Sustainability Policy and Procedures
Task 1: Develop a written sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy (1500 words)This task requires you to develop workplace sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policies and procedures for Bounce Fitness.
The followin" rel="nofollow">ing documents for Bounce Fitness can be used as background in" rel="nofollow">information:
• Mission, Vision and Values statement
• Purchasin" rel="nofollow">ing plan policy
• Purchasin" rel="nofollow">ing plan procedures
Your assessment must address each of the below tasks:
a. Defin" rel="nofollow">ine the scope of the sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy for Bounce Fitness. When defin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing the scope, examin" rel="nofollow">ine the scope of Bounce Fitness’ mission, vision and value statement again" rel="nofollow">inst the criteria listed below:
• Min" rel="nofollow">inimizin" rel="nofollow">ing resource use
• Increasin" rel="nofollow">ing resource efficiency
• Reducin" rel="nofollow">ing toxic material and hazardous chemical use
• Employin" rel="nofollow">ing lifecycle management approaches
• Contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement
As a result of this analysis outlin" rel="nofollow">ine the scope and provide justification for your answer.
b. Make a table of relevant federal and state/territory environmental and sustain" rel="nofollow">inability legislation to ensure the scope of the policy is adequate to accommodate legislative requirements.
c. Given that Bounce Fitness is in" rel="nofollow">in the fitness and wellness in" rel="nofollow">industry, identify external in" rel="nofollow">information sources that could help in" rel="nofollow">in plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and developin" rel="nofollow">ing the sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy. List these sources and provide a brief explanation of the type of useful in" rel="nofollow">information that each source could provide.
d. Identify in" rel="nofollow">internal and external stakeholders affected by the policy and explain" rel="nofollow">in what in" rel="nofollow">influence each may have in" rel="nofollow">in plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and developin" rel="nofollow">ing the sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy.
e. Include appropriate strategies in" rel="nofollow">in the policy to address the relevant criteria identified in" rel="nofollow">in section (a) (i.e. min" rel="nofollow">inimizin" rel="nofollow">ing resource use, reducin" rel="nofollow">ing toxic material and hazardous chemical use, employin" rel="nofollow">ing life cycle management approaches, and contin" rel="nofollow">inuous improvement).
f. Prepare a brief to present to managers that explain" rel="nofollow">ins how the sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy will benefit the organization.
g. Select one of the sustain" rel="nofollow">inability strategies identified in" rel="nofollow">in question (e) and develop procedures for its implementation. The procedures should in" rel="nofollow">include:
• Agreed outcomes
• Performance in" rel="nofollow">indicators
• Activities to be undertaken
• Assigned responsibilities
• Record-keepin" rel="nofollow">ing, review and improvement processes.
h. Review the Bounce Fitness purchasin" rel="nofollow">ing plan policy and procedures and prepare a revised version of the policy and procedure that in" rel="nofollow">incorporates consideration of suppliers’ sustain" rel="nofollow">inability credentials, e.g. use packagin" rel="nofollow">ing made from renewable resources rather than non-renewable resources.
i. Identify implementation methods.
Task 2 –Presentation: Communicate the Workplace Sustain" rel="nofollow">inability Policy (500 words)
This task requires you to communicate your policy to other members of staff within" rel="nofollow">in your organization.
Scenario: Based on your task 1 developed policy, now you must communicate your policy to the other staff members. Prepare a newsletter that you will send to all members of staff and outlin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing how you propose to:
• Promote your workplace sustain" rel="nofollow">inability policy in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing expected outcomes (if possible, in" rel="nofollow">include examples of how you will promote the policy)
• Inform those in" rel="nofollow">involved in" rel="nofollow">in implementin" rel="nofollow">ing the policy as to outcomes expected, activities to be undertaken and responsibilities assigned.
You can in" rel="nofollow">include the key responsibilities of personnel, for in" rel="nofollow">instance:
Managers: raisin" rel="nofollow">ing awareness, reportin" rel="nofollow">ing progress, rectifyin" rel="nofollow">ing breaches, implementin" rel="nofollow">ing
Staffs: Followin" rel="nofollow">ing policy accordin" rel="nofollow">ingly, participatin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in all environmental activities
The newsletter needs to clearly detail the expected outcomes in" rel="nofollow">in a way that encouraged “buy in" rel="nofollow">in”, clearly detail promotional activities to encourage staff “buy in" rel="nofollow">in”, as well as clearly detail responsibilities of each accountability personnel.