BSBSUS301A Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

The assessment activity in this record has been designed to allow you to compile evidence that demonstrates your competency in the unit implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices.

You must demonstrate that you can effectively analyse the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices and to implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness.

You need to show that you have the skills and knowledge to:

• Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage
• Set targets for improvements
• Implement performance improvement strategies
• Monitor performance

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Assessment Task – Sustainability Implementation Report

Required documents and equipment

• BSBSUS301A Learning Materials
• Word-processing application such as Microsoft Word or Open Office

Instructions for candidate

 

You must submit a report on implementing and monitoring sustainable work practices for a workplace, area of a business/organisation or the whole business.

Your report may be based on an actual sustainability improvement program you have managed or significantly participated in, a case study within your industry or the scenario provided in the document BSBSUS301A_Assessment_Scenario.pdf, provided in your learning materials.

Report content

Address the following points in your report.

1. Conducting an environmental review (or audit) of at least one area of resource usage

From conducting an environmental review of the workplace, identify the environmental aspects and impacts (ie cause and effect); resources consumed, purchasing practices, and applicable environmental regulations and policies. Identify any areas of non-compliance. Suggest possible improvements for each area identified.

1. Identifying improvements in practices for sustainability

For each of the above suggestions, identify possible strategies and actions to achieve the improvement. Base your improvements on research into best practice using internal and external sources of information. From this research, set specific objectives and measurable targets for improvements in environmental sustainability and resource efficiency.

1. Implementing performance improvements

Demonstrate how your performance improvement strategies will be (or have been) implemented and who is responsible for their implementation. Describe suggested tools and strategies that will measure and monitor the effectiveness of the recommended practices.

1. Reporting on, promoting and reviewing the sustainability targets and improvement strategies

Explain how the sustainability performance outcomes can be (or are) reviewed, reported on and promoted to the organisation’s senior management, staff and external stakeholders to ensure continual improvement.

Suggested outline for the report

Structure your report by the following sections.

Introduction

Provide a brief overview of the business you have chosen. Be specific about your scope — what aspects or work practices of the business are you examining in this report?

 

(Body)

Use headings for each content area you address.

1. Environmental review

1.1 Environmental aspects and impacts

1.2 Resources consumed

1.3 Purchasing practices

1.4 Environmental legislation and policies

1.5 Areas of non-compliance

1.6 Suggestions for improvement

2. Specific methods of improvement

Refer to each area of non-compliance identified in the environmental review. For each of these areas, set objectives for improvement in environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. Provide specific targets to be reached within timeframes.

3. Implementation of performance improvement strategies

3.1 Strategies and actions for implementation

3.2 Responsibility for implementation

3.3 Methods for measuring and monitoring effectiveness of performance improvement strategies

4. Outcomes

4.1 Reporting of outcomes to senior management, staff and stakeholders

4.2 Promotion of outcomes to stakeholders

4.3 Methods for ensuring continual improvement

 

Conclusion