BSBSUS501: Developing Workplace Sustainability Policies and Procedures

This document presents a student's completed assessment workbook for the BSBSUS501 unit, "Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability." The assessment includes two events: short-answer questions and a simulation. The short-answer questions cover legislation related to sustainability, sources of information for policy development, typical policy development processes, and barriers to implementation with strategies to address them. The simulation, titled "Go Green," requires the student to develop a workplace sustainability policy, procedures, and an implementation plan, focusing on recycling, minimizing resource use, and reducing toxic substances within a manufacturing context. The student addresses information gathering, scope development, and the creation of specific policies and procedures related to waste management, recycling, and toxic waste disposal. The implementation plan includes strategies for policy enforcement and corporate social responsibility, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of sustainability principles and practical application in a workplace setting. The document is a valuable resource for students seeking to understand and complete this unit.

Student Assessment Workbook
BSBSUS501
Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for
Sustainability
Version 1.0
July 2016
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Assessment Information
Welcome to your Student Assessment Workbook for BSBSUS501 Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for
Sustainability.
This Student Assessment Workbook is where you will write all your answers for the knowledge questions and
simulation tasks. Please refer to the Student Assessment Guide for more information.
This assessment has the following two events:
Assessment Event 1 – Short Answer Questions
There are four questions that will provide us with evidence on your general knowledge of legislation related to
sustainability, the processes used to develop policy, and barriers to implementation.
Assessment Event 2 – Simulation: Go Green
You will complete a number of tasks in developing policies and procedures for your RTO in a recent sustainability
initiative proposed by your Manager. These tasks will be based on your role as a Sustainability Officer in a simulation
titled Go Green.
Please note that your responses for both assessments can (where appropriate) use dot point format. See below of an
example of a dot point answers and a full sentence:
Dot point format Presentation Plan includes the following:
 outcomes
 needs of the audience
 context.
Full sentence format When you are preparing for a presentation, there a number of tasks that must be carried
out. These are listing the outcomes that you want to achieve, followed by the
identification of the needs of your audience. When you have completed these two tasks
you then check on the room that you will be conducting the presentation.
Note that to be deemed competent for this unit, you must achieve a satisfactory outcome for all of the assessment
questions and tasks. This includes meeting the following conditions:
 you must complete all of the tasks outlined in this Student Assessment Guide document to the standard indicated
in the Performance Requirements; these are listed under each of the tasks
 you will then submit your completed workbook to your assessor electronically (note, your assessor may allow you
to submit Assessment Event 1 and receive feedback before starting Assessment Event 2)
 you must perform the above two points within the given timeframes by your Assessor
 you must complete both assessment events and submit by the deadline specified by your Assessor
 your work must be your own work and in your own words
 where you use to an external source, you must provide citation.

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Assessment Submission
Please read and sign this assessment coversheet and submit it together with your assessment to your Assessor by the due date.
Student Name Student ID
Assessor Date Due
Declaration
I affirm that all work submitted in this assessment is my own work and does not involve plagiarism or
teamwork other than that authorised for any particular assessment activity. I have been explained and
understood the serious consequences in case this work is found plagiarised.
Student Signature: Date Signed: ____/____/____
Assessor Use Only
First Submission Date Re-submission Date Re-assessment Date
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Feedback: Trainer/Assessor’s Comments:
I hereby confirm that I have been given feedback from the Assessor and I agree with the assessment outcome.
Student
Signature
Assessor
Signature Date ___/___/______
Course Title Advanced Diploma of Business Course Code BSB60215
Unit Title Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for
Sustainability Unit Code BSBSUS501
Version 1.0 Created on JULY 2016
Student Feedback on Assessment: Please provide your comments about this assessment for future improvement.
Assessment Receipt
Student Name Student ID
Course Code & Title Extension Granted Yes  No 
Unit Code & Title Date Received ___/___/____
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Pre-assessment Checklist
Your assessor will go through the assessment for this unit, BSBSUS501 Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for
Sustainability. It is important that you understand this assessment before taking on the tasks. To confirm that you have
been given this overview, we ask you to complete the following Pre-Assessment Checklist.
You are required to carefully read each checklist item provided below and tick either ‘Y’ to confirm your understanding
or ‘N’ if you disagree. In case you disagree with an item, please provide your reason under the ‘Comments’ section.
When you have done this, we ask you to sign this Pre-Assessment Checklist. This acknowledges that your
Trainer/Assessor has discussed all of the information with you prior to undertaking this assessment.
Checklist Comments
Y   N I, the student, understand the purpose of the assessment.
Y   N
I understand when and where the assessment will occur, who will
assess me, how and in what format the assessment will be
submitted.
Y   N I understand the methods of assessment.
Y   N I understand what resources are required to successfully complete
this assessment.
Y   N I understand the performance level required for each assessment
event.
Y   N
I understand that it must be my own work. I have been explained
and understood the serious consequences in case this work is found
plagiarised.
Y   N I understand the process if I am deemed not yet competent.
Y   N I understand the feedback process and the appeals process.
Y   N The assessor has discussed with me if I have any special needs and if
so what arrangements have been put in place.
Student Full Name Student ID Student Signature Date

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Assessment Event 1– Short Answer Questions
The information contained in this assessment event lists the questions that you will need to develop a written
response. These questions are theoretical and provide evidence of your understanding of legislation, writing policies
and procedures and strategies to implement them in a workplace.
Question 1
Using the table below, outline legislation that relates to sustainability and provide an explanation.
Write your response into the table:
Legislation Explanation
Question 2
Using the table below, identify and explain internal and external sources of information that can be used to plan and
develop an organisation’s sustainability policy.
Write your response into the table:
Internal sources of information Explanation
Write your response into the table:
External sources of information Explanation
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 ( EPBC Act)
According to this legislation, it is an offense for any individual or organizationn to take
actions that may harm the environemnt or areas protected by the legislation.
Executive Board Members
R&D Department
Shareholders
The executive board members are the main decision makers whose approval is essential.
This department will conduct research regarding potential hazards and alternatives.
In any decision making, shareholder inclusion is important as it allows better policy making.
Ministry
Consumer Analysis
Market Analysis
The minsitry information portal can provide necessary information regarding laws and policy making.
Consumer analysis will provide with the information regarding needs and trends that need to be regulated.
Market analysis will provide information about areas and actions that need to be regulated.

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Question 3
Explain typical processes that could be used in an organisation to develop policy and procedures.
Write your response here:
Question 4
Using the table below, outline typical barriers to implementing policies and procedures, and provide strategies to
address them.
Write your response into the table:
Barriers Strategies
Distinguish Policy Objectives
Powerful policies respond to an inquiry or take care of a progressing business issue. Therefore, distinguishing questions or issues your
business should address is the primary phase of policy creation. Frequently, questions and issues emerge from and connection to long haul
business objectives. Similarly, business objectives emerge from and connection to your vision and statement of purpose.
Policy Formation
Amid the policy arrangement organize, you strategize about how to address uncertain inquiries or issues. Conceptualizing is basic
amid policy development, as most issues have more than one potential arrangement. For instance, on the off chance that you are
building up a policy proclamation with respect to smoking in the work environment, you may put together the policy carefully with
respect to state-ordered guidelines.
Embracing the Best Solution
In numerous independent ventures, decisions about which potential arrangement best tends to business needs comes straightforwardly
from the entrepreneur. In bigger organizations, policy selection techniques may pursue a progressively law based procedure.
Executing Business Policies
While the initial three phases of policy-making center around "what," the fourth stage centers around publicizing the policy and making
it work. This stage comprises of making policy proclamations with clear parameters, including whom the policy applies to, the conditions
under which policy explanations and orders apply and significant conditions or limitations.
Assessing Policy Directives
The last phase of policy-making process includes a continuous assessment. This stage is particularly imperative, with policies that emphasis on agreeing to government guidelines. The assessment arrange guarantees polices are state-of-the-art and keep
Legal Barriers
Financial Barriers
Cultural Barriers
Legal barriers can be overcome through powerful advocation and lobbying.
Financial barriers can be reduced by increasing shareholder interests.
Campaigns and Awareness programs are needed to overcome cultural barriers

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Assessment Event 2– Go Green Simulation
In this assessment, you will undertake a number of tasks associated with planning and implementing a set of policies
and procedures for Go Green. The focus is on recycling, minimising resource use and reducing toxic substances. To
achieve this, you will perform the following actions:
 develop your sustainability policy and procedures
 communicate this to users of the sustainability initiative
 implement the policy and procedures
 Review and improve the policy and procedures.
Task 1: Develop Workplace Sustainability Policy
In this task, you will plan the development of your policies and procedures.
1.1 Gather information
Insert your response here:
1.2 Develop scope
Insert your responses here:
1.3 Develop policies and procedures
Inset your response here:
1.4 Develop implementation plan for policies and procedures
Inset your response here:
1.5 Seek approval with policy and procedures plan
Upon the receipt of the feedback from your Manager, make the necessary adjustments to your implementation plan.
Also, attach the email exchange with this Manager.
The manufacturing industry majorly affects the earth, both as far as the resources it consumes and the waste it
produces. The manufacturing industry is responsible for creating an entire wide range of wastes, the sum and kind
of which relies upon components, for example, the phase of manufacturing, sort of manufacturing work and practices nearby.
The organizations ought to pursue a progressive way to deal with waste administration by pointing basically to diminish the measure of wast
then mean to reuse and recycle any waste that is created. While the pattern is to dismiss the customary techniques for waste transfer for pra
manufacturing industry has put waste decrease at the base of research plans on account of complexities over reuse and recycling. Manufac
accentuation must be put on lessening waste creation and expanding recycling and reuse.
The scope of the policy making procedure will be limited to following:
a. focusing on recycling of the waste material produced during manufacturing.
b. regulating and restricting the release of toxic material in open air and water bodies.
c. Installation of toxic waste disposal system.
Following are some of the policies that have been developed for regulating the waste, recycling and toxic disposal system by the company:
a. The company will ensure 80 to 100 % of the waste to be recycled and reused or resold to the concerned authorities.
b. non-recyclable waste will be regulated and properly disposed as per the legislations and available technology.
c. There will be a complete restrction on release of toxic substances in open air, landfills and water bodies.
d. The Toxicants of gaseous form will be condesed and disposed off as per regulations and technology.
e. The toxicants of liquid or solid form will also be disposed off carefully considering thier properties and chemical reactions.
f. The company will ensure the sense of "corporate social responsibility".
For the implementation of the developed policies and procedures, following plan maybe followed:
a. The company will install a recycling unit or will collaborate with an existing recycling unit by the federal government to
ensure complete recycling of their waste material.
b. The company will install a toxic waste management and disposal system.
c. In next 5 years, the company will adopt 'Go Green' energy solutions.
d. The stakeholders and shareholders will be taken intol interest through persuasive campaigns and programs.

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Task 2: Communicate Workplace Sustainability Policy
In this task, you will deliver a session to inform users of the policy, on how to implement the procedures into their
workplace.
Promote policies and procedures to users
You are not required to insert any responses here. You will be observed by your assessor using the Observation Check
Sheet. Please see your Student Assessment Guide for more information.
Task 3: Implement Workplace Sustainability Policy
In this task, you will record results in the workplace with your implemented policies and procedures.
Record results with implementation of policies and procedures
Inset your response here:
The policy implementation program raised the awareness within the organization to achieve certain
certifications, and regulation ecolabels as well. While actualizing the associations on their ecological
endorsements, ecolabels and legislations, the associations watched out for just quickly notice the
(conceivable) presence of regulations, which in all cases was the ISO 14001 program, and concentrate
more on their ecolabels. This could be because of the way that ISO 14001is to a greater degree a direct
venture for organizations, while ecolabels have criteria that require effectively existing verification so as
to get them.
Likewise, as expressed in the writing audit, the presence of ISO 14001 can now and again be
misdirecting, as it is a greater amount of a self evaluation apparatus for the organization itself, while
ecolabels have genuine, changing criteria that should be constantly dispatched so as to have the option
to convey one.
As to, they were talked about in an altogether different degree in the writing audit and in the meeting
sessions. Ecolabels don't explicitly draw in clients for their business, however rather are even more a
supposition for an organization to have. As referenced, natural consciousness is rising and the
two consumers and producers are increasingly mindful of their own, own ecological effect.
Henceforth, it is fairly expected in the present society for an association to have some ecological criteria
and in this manner labels and testaments for their tasks.
Accordingly, they don't bring as much upper hand as possibly by and large anticipated.
Without past information about the impacts of ecolabels to clients, it is astounding to find that their reality
is fairly expected for an association and that they have a significant little esteem when taking a gander at
their component as a separating factor among contenders. For organizations, ecolabels are unmistakably
not the fundamental need, despite the fact that they do appear to assume a significant job for a small
amount of clients who are exceptionally severe and especially mindful of their natural policies. The way
that an association has ecolabels normally does not debase the organization's picture, the other way
around, but instead than bringing extra incomes and colossal upper hand, they enable the association to
more probable be a piece of the contending configuration. In this manner, ecolabels could be considered
to be more request qualifying than request winning criteria. Furthermore, this appears to indicate that the
first thought of ecolabels as a controlling component for consumers is being executed.
What comes to finding only the correct waste administration answers for associations, it tends to be
considered as a significant piece of the entire procedure.
It empowers them to get the most advantages of the waste they make. As the last waste regularly
consists of various kinds of littler parts (again profoundly conditionally on the field the association works
on), it would be recommended to reflect whether various techniques could be misused or joined in various
periods of the assembling procedure. By altogether investigating the entire assembling procedure and
item life cycle, waste made can be limited, which in itself can convey cost reserve funds to associations.
Additional income can likewise be made by exploiting side-effects. The advantages of side-effects can be
best accomplished by assessing the majority of the creation stages and investigating what kind of
"additional" material these stages produce. It is essential to not disregard materials that may be
considered as waste, as there could be some proposed use for them.

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Task 4: Review Workplace Sustainability Policy Implementatio
In this task, you will monitor results in the workplace and make changes to your policy and procedure if required.
4.1 Identify any variance and provide feedback to stakeholders
Upon the receipt of the feedback from your stakeholders, attach the email exchange with these stakeholders:
4.2 Identify and analyse issues with the implementation
Inset your response here:
4.3 Modify policy and procedures
Inset your response here:
Initially, the stakeholders and the shareholders were significantly concerned about the increase in cost, and possible
delay in ongoing projects. However, they were convicned and persuaded through facts, statistics and cost-benefit analysis
for long term. By viewing the long term benefits and the efficiencies that can be realistically achieved, the
stakeholders were convinced to implement these measures, policies and programs.
There were few issues that became barriers in implementation. However, they were andled efficiently. Some of these
Issues are:
a. Regulatory Issues were handled through legal procedures and lobbying.
b. Political issues were also handled through lobbying and persuasive campaigns.
c. Internal resistance was overcome through persuasive campaigns and orientations.
d. Financial isses were overcome by convincing the sponsors and stakeholders for a long term investment.
Considering the financial and stakeholder constraints slight modifications were done in the policies and procedures, these
modifications were:
a. The implementation of green energy solutions was accelerated and enhanced for better yield.
b. Instead of sintalling the waste and toxic disposal system by the company, it was decided to collaborate with existing units
and use them for their advantage as a percentage price.

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For Assessor Use Only
Task Outcome Sheets
The Outcome Sheet below is the assessment tasks for each of the assessment event that the student is required to
complete. Assessors, tick ‘S’ if the student achieved a satisfactory outcome for an assessment task and ‘NYS’ if the
student does not meet these requirements. Also, you are required to write comments on the quality of this evidence
under the ‘Comments’ column. As for your final judgement on the student’s overall performance, tick ‘Satisfactory’ if
the student achieves a satisfactory outcome for all of the tasks or ‘Not-Yet-Satisfactory’.
Assessment Event 1
Assessment Event 1
Knowledge Questions S NYS Comments
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
The student’s performance for Assessment Event 1 is  Satisfactory  Not-Yet-Satisfactory
Assessor Signature: Date:

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Assessment Event 2 - Simulation
Assessment Event 2 S NYS Comments
Task 1:
Gather information
Sub Task
1.1
Sub Task
1.2
Sub Task
1.3
Sub Task
1.4
Sub Task
1.5
Task 2:
Communicate workplace
sustainability policy
Task 3:
Implement workplace
sustainability policy
Task 4:
Review workplace
sustainability policy
Sub Task
4.1
Sub Task
4.2
Sub Task
4.3
The student’s overall performance is  Satisfactory  Not-Yet-Satisfactory
Assessor Signature: Date:

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Assessment Outcome Sheet
Student ID Family Name First Name
Course Code Course Title
Unit Code BSBSUS501 Unit Title Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability
Assessment Outcome
Assessor, please tick and date the student’s final outcome of this assessment:
Initial Submission Date Re-submission 1 Date Re-submission 2 Date
C NYC ___/___/____ C NYC ___/___/____ C NYC ___/___/____
Assessor’s Feedback
Assessor, please provide your comments on the student’s final outcome of this assessment:
Assessor Full Name Signature Date
Receipt of Student’s Assessment
Assessor, you must provide the completed copy of this receipt to the student as an evidence of submission of their
assessment to you.
Student ID Family Name First Name
Course Code Course Title
Unit Code BSBSUS501 Unit Title Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability
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Approved Y  N  Date
Approved __/__/___
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Student Feedback Form
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Y   N Were the tasks in Assessment Event 2 based on realistic activities that you would expect to be
doing in a workplace?
Y   N Did you understand the assessment instructions?
Y   N Were the tasks easy to understand?
Y   N Did the Assessor set up and run the simulations professionally?
Y   N Was the Assessor’s decision fair?
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