BSBSUS501 - Sustainability Policy and Procedure for Grow Consultants

This report focuses on the development and implementation of sustainability policies and procedures for Grow Consultants, covering several key areas. It begins by emphasizing the importance of staff training on sustainable practices and outlines the benefits of such policies, including improved legal compliance, cost reduction, waste minimization, and increased profits. The report then details the purpose and scope of the sustainability policy, along with guiding principles and expected outcomes. It examines relevant international agreements like the Kyoto Protocol and Australia's obligations, as well as the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. Furthermore, it explores key Australian legislation, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme, and voluntary codes of practice like the Australian Packaging Covenant and the Australian Ecolabel Program. The report also outlines the steps involved in policy development, from agenda setting to implementation and monitoring. It presents sustainability facts and figures, highlighting the impact of Australia's GDP on environmental sustainability and the significance of international pressure for environmental responsibility. A life cycle matrix is introduced, along with an analysis of legal requirements and the importance of workplace sustainability. The report concludes by emphasizing the need for Grow Consultants to adhere to environmental laws and adopt sustainable operational practices, including using recyclable materials and energy-efficient systems.

Sustainability in
Grow Consultants

Training on Sustainability Policy and Procedure
 The staff members of Grow Consultants
should be trained on the adoption of
sustainable policies.
 The staff would be trained on the use
resources aligned with the sustainability
policies established.
Policy nos Details
1 CEO, MD and all the departmental heads should
hold meetings on existing policies monthly
2 The sustainable policies should be subject to
change from time to time
3 Marketing department should form new
marketing strategies emphising on sustianbility
4 Training of employees
5 All employees would be responsible for
implementation of sustainable policies

Benefits of Sustainability policy and
Procedure
 Better legal compliance.
 Reduction of costs of operations
 Reduction of wastes
 Increase in profits.

New Sustainability policy and
procedure
 Purpose statement: The main reason of
the policies to gain sustainability
 Scope of the policy: The scope of the
policies would include all the above
mentioned stakeholders
 Policy principles: The principles guiding
the sustainability policies would be
achievement of sustainability and
compliance with the Australian
sustainability laws.
Issues Comments
1
Supervisors and departmental heads hold meetings on
sustainability issues of Grow Consultants
2
Minimising consumption of energy
3
Minimising wastage of paper
4
Acquiring modern plants
5
Minimising staff conflict

Expected Outcomes
Strategies Step by Step Plan Due Date(months) Name
Making the sustainability specific
a. Formation of specfic strategies 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employees 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals to be
achieved 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability measurable
a. Formation of specfic strategies to measure the achievement of
objectives 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads on deciding on
measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employees on
deciding on measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals to be
achieved on deciding on measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability Actionable a. Formation of specfic strategies to act on objectives 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads o act on
objectives 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employeeso act
on objectives 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals o act on
objectives 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability relevant in
terms of business aims
Management ensures the sustainability objectives are aligned
with business goals 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability time bound
in terms of business aims
Management ensures the sustainability objectives are achieved
within time 1
Management and
employees

Planned Sustainability Actions plan Roles and Responsibility
Strategies Step by Step Plan Due Date(months) Name
Making the sustainability specific
a. Formation of specfic strategies 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employees 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals to be
achieved 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability measurable
a. Formation of specfic strategies to measure the
achievement of objectives 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads on deciding
on measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employees
on deciding on measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals to be
achieved on deciding on measuring the objectives 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability Actionable a. Formation of specfic strategies to act on objectives 1
Management and
employees
b. Holding meetings with the departmental heads o act on
objectives 1
Management and
employees
c. Departmental heads hold meetings with their employeeso
act on objectives 1
Management and
employees
d. Subordinates give feedback and ideas 1
Management and
employees
e. Final plan made specifying the substainabilty goals o act
on objectives 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability relevant in terms of
business aims
Management ensures the sustainability objectives are
aligned with business goals 1
Management and
employees
Making the sustainability time bound in terms of
business aims
Management ensures the sustainability objectives are
achieved within time 1
Management and
employees

Kyoto Protocol and Australia’s obligations under
the Protocol
 Annex 1. The Annex 1 members are developed nations
which are subject to binding targets to GHG output and
required to report greenhouse inventory along to
supporting information on annual basis. This furnishing
of annual report would show that the compliance of the
countries concerned with the Kyoto Protocol. The
furnishings of the documents would also show that
contribution of the developed markets in supporting the
developing countries in reducing environment pollution.
 Non-Annex 1 countries are exempted from these
compliance requirement but may adopt the
commitments to contribute towards reduction of the
global warming rate.
 The obligation of Australia under the Kyoto Protocol is
reduce the target GHGs by more than 8 percent. The
target GHGs to be reduced to meet the obligation of 8
percent as the Kyoto Protocol agreement are carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,
perfluorocarbons and surplus hexafluoride.

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean
Development and Climate
 The purpose of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development
and Climate (AAP) is to create a non-legally binding framework to
facilitate participation of countries to reduce environmental pollution.
 The scope of the AAP stands on eight pillars namely, fossil energy,
renewable energy forms and distribution of generation of the
renewable energy, mining of steel, mining of aluminium,
manufacturing and use of cement, mining of coal and building and
appliances using energy.

Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(EPBC Act) Protect and reduce damage to the biodiversity and heritage
 The scope of the act includes protection of Australian flora, fauna,
heritage sites and environmentally important regions

The Environment Protection and
Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act
Regulations
 The purpose of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999 is to protect the biodiversity of Australia through the central
environmental laws enacted by the Government of Australia. Thus, the law
mandates that the companies operating in Australia to take steps to reduce their
economic impacts.
 The scope of the act includes environmental assessments to be carried out by
companies before initiating operations which are likely to impact the
environment, gaining approval from the concerned government body, protect
the Australian biodiversity and manage the conservation of naturally as well as
culturally important sites.
 The regulations under the act in fact require companies to intimate the
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy if their
operations are likely to impact the environment. The regulations also empower
the government to initiate legal actions against the non-compliant organisations.

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting
Scheme
 The scope of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme
is to achieve three objectives.
 The first objective of the act is to educate the Australians about the
environmental policies.
 The second objective of the act is to meet the targets assumed by
Australia under international commitments like the Kyoto Protocol.
 The third objective is to provide a single nationwide reporting
infrastructure for reporting energy and emissions.

Australian Packaging Covenant
voluntary code of practice.
 The purpose of the Australian Packaging Covenant voluntary
code of practice is to minimise the negative impacts of packaging of
goods on the environment.
 The scope of the Australian Packaging Covenant voluntary code
of practice can be divided into four parts.
 The first component of the scope of the body is to recycling of wastes.
 The second scope is to design packaging of goods which enable easy
recycling while the third scope is to introduce more sustainable
alternatives to non-recyclable materials.
 The fourth scope of the the Australian Packaging Covenant
voluntary code of practice is to minimise transfer of wastes to
landfills.