Report on Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability at SOH

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Sydney Opera House's sustainability initiatives, including its vision, mission, and environmental sustainability policy. It reviews the Opera House's commitment to environmental responsibility, resource management, and waste reduction. The report details an implementation plan that outlines objectives, required actions, associated targets, resources, and timelines for achieving sustainability goals. Furthermore, it includes a monitoring strategy with key performance indicators and data collection methods. The assignment also features a meeting summary discussing environmental issues, staff training, sustainable plans, safety measures, asset management, heritage listing, waste management, and the sustainable use of resources. Finally, the report incorporates a method for recording audience feedback and provides a list of relevant references including books and journals.

Workplace Policy and
Procedures for
Sustainability

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Review the Sydney Opera House vision, mission, goals and environmental sustainability policy.
The Sydney opera house (SOH) is an extraordinary building present in Australia and it a
great example of architecture build in late modern era of arts and design. It is considered as one
the most creative buildings of 20th century (Karmaker, and et.al 2021) . The finalising of building
was done in 22nd October 1973. the designing of the opera house was done by Jorn Utzon. The
building is considered one of the best multi venue art performance centre which is situated in
Australia.
Vision:
The vision of the Sydney opera house is to continue legacy made by Jorn Utzon through
continuously creating and representing the most known and praised with engaging and
imaginative performing arts experience in Australia and from all around the world (Su, and et.al
2022). The venues that are present in the concert hall are Joan Sutherland Theatre, Utzon
room, recording studio, Playhouse, outdoor , forecourt and much more. In adding more the
building have bars, cafeteria, studio, restaurants and bars. The opera house was made considering
both present and future generation, the organisation react to environmental issues.
Mission:
The Sydney opera house's mission is to inspire and make good strength in the community
of everything the opera stands for like arts, culture, performance, music etc (Ramos, and et.al
2020). its mission was build to help design and mould a better and more enlightened community
with arts and making home to many of the world's greatest artists and performances.
Goals:
The Sydney opera house have many goals which is global and mainly address the
world's most hard challenges by 2030, including challenges like inequality, poverty, climate,
education and justice (Bauer, and et.al 2018). The goal is to see be best for present as well as for
future generation.
Environmental sustainability policy
The opera house have many environmental sustainability plans which commits to the
world heritage listed as the building to achieve an 80 percent recycling rate for construction
works . By the design of environmental sustainability plan, the opera house show huge
commitment to the betterment of environment in the future. It makes use of resources very

responsibly and efficiently. They aim to become leaders for environmental and social
sustainability (Sherman, and et.al 2020).
Complete a sustainability implementation plan for Sydney Opera House.
Implementation plan
Implementation plan
Objectives Sustainability implementation plan to reduce waste
generation and minimize use of resources
Action Required Associated
target
Resources Timeli
ne
Accountability
Providing environmental
training programmes to
staff
Staff,
managers
and
employees
are the major
target.
Planning for
training and
human
resource
trainer
expert on
environment
issues
(Venkatesh,
and et.al
2020) .
Will be
implem
ented
Environment
project manager
Creating and
implementing
sustainability plans
Building,
employees,
workers
Planning
details, raw
materials
human
resource
On
going
Project manager

Action Required Associated
target
Resources Timeli
ne
Accountability
Planning and developing
safety
Employee,
structure,
finance
Raw
materials,
technology,
engineers
and other
human
resources
On
going
Safety manager,
organisational
manager,
security head
Managing assets Organisation
, workforce
Finance
manger,
accounting,
planning(Ene
rgy,
2019Moslehp
our and et.al)
On
going
Finance
manager,
auditor,
accountant
Heritage listing Infrastructure
, structure
Heritage
managemen
t, monitoring
system
On
going
Survey
reporters,
authority of
heritage
association
Environment waste
management
Infrastructure
, staff,
resources
Raw
materials,
planning,
organisers
Will be
implem
enting
Managers,
survey report
present ors
Sustainable use of
resources and power
generation with using it in
structure
Resources,
raw
materials,
engineers
Human
resource,
raw
materials,
planning
Will be
implem
enting
Engineers,
architect
designers

Develop a monitoring strategy.
Monitoring Strategy
Description of
objective/outcome/
activity/task
Person
responsible
Metric/key
performan
ce
indicator
Baselin
e
(previo
us
year’s
perform
ance)
Target Data
collecti
on
metho
ds
Providing
environmental
training programmes
to staff
Environment
project manager
Number of
employees
and staff
getting
training
from the
programme
No
training
provided
100.00
%
survey
Creating and
implementing
sustainability plans
Project manager The
structural
and
resource
consumptio
n for the
structure
Medium
perform
ance
required
more
better
strategie
s
70.00% Survey
and
index
graphs
Planning and
developing safety
and security
Safety manager,
organisational
manager, security
head
The staff
assurance
and
satisfaction
rate
Good
perform
ance
80.00% survey

Description of
objective/outcome/
activity/task
Person
responsible
Metric/key
performan
ce
indicator
Baselin
e
(previo
us
year’s
perform
ance)
Target Data
collecti
on
metho
ds
Managing assets
and finance for the
opera house
Finance manager,
auditor,
accountant
The fund
utilisation,
revenue,
financial
structural
changes
No such
impleme
ntation
was
done
50.00% Graphs
and
financia
l
reports
Heritage listing for
world representation
Survey reporters,
authority of
heritage
association
People
awareness,
association
reports,
heritage
records of
listed
organisatio
n
Ranks
were
among
top
heritage
structur
e
100.00
%
Record
s and
indexes
Environment waste
management for
sustainability
Managers, survey
report present ors
The
consumptio
n rate of
building,
waste
production
Good
rate of
waste
manage
ment
were
recorde
d
90.00% Growth
rate of
waste
manag
ement
graph

Description of
objective/outcome/
activity/task
Person
responsible
Metric/key
performan
ce
indicator
Baselin
e
(previo
us
year’s
perform
ance)
Target Data
collecti
on
metho
ds
Sustainable use of
resources and power
generation with
using it in structure
to encourage use of
renewable resources
Engineers,
architect
designers
Power
consumptio
n, use of
sustainable
power
recordings
Good
index of
power
use of
sustaina
bility is
recorde
d
60.00% Record
s of
power
usage
and
graphs,
observ
ation of
continu
ous
reports

Arrange a meeting with your trainer to explain the actions, you have chosen and gain
approval for actions. You are also required to discuss and agree on a method of
recording audience feedback to your presentation or training in the next step.
Meeting date 1st august 2022
Meeting time 10:00 am
Location Boardroom
Participants Business Manager: ABC
Environment Officer: Xyz
Meeting notes
 in this meeting the important parts is been discussed are the environmental
issues that can be addressed and can be able to change for the
development of the opera house.
 In the meeting the staff need of training programmes for environmental
development planning is discussed with regular implementation of
resources in giving them developing phase.
 In this meeting the topic is also covered of sustainable plans that will be
helpful for the organisation to create an impact in environmental
sustainability.
 Planning and developing safety is also discussed in this meeting as it will be
helpful regarding the assurance of better work environment and giving
quality performance in the field of arts.
 Managing assets is required to be covered as funds and revenue are
essential to manage a quality event in the opera house, the maintenance of
the structure and representing great values for the world requires
investment and managing of those is important for the opera organization.
 As the objective of establishing the opera house is to achieve Heritage
listing in representing all over world. The meeting covered the part of
represent ion of visor in Sydney opera house organization.
 Environment waste management is important part which will be discussed
in the reference of environment sustainability and opera house changes to
adapt with environment protection.
 Sustainable use of resources and power generation with using it in structure
to encourage sustainability and use of sustainable resources which create
and healthy environment for art performances in the opera house.
Method of recording audience feedback
 Questionnaire

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
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Ramos, and et.al 2020. Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: Attitudes, behaviours,
motives and sustainability. European Transport Research Review, 12(1), pp.1-12.
Bauer, and et.al 2018. Sustainability governance at universities: using a governance equalizer
as a research heuristic. Higher Education Policy, 31(4), pp.491-511.
Sherman, and et.al 2020. The green print: advancement of environmental sustainability in
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Venkatesh, and et.al 2020. System architecture for blockchain based transparency of supply
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p.101896.
Energy, 2019. Sustainability report. Pacific Rubiales Energy.
Moslehpour and et.al Organizational climate and work style: The missing links for
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