Keep records of when and why larger spills occurred in order to identify spill prevention
opportunities and document related costs
Work with vendors to accept back excess, off-spec, or expired materials
Example sustainability actions to inform the sustainability action plan for the next 12
months. You should identify at least five ideas initially, including identifying priority
actions and longer term actions.
Sustainability is about cherishing biodiversity and human wellness, equity, and freedom. It means
maintaining economics security without contaminating the water, soil, and air. It requires creating
economics and social systems that concurrently meet human physical needs. Sustainability is
achieved when we understand the economic, environmental, and social consequences of our
Assessment tasks for
BSBSUS501 Develop workplace policy and Procedures for sustainability
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actions and make deliberate choices that allow all people to lead healthy, productive and enjoyable
lives.
Sustainability is not something that just happens, it is something that should be planned,
communicated and integrated into an organisation’s culture from the very top of the structure,
down through all the layers. Sustainable workplace policies build on an organisation’s commitment
to sustainability through developing the capacity of staff members to become active contributors to
local workplace solutions to the pressing global environmental problems, such as climate
change, environmental pollution and the degradation of natural resources.
An organization that is growing and hopes to sustain that growth needs a set of
strategies to guide its program development, build a solid financial foundation, and
prepare for challenges that lie ahead. In other words, it needs a strategic plan. Simply
put, a strategic plan is a vision of your organization's future and the basic steps
required to achieve that future. A good plan should include goals and objectives,
desired outcomes, metrics for measuring your progress, timelines, and budgets.
Dependence on technology that brings with it potential risks is leading to the creation of a new type
of organization—the high-reliability organization. The idea is to design organization specifically to
manage the serious risks associated with the use of technologies that, if they fail, can have
extremely serious consequences (Roberts, 1993). It is a complicated undertaking. A major
characteristic of advanced and automated technologies is that their operators and managers are
increasingly remote from the processes for which they are responsible. With older technologies,
operators could see and touch what they controlled or produced. Mechanisms like gears and pistons
were visible, and their action and means of control were obvious. Mental images of the way things


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