Resources and environmental protection

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Assessment Task 1

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Refer to your Assessment, Appendix 1 pages 6 – 9. Ensure that you look at all legislative and regulatory documents that describe compliance requirements for the company.

2. Research best practice models used by theatres and performance spaces.

Examples of directions: Social engagement, Resources and environmental protection, protecting water resources, growing with community, promoting health and safety etc.

Google search key words ‘Sustainability focus area’ and choose ‘Images’.

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Location	Boardroom
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Write down feedback received from your trainer, which policy option is selected?

5. Draft a sustainability policy for the company ‘Tiny Opera’, based on your research, the company information provided and feedback from the consultation session.

This is the current Sustainability Policy

Draft Sustainability Policy

Conduct internet research, look at different sustainability policies to guide your work

Using resources more efficiently
Reduce toxic material and hazardous chemical use

Reviewing resource records periodically

6. Meet with the business manager (your trainer) to discuss on the policy developed.

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Meeting time	Insert time
Location	Boardroom
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Barriers to sustainability policy implementation : Insert information

Use the feedback received from the business manager (your trainer) to update your draft policy.

8. Write a report on sustainability policy.

Environmental protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and Regulations

I read the company information provided and consulted the business manager. I also conducted research on best practice models used by theatres and performance spaces.

Strategies for promoting awareness of sustainability policy

Add Sustainability to every meeting agenda

Strategies to maximise the impact of the policy

9. Submit a completed report and a final version of the sustainability policy to your trainer.

Assessment Task 1 – Marking Guide

Did the student:	Satisfactory
Did the student:	Yes	No
Describe the likely effectiveness of the policy options?
Describe the timeframe involved in implementing the options?
Describe the cost of implementing the options?
Consult with stakeholders as a key component of policy development?
Define the scope of the sustainability policy?
Develop policy that reflects the organisation’s commitment to sustainability?
Develop policy that reflects the organisation’s commitment to sustainability?
In discussion with business manager (assessor), discuss typical barriers to implementing policies and possible strategies to address them?
In discussion with business manager (assessor), outlined the process taken to develop the policy?
If not covered in statement of scope (see above), has the candidate outlined relevant legislative and regulatory documents with compliance requirements relevant to this case study in the agreed location?
Gather information from a range of sources (internal and external) to plan and develop policy?
Include strategies in policy to minimize resource use, reduce toxic material and hazardous chemical use and employ life cycle management approach?
Develop a policy that acknowledges the health and safety implications of the policy being developed?
Include a policy statement about measuring and reviewing resource use?
In interim report, outline Tiny Opera Company systems and procedures that relate to sustainability?
In interim report, outline strategies for promoting awareness of the sustainability policy?






Outcome:	Successful	Unsuccessful
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