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PROJECT
PORTFOLIO

STUDENT VERSION

BSBSUS511

DEVELOP WORKPLACE
POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
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First published 2021

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permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission as
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Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, but the project team and publisher do not accept responsibility for any
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Business Works is a series of training and assessment resources developed for qualifications within the Business Services
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Contents

Project Portfolio – Part A 5

Section 1: Briefing report 6
Section 2: Stakeholder meeting 10
Section 3: Policies and procedures 11
Section 3: Policies and procedures 13
Section 4: Action plan 15
Project Portfolio – Part B (Option 1 – Grow Consultants) 23
Section 5: RTO Inspection (Grow Consultants) 24
Section 6: Best practice memo 26
Section 7: Sustainability register 27
Section 8: Sustainability Implementation Report 28
Project Portfolio – Part B (Option 2 – Own Business) 30
Section 5: Action Plan Implementation Report 31

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Student name:

Assessor:

Date:

Business that this

assessment is based on:

Area of sustainability:

Description of policies and

procedures:

Policy and procedure 1

Policy and procedure 2

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Project Portfolio – Part A

Use Part A of your Project Portfolio with Assessment Task 2.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 1: Briefing report

Introduction
State the purpose of the
report, including current
organisational sustainability
practices.
Attach copies of any
relevant, current policies and
procedures or company
information to this section of
your portfolio.

Sustainability facts and

figures
Include information on
sustainability facts and
figures, as well as the
benefits to businesses.

Attach links to relevant

research, company
information etc to this section
of your portfolio.

Business planning,
opportunities and
sustainability
Describe how sustainability
can be built into business
planning and can inform
business opportunities to
reflect the organisation’s
commitment to sustainability.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Example sustainability Policy 1

policies and procedures
Report on three sustainability
policies and procedures that
you have identified and
reviewed. Summarise the
areas that they address. Policy 2

Include copies of the policies

(or links) to this section of
your portfolio.

Policy 3

Life cycle mapping

Explain life cycle mapping as
it relates to one of your
policy areas (using
Sustainability Victoria
resources from their
website), including lifestyle
stages, life cycle map, life
cycle matrix and identify and
selecting the most effective
strategies to reduce
environmental impact.

Legal requirements in
relation to workplace
sustainability
List and explain key
legislation related to
sustainability and that is
relevant to the business.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Sustainability actions
Include 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.

Performance indicators
Provide recommendations
on suitable performance
indicators that can be used
to measure environmental
performance once the
policies and procedures are
implemented.

Continuous improvement
Discuss possible strategies
for ensuring that resource
efficiency continues to occur.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Policy options
Recommendations for policy
options including discussion
on likely effectiveness,
timeframes and any costs.

Proposed scope Policy 1

Provide a scoping of the
Sustainability Policies and
Procedures, including a list
of headings to be included Policy 2
and a brief description of
each heading.

Attach: Current policies and procedures ☐

Links to research ☐

Links to review procedures ☐

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 2: Stakeholder meeting

Summarise the stakeholder

feedback
How will you implement the
stakeholder feedback in your
policies and procedures?
Attach a recording of the
meeting if your assessor did
not observe or participate in
the meeting.
Attach any notes from the
meeting to this section of your
Portfolio.

Scope Policy 1
Use the feedback from the
meeting to finalise the scope of
your sustainability policies and
procedures including:

 required outcomes Policy 2

 KPIs

 methods of
implementation.

Recording of meeting (if relevant) ☐

Notes from meeting (if relevant) ☐

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Policy and Procedure 1

Section 3: Policies and procedures

Purpose statement
Explain the main reason for
the policy and the issue it is
designed to manage.

Scope
Outline overarching policy
principles, for example,
organisational commitment
and compliance with
legislation.

Procedures Procedure title Responsibility

Procedures will contain
enough detail to enable
action, so the procedure is
supported and applied. If
there are consequences
relating to not following a

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procedure, these must be

stated clearly in this section.

Roles and responsibilities

should be documented.
The following table should be
used. Numbering should be
used.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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Policy and Procedure 2

Section 3: Policies and procedures

Purpose statement
Explain the main reason for
the policy and the issue it is
designed to manage.

Scope
Outline overarching policy
principles, for example,
organisational commitment
and compliance with
legislation.

Procedures Procedure title Responsibility

Procedures will contain
enough detail to enable
action, so the procedure is
supported and applied. If
there are consequences
relating to not following a

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procedure, these must be

stated clearly in this section.

Roles and responsibilities

should be documented.
The following table should be
used. Numbering should be
used.

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Section 4: Action plan

Sustainability Action Plan

Current: (insert month & year here)

Issues Comments

Insert into this section the current situation and issues which you would like to resolve.
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Future: (insert month & year here)

No. Objectives Measures of Performance

Insert into this section the objectives which you would like to achieve based Insert into this section the measurements which will be used to
1 on the issues listed above. assess whether the objectives have been successfully achieved.

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Strategy for Achieving Objectives

Strategies Step by Step Plan Due Date Name

Insert here the

Insert here the
person(s)
a. Break down each objective into clear and ordered steps which need to be taken to date by which
responsible for
achieve the objective that you have set. each step should
completing each
be completed.
step.

Insert into here each of the b.

objectives which you listed
above.

c.

d.

a.

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Strategies Step by Step Plan Due Date Name

b.

c.

d.

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Resourcing plan
Strategies Resources required Source Name

Insert the
person
a. Describe resources required (human, financial, material). Insert the source of the resources.
responsible for
sourcing.

b.

Insert each strategy here.

c.

d.

a.

b.

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Strategies Resources required Source Name

c.

d.

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Continuous improvement
Explain your strategy for
continuous improvement

Tracking and monitoring

success
Outline your strategy for
tracking and monitoring the
success of the policy

Supporting implementation
What support will you
provide to others during
implementation?

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Reviewing implementation
Describe your strategy for
reviewing implementation.
How will outcomes be
documented? How will
feedback be provided? How
will trends be identified and
recorded?

Feedback
Describe the process that
you used to seek feedback
on your action plan.
Summarise the feedback
that you received and
describe how you
incorporated it.
Attach a copy of the
feedback that you received
to this section of your
portfolio.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Project Portfolio – Part B (Option 1 – Grow Consultants)

Use this section of the Project Portfolio if you are completing Option 1 with Assessment Task 3 (that is, if
you are working with the case study business).
Note: If you are completing Option 2 for Assessment Task 3, you should not complete this template. A
separate template has been provided for you later in this document.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 5: RTO Inspection (Grow Consultants)

Areas of RTO and practices

reviewed

Use of consumables/
materials/ technology/
equipment

 Identify equipment that

use energy and determine
which equipment uses the
most/least energy?

 Are switches left on

overnight/weekend?

 Do staff use the sleep

mode/screen saver?

 What practices are

currently in place to help
minimise energy
wastage?

Energy usage e.g. water,

electricity gas

 How is energy used on a

daily basis?

 What things/tasks use up

the most energy?

 Are switches left on

overnight/weekend?

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 Are staff using energy

sensibly?

 What practices are in

place to support effective
energy use?

Waste

 Describe workplace
waste.

 How is it disposed of?

 Are staff conscious of

waste management
practices e.g. recycling,
reuse, disposal?

Date of inspection/review:

Completed by:

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 6: Best practice memo

Memorandum

To

From

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 7: Sustainability register

Develop a sustainability register here. Remember that your sustainability register will be used for recording and tracking all continuous improvements in resource
efficiency. Your register should be able to include, as a minimum:

 the ability to record the reported opportunity

 the action to be taken

 the person with responsibility for the action

 timelines

 outcomes.

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 8: Sustainability Implementation Report

Analysis of staff survey results

and achievements against
targets

Analysis of energy audit data

and achievements against
targets

Recommendations for
additional actions that need to
be taken based on a review of
the data

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Summary of success of
sustainability policy and
procedure based on analysis.

Updates to sustainability policy

and procedure to account for
recommended improvements

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Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Project Portfolio – Part B (Option 2 – Own Business)

Use this section of the Project Portfolio if you are completing Option 2 with Assessment Task 3 (that is, if
you are working with your own business).
Note: If you are completing Option 1 for Assessment Task 3, you should not complete this template. A
separate template has been provided for you earlier in this document.

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 T: +61 7 3324 2705 (Brisbane) | +61 3 9640 0057 (Melbourne)
E: [email protected]
W: www.newton.edu.au
Brisbane Campus: 98 Cleveland Street, Greenslopes QLD 4120
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Section 5: Action Plan Implementation Report

Resources
Were the resources that you
identified and sourced in your
action plan adequate to
implement the sustainability
policy?

 How did you

measure/monitor
resources?

 Describe any
gaps/shortfalls.

 Describe any
oversupplies.

 How might you resource

your next implementation
differently to improve
sustainability?

Providing support
Describe the support that you
provided to others to
implement the policy.
Attach notes, correspondence
and other evidence of support
that you provided to this
section of your portfolio.

Tracking and recording

sustainability improvements
Describe the strategies that
you used to track and record
sustainability improvements.

 How did these comply

with organisational
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 T: +61 7 3324 2705 (Brisbane) | +61 3 9640 0057 (Melbourne)
E: [email protected]
W: www.newton.edu.au
Brisbane Campus: 98 Cleveland Street, Greenslopes QLD 4120
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

policies and procedures?

 How did you document

outcomes?

 What trends did you

identify?
Attach copies (or screen shots)
of your tracking, recording and
documentation to this section
of your portfolio.
You should also attach or link
to relevant policies and
procedures.

Stakeholder
feedback/consultation
How did you provide feedback
to relevant stakeholders about
the implementation and results
of the policy and procedure?
How else did you engage with
stakeholders during
implementation?
Attach copies of feedback
correspondence and/or results
to this section of your portfolio.

Sustainability results
Summarise the sustainability
gains that were made as a
result of implementation.

 Is there anything that you

could have done
differently to improve the
sustainability gains?

 What changes did you

make to the policy as a
result of the
implementation?

Attach a final copy of the policy

with changes highlighted to
this section of your portfolio.

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E: [email protected]
W: www.newton.edu.au
Brisbane Campus: 98 Cleveland Street, Greenslopes QLD 4120
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne Campus: Level 10, 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Attach: Evidence of support provided ☐

Copies (or screen shots) of tracking, recording and

☐
documentation

Copies (or links) of relevant policies and procedures ☐

Feedback correspondence/results ☐

Final policy ☐

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