BSBSUS301A
Implement and Monitor
Environmentally Sustainable Work
Practices
Assignment 1
Name: Yu Chun (Vicky) Lin
Student ID: 9990
I.
Why environmentally sound equipment
Running an environmentally friendly business may seem to cost a bit more in a
short-term or at beginning.
However, in a long term, it helps you save money,
attract new customers and preserve natural resources which is the responsibility
of everyone.
Here are the benefits of being environmentally friendly along with
some examples.
1. Cost down: Reducing, reusing and recycling materials can lower your cost.
Take paper cups for instance, it may cost a little to buy every staff a personal cup,
but eventually the business could save money back since it doesn’t have to buy
paper cups every month anymore.
2. Good practice can attract new customers: As the environment issue is getting
concerned by the public, it is smart for a business to attract new customers by
following the trend and make a difference apart from its competitors.
3. Improve sustainability: Climate change is one of the biggest environmental risk
that we can clearly feel it from our daily life.
Extreme weather causes business
problems such as disruption of power, water restrictions, communication
difficulties, and so on.
Those effects either lead to higher cost for delivery or
customer loss since the demand of goods and services might reduce.
If we use
environmentally sound equipment to reduce the environmental impact and rely
less on natural resources, then our business will be more sustainable and have a
greater chance of long-term success.
II. Refrigeration Comparison
– single door freezer and double
door fridge
Brand
Model
Start
rating
Energy
used
each
year
(kWh)
Annual
running
cost
(AUD)
Carbon
emissio
n
(metric
tons)
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