Imagine

Education
Student Assessment
Cover Sheet
Course Code BSB50215
Unit Code
BSBSUS501
Procedures for

Course Name
Unit Name

Diploma of Business
Develop Workplace Policy and
Sustainability

Due Date

Assessment Name Business Portfolio

Part A: Short answer questions
Part B: Case study
Part C: Project

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Assessment Questions
Part A
Course Code and Name: BSB50215 Diploma of Business
Unit Code: BSBSUS501
Unit Title: Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability
For this assessment you are required to answer all of the questions. You are
permitted to research the answers by reading your text book, theory notes and
accessing the internet. If more room is needed label each task with the question
number and use headings or dot points to make your work clear for your trainer and
assessor.
Please follow the Referencing Guide contained on your Course handbook.
PART A Questions:
Research the following TERMS and PHRASES these are linked with your
assessment. Attach your definition or explanation to each word. Please
remember to Reference.
Question 1
a) Key component
b) Strategies
c) Global reporting initiative
d) Toxic material
e) Life cycle management
f) Sustainability policy
g) Green Purchasing
h) Continuous improvement
i) Remedial action
j) Life cycle Analysis
k) ISO 14001
l) Ecological foot print
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Sustainability Principles

Question 2
What are the steps involved in developing a workplace sustainability policy?

Question 3
Sustainability is beneficial to the workplace and the environment. Communication is
a vital tool to ensure success of the workplace sustainability policy. When promoting
a new policy including its expected outcome how will this action be achieved and
reported to key stake holders

Question 4
Implementing any new policy is and can be challenging task. What tools, systems
and recording processes are required to track the success and continuous
improvement of the Sustainability policy? Who will be assigned to take responsibility
for this policy?

Question 5
Good business practices and compliance of all policies are to be reviewed
periodically, how this will be actioned, what tools are required to ensure we report
on the following:

Monitoring of records to identify trends (positive and negative)

Continuous improvement

Feedback to key personnel and stakeholders

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Assessment Case Study
Part B
Course Code and Name: BSB50215 Diploma of Business
Unit Code: BSBSUS501
Unit Title: Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability
Imagine Education has recently made a business decision to become a Green
Business. As part of this you have been given the role of Environmental Officer at
Imagine Education.
Your task is to analyse the resources that are currently used at Imagine Education.
Below is the resource usage for a three month period (May, June & July 2015).
Resource
Electricity
Water
Toner
Photocopy paper
Plastic sleeves
Manila folders
ea)
Folders (small)
Folders (large)
Coffee
Tea
ea)
Milk
Sugar

May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
6135KW
6032KW
5816KW
318KL
295KL
286KL
11
10
9
95 reams
102 reams
97 reams
2 boxes (300 ea) 2 boxes (300 ea) 1 box (300 ea)
1 box (50 ea)
2 boxes (50ea)
1 box (50
48
6
1 tin (500g)
4 boxes (100bags ea)
26L
1kg

56
35
8
5
1 tin (500g)
1 tin (500g)
4 boxes (100bags ea) 3 boxes (100bags

28L
1kg

23L
750g

1. Select four (4) types of resource from the above list and create at least two
(2) different varieties of charts to display the resource usage over the three
months to show usage trends. (For example, line graph, bar chart etc.)
2. From your completed charts analyse the trends of resource usage over the
three month period and make a short comment of one paragraph about the
trends.
3. Recommend at least four (4) strategies to improve and reduce resource usage
for each area of energy, water and waste. (I.e. 4 for energy, 4 for water and 4
for waste)
4. Make a short comment on your expectations about the resource efficiency
improvement strategies you recommended in Question 3 based on their

Effectiveness (impact on usage)

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Cost efficiency
Timeframe to implement.

5. Create an official separate 1-page memorandum (memo) with the Imagine

Education logo on it (this can be sourced from Google images) to
communicate the resource efficiency improvement strategies you
recommended above to the staff at Imagine Education. Include what
outcomes you expect, responsibilities that should be assigned and
suggestions about how the staff will be able to implement them within their
own job roles.
6. How will you highlight the benefits of the new strategies for any staff that may
challenge the resource efficiency improvement strategies you recommend be
implemented?

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Assessment Project
Part C
Course Code and Name: BSB50215 Diploma of Business
Unit Code: BSBSUS501
Unit Title: Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability
Working with industry is a major part of the strategy for improving the
sustainability of our business. Part of your project is to develop a
workplace sustainability policy and procedures. You can use Imagine
education or your own workplace to complete this project.
Layout instructions for Part C:

The first page of your Environmental Sustainability Report must be a title

page including the title of your report, your name, student number and date it
will be presented.

The second page of your Environmental Sustainability Report must be a

contents page outlining each section (as per the below inclusions) and the
respective page numbers.

Use the below section headings as headings in your Environmental

Sustainability Report.

Begin each section on a new page.

Include a header on each page with your name and student number.

Ensure that each page is numbered.

Your task is to write an Environmental Sustainability Report in which you

make recommendations for a sustainability policy in your workplace. You
must follow the layout instructions above and include the six (6) sections
below in your report:
1. Write the sustainability policy and procedures for this organisation or section
of the organisation to ensure improvement in sustainability processes.
Include at least 10 procedures.
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2. Discuss the methods you will use to communicate your policy to your internal
and external stakeholders include in your communication tools (hand outs,
meetings, training) the benefits to the business and the community to gain
support from all stakeholders.

3. Outline the methods you will use to track/monitor continuous improvement in

sustainability processes.

4. List and describe the methods you will use to review the success of the
sustainability policy and procedures.

5. Provide feedback to key personnel and stakeholders regarding the success or

otherwise of the policy. Include discussion of investigations you have
undertaken to identify trends that may require remedial action.

6. Identify any aspect of sustainability procedures that may require revision to

comply with the organisations commitment to continuous improvement.

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