Workplace Sustainability Policies and Procedures Development Project

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Develop workplace policy and procedures
for sustainability
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Contents
Task1. Written question............................................................................................................................... 3
Task 2 Case study....................................................................................................................................... 8
Task 3. Project........................................................................................................................................... 12
References:............................................................................................................................................... 16
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Task1. Written question
Question1. Name the Australian government's central piece of the environment of
legislation and explain its purpose.
Environment protection and biodiversity protection act, 1999 is the central piece of the
environment of legislation of Australia. It provides an essential framework to nation based
people and also includes safety and surety of place of heritage and ecology department. It
focuses on nationally environment basis programs.
Environment protection and biodiversity protection act clearly define its objective and goals. It
shows the following purposes-
 Mostly engaged in conservation of Australia.
 Protection of biodiversity of environment legislation
 It provides safety and security of wildlife
 Provide environment assessment programs (Dunn, 2015)
 Provide sustainability development and promotion of ecological areas.
 Approved the programs where the national environment is involved.
 It is providing a better opportunity in workplaces policies and sustainable development
program. It provides a broad framework of environmental legislation. It focuses on
important environment concept that is used to develop core environment assessment
program.
Question 2 Explain the appropriate process for developing a policy and
procedures.
For developing a policy and procedures that identify the demand of people and identify the
person who will be happy to take the responsibility, collect information and policy formulation,
take advice with proper stakeholders.
The following strategy to involve in developing the strategy-
Identifying the demand- the first policy of development is to fulfil the requirement of people
and child. The organisation also fulfils the demand of young persons. Policy development falls
in two category
 External application- this organisation involves in foreign issues in development and
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policies which are engaged in industry concerns (Goh, et. al., 2017).
 Internal demand- the domestic market of the policy development is to define
compliance department of legal and ethical responsibility. E.g. Financial related policy,
compliance policy.
Identify the person who takes the responsibility- it is a delegation of the role of
responsibility of subordinate group, staff employees and person. It is delegate responsibility
towards the objectives of sustainable growth of the industry.
Collect information- to developing a policy and procedures person should collect information
towards his legal responsibility by the understanding of proper and accurate data related to
achieving the target of sustainability.
Policy formulation- it is a proper framework of policy that the organisation implement to
achieve the plan (Goh, et. al., 2017).
Take advice from stakeholders- the policy must be more capable of performing that
consults with the staff members, supported people, committee members and service
providers. It takes the help of external and internal related environment of the business.
b) Who are the types of people that should be consulted with during policy
development?
During the new department policy, there should be consulted with the effective and efficient
performance of different types of people. The following different types of people who engage in
policy development-
One of the higher levels of the department that is holding a superior position of the company.
The police department takes time to develop policy so management should assign the roles and
responsibility in the middle level and lower level of the business (Heifetz and Linsky, 2017).
The policy requires research of various project of the company.
Analyse by the superior of the company that is to check and survey of the practical and
theoretical impact of the company
c) What strategies can you implement for monitoring and reviewing policies?
For the monitoring the policies there should always be a definite structure to develop the growth
and assessment to the whole object of the company. In the company, there should be a
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possibility to check and inspection of the policy and project for the continuous growth of the
company. It should be proper to review the plans and audit for how much plan is implemented.
And also the requirement of gathering the best suitable prove to success the policies. In
sustainability, development to know the real position of the company.
QUESTION 3 Explain how you would approach each of the following barriers and
challenges when implementing policies and procedures.
An employee does not believe the new system will be a benefit to the workplace.
They are too stuck in their old ways and are resistant to change.
A change is always providing an excellent opportunity in the workplaces. Employees should
remove the theory, i.e. changes are not right in our department. If the changing is good for the
employing interest and benefited than the new ideas, innovation and the communicating, they
want to stick in old ways, but the organisation should provide the benefit of new changing tactics
to the employees for the growth of whole organisation development (Kim, et. al., 2018).
The new policy and procedure are too complicated to follow, so employees avoid
using it.
In sustainability development and employees do not want to take new policy and procedures.
New technologies have complicated problems. So the employee is avoiding the new creative
ideas.
Now the organisation should remove any fear and any complexity in employees mind. They
should try to provide suitable ideas and awareness relating to the new technology to the
employees (Heifetz and Linsky, 2017). The organisation should provide the appropriate
education to accept the technology.
It is more benefited towards the development of policies.
Most of the policies and procedures have not been updated for some time
because management does not want to allocate resources for the updates.
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In an organisation, the management does not want to disclose and giving proper facility to the
employees. It is a disadvantage of the growth of the company. The higher level department
should provide new opportunity and creative ideas to the employees. If the management
department does not offer new plans, policies and procedure to the employees, then the
employee must be asked to the higher level department. The other human resources
department should work for the betterment of society. They should not be hiding any new
policies for the employees.
QUESTION 4 the managers of The Best Bite Café have just replaced the existing
lights to energy saving bulbs. They decided to implement the change to save on
energy use and do their part within the community in promoting sustainable
practices and helping the environment.
a) Over the next quarter, they would like to see how the change in light bulbs impacts
their usage and overall costs on the business. Explain how they could monitor costs and
encourage staff usage over the next quarter.
Over the next quarter change in light bulbs impact their usage will affect the performance of
employees of the business. The overall energy saving of the firm will be more than 35 per
cent. The changing energy saving scheme must be the benefit of the whole organisation and
employees. The cost of investment must be used for the employee's development.
b) Before implementing a new energy saving policy, the managers must identify the
responsibilities of everyone involved. This will help keep people accountable. Outline
the roles and responsibilities for management and employees involved in the policy:
Management- a part of management should have the work of power energy saving more. The
administration should take the high quality of energy bulb. And provide a good workplace for the
employees. They should also do an advertisement and pump lets the people to save energy
(Martin and Nakayama, 2013).
Employees- there is a need of employees to power saving when they are in off duty. Switching
lights are an important factor to attain energy. Employees should try to reduce heavy consumes
electricity.
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c) Over the next quarter, the café received their bill. Review the usage against the same
quarter in the previous year and calculate the total usage.
Last year This year
Month Kilowatt Month kilowatt Energy saving
February 736 February 604 132
March 1240 March 962 288
April 1259 April 817 442
Total 3,235 Total 2383 852
There is a lot of energy saving by using energy saving bulbs. So the company increases its
profitability.
The cafe managers are so proud of the strong results they have attained on their energy
use and staff engagement after the last quarter and would like to share their
achievements with the broader community (Kim, et. al., 2018). What are some ways the
centre could promote their sustainable practices?
The promoting of the energy-saving bulbs reduces the waste of energy and it provides a good
result in the employee's performance and encourages the development of policies and
procedures. By the happening of investigation and assessment organisation must achieve his
goals and objectives.
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Task 2 Case study
QUESTION 1
a) List one piece of legislation, one regulation and one code of practice that relate
to environmental issues in this workplace. Explain the compliance requirements
of each.
The one piece of legislation which is administrated by EPA is environment protection act 1970.
One regulation is to maintain a healthy and pollution free environment. The one code of practice
that relates to environmental issues in the workplace is that the hotel should minimise or
eliminate those things which are going to affect the environment. The hotels should reduce the
use of plastic bags as they are harmful to the environment.
b) Explain how this information can be used to develop a sustainability policy
Firstly the manager of the hotel will analyse the departments where is the need for sustainable
development is more or needed then the manager will make the process accordingly. The
manager of the hotel will conduct a workshop where the manager will teach the staff how to
minimise or eliminate those things which are harmful to the environment.
QUESTION 2
a) Read the Pompoms Hotel Waste management policy. Review the policy
identifying areas where Pompoms Hotel can improve their practices.
The pompoms hotel waste management policy is that they use those resources which are less
harmful for the environment and can be recycled. The staff of the hotel should reduce the use of
fossil fuel, and staff should conserve the energy by turning off the lights and other equipment
while on one application (Means, 2017).
b) Describe the general procedure for seeking approval to change current
policies
The public process for requesting permission to change current policies is:
Firstly the manager has to prioritise the department where the changes are required.
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Then the manager has to make the policy to implement the changes.
Then the manager has to ask the board of directors that the manager can implement those
changes or not, as their approval is mandatory.
c) List five (5) stakeholders you could seek input from when setting objectives
and targets. For each example provide the type of input they may provide.
 Resource manager: The resource manager will help in arranging the resources.
 Top management: the senior management will help in directing, that what else can be
done to implement the plan.
 Customer: the customer will help in knowing the taste and preferences.
 Promoter: they will help in financial support (Pérez, et. al, 2014).
 Manager: the manager will help in assigning the duties.
QUESTION 3 List three (3) approaches you could apply in the workplace to
assess compliance with sustainability practices.
The three approaches that could be applied in the workplace to assess compliance with
sustainability practices are:
 Uses of eco-friendly lights will help in maintaining sustainability. For example, LED lights
consume less energy than other lights and contain less toxic gas.
 Ask employees to use public transport as public transport. As the usage of public
transport will help in reducing air pollution and employees can also save their money by
using public transportation (Nachmany, et. al., 2014).
 Participation in the community will also help in maintaining sustainability. There are
some organisations which organise a campaign to support the environment. Ask the
team to take involvement in that campaign and make a healthy environment.
QUESTION 4 Describe how you could measure and document current resource
usage for the following at Pompoms Hotel.
The usages of the following resources are as follows:
 Paper: the paper is using in making bills, menu card, etc. the staff should minimise the
use of paper as the article is made up of trees.
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 Energy such as electricity: electricity is used in assessing computer, AC, lights etc. The
staff should switch off the team when they are not using.
 Transportation: usage of cars to pick and drop the customer, for going out to buy
necessary things. The staff should use public transport.
 Wastage: staff and customer remains the lights on when they are not in the room. Same
as water staff and customer left the tap on while not using. The team should
communicate the customer so that they will not waste food, water, etc.
QUESTION 5 Describe the approach you would take as manager to communicate
the changes, including assigned responsibilities, proposed outcomes and
activities to both your team and senior management.
The manager can communicate both verbally and non-verbally. The manager should arrange
the meeting where the manager can discuss the issues with the team as well as with the senior
management (Martin. and Nakayama, 2013). The manager will assign duties and
responsibilities for a particular task to each employee. Each and every employee of the team
should contribute to reducing the wastage of resources.
QUESTION 6 Describe how you would support your team during this project.
The team needs the support of the manager for enhancing the performance. The manager will
support his team by encouraging them, by motivating them. The manager will provide
appropriate resource so that the team can perform the task effectively. The manager will
analyse the performance and then do corrections and then do changes accordingly. The
manager should have proper communication with the team so that the work can be done
effectively as the communication gap may lead to conflicts (Martin and Nakayama, 2013). The
manager analyses the weak points of the team and then work on those weak points to make
them secure.
QUESTION 7
a) Describe how you would monitor the new waste management procedures and
how you would report the progress to management and staff.
The manager will monitor the new waste management procedure by evaluating the performance
of the staff and by examining where the staffs are doing wrong and where to write so that the
manager can guide them accordingly.
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Analyse how much wastage has been done by the staff so that they can improve it.
Reduce and recycle the waste material so that the material can be used in future also.
Examination of wastage has to be done so that the manager can analyse the amount of
wastage done by the staff.
b) List at least five (5) pieces of key information you would include in your
evaluation tool.
The 5 pieces of crucial information that included in the evaluation tools are:
 Assessable goals and objective
 Reporting of task
 Right and accountability
 Correctness in the performance
 The interconnection between the two Tasks
QUESTION 8
List three (3) strategies you could implement to evaluate the overall project.
The three strategies that can be implemented to evaluate the overall project are:
Estimating time: in this, the manager will determine the time duration that has been taken for
implementing the plan. The calculation will be based on different information.
Evaluation of resources: in this, the manager will evaluate the required support for the
implementation of the project (Means, 2017).
Project metrics: in this, the manager will analyse how much raw material has been used for
making the output.
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Task 3. Project
Part A: Conduct a sustainability assessment
Sustainability assessment report
Energy
The new technologies and devices or equipment consumes more energy; these products are
A.C., bulb, fans, lift pumps and internet connections. AC Lifts are consumed more electricity
whereas energy saving products are - bulb and routers; internet connections are less absorbs
energy. In this sense, it is essential for the organization to use such technology which consumes
less electricity, solar energy can also be a good option.
Water
Water is also used in the organisation in terms of different capacity that is in food and plants in
the organisation. It is a key element which fulfils basic requirements.
Waste
There is wastage in the organisation which is used by the hotel industry in terms of organic
wastage, kitchen food, rubber etc. In order to overcome this, the organisation should have the
proper wasting body in the, e.g. department for solid waste management. It should have the
proper waste body in the organisation (Nachmany, et. al., 2014). The chemical wasting authority
for the different chemical using in the organisation must be properly situated in the organisation.
Chemicals
In a product manufacturing process, several chemicals are used such as – glues, disinfectants,
caustic substances, acids, solvent, petroleum products etc. Chemicals are used in products to
prevent them from damages, keep them healthy or fresh and other reasons. Although, while
using chemicals it is essential for managers to ensure chemical safety at the workplace. Existing
policy is also implemented to manage chemicals which enable to evaluate all risks or hazards
involved in the import, produce and preparing labels for chemicals. Yes, staff members are also
trained to handle chemicals and make the best use of this.
Comments
Yes, the business organisation has effectively placed all types of sustainability practices which
ensures that it is following all social responsibilities in the best possible manner. Furthermore,
organisational sustainability also relates to managing a healthy and positive working
environment which enables to attain and retain employees for the long run. I have been
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