BSBSUS401 Project: Eco-Friendly Product Purchase & Sustainability

This BSBSUS401 project focuses on implementing and monitoring environmentally sustainable work practices through the analysis of an eco-friendly product, specifically a black stove pipe. The assessment involves calculating the payback period for the product, understanding the aims of sustainable purchasing, and identifying the steps in sustainable procurement. The project also explores resources for information on sustainable purchasing, providing a comprehensive overview of integrating environmental considerations into procurement practices. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a range of study tools and solved assignments for students.

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ASSESSMENT E – PROJECT
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in the document header.
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Learner assessment guide and evidence
This assessment requires you to investigate the purchase of an eco-friendly product or service
and answer the questions provided.
You are required to do the following.
 Read the project scope.
 Answer all the questions.
 Use the list in the Learner task checklist provided when submitting your assessments. Do
not submit your work until you have completed all parts of the checklist.
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Project scope analysis
Task 1
 Apply the purchasing analysis steps to investigate the purchase of an eco-friendly product or
service within your workplace or training environment. Examples include office equipment,
software, heating and cooling systems, cleaning services, waste minimisation and disposal
systems, and water or energy management systems.
 Determine the payback period of the product or service.
 Answer all the questions.
Q1: List the details of the product or service you have chosen to investigate for this assessment
task.
The discussion is based on heating product. There are different heating and cooling product used
in our homes. In order to answer the question I have analysed the black stove pipe product.
Basically the black stove pipe products help in eliminating the smoke from the stove. The
product has been equipped with current technology thus it’s unable to give out fumes as like in
other ordinary stoves. There is a gap that enables the fitting of the pipes in the stove. The price of
the product is affordable and it’s available in almost all hardware houses in the country.
Fig 1.black stove pipe (Testa et al.2016).
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Q2: When calculating the full cost and savings of your purchase, what should you consider?
There are different factors to consider;
1. Checking the statements of the purchase.
2. Calculating the onetime costs and ongoing cost for the purchase.
Q3: What is the ‘payback period’? Explain what it means.
Payback period refers to the initial outlay over the cash inflows of the product (Testa,
Annunziata,Iraldo & Frey,2016). Generally, the payback period will assist in determining the
required length of time that will assist in recovering the cash outlay in the product. Therefore, in
simple words the payback period describes the time required to earn back the cost that is
incurred in the investments by use of the successive cash inflows.
In general the formula for the payback period is
Payback period =initial outlay of the product /cash inflows.
Q4: Calculate the payback period for the product or service you have investigated.
The initial price of black stove pipe is $ 40,000, the company indents to generate cash inflows of
$ 10,000 per year. What is the payback period of the product?
Payback period =initial outlay/cash inflow
=$40,000/$10, 0000
=4 years
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Q5: List two aims of sustainable purchasing or procurement.
1. Enabling the procurement sustainability into current procurement practices.
2. Developing a competitive and sustainable supply chain
Q6: What six steps are recommended in the Sustainable Procurement Guide?
1. Leading by example -that is giving clear directions when buying sustainable procurement
products.
2. Setting clear priorities for the enterprise whereby there is rationalisation on existing
procurement guidelines.
3. Raising the bar which will involve the procedure for enforcing the existing procurement
policies and the standards in procurement activity.
4. Building a capacity in the procurement capacity. Organizations need to ensure there are
adequate resources to support the procurement sustainable skills.
5. Removing the available barriers in the organization (Testa, Annunziata,Iraldo &
Frey,2016).There must be adequate budgets that will cater for the budgeting processes.
6. Capturing the opportunities whereby organizations need to be more open for innovations.
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Q7: List three websites, government departments or other sources you can access for help and
information on sustainable purchasing.
1. Tracking and reporting software’s.
2. Marketing search engines such as Google.
3. Business procurement purchase departments in government.
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References
Testa, F., Annunziata, E., Iraldo, F., & Frey, M. (2016). Drawbacks and opportunities of green
public procurement: an effective tool for sustainable production. Journal of Cleaner
Production, 112, 1893-1900.
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Assessor checklist
To be completed by the assessor.
Learner’s name:
Did the learner successfully
demonstrate evidence of their ability
to do the following?
Assessor comments
Completed
Yes No
Investigated the purchase of an eco-
friendly product or service.
Responded to all questions.
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