2022. Sources of greenhouse gas emission
reductions in OECD countries: Composition or technique effects. Ecological
Economics.193. pp.107-288.
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