Elements and Performance Criteria
- Examine work site/work area in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices
- Applicable occupational health and safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to implementing environmentally sustainable work practices in the work site/work area are identified and followed
- Information on environmental and resource efficiency systems and procedures is sourced
- Current resource usage is measured and documented
- Current purchasing strategies are investigated and documented
- Current work processes are examined to assist in identifying areas for improvement
- Set targets for improvement
- Input from stakeholders, appropriate personnelandspecialists is sought in providing solutions for work site/work area environmental issues
- Alternative solutions to work site/work area environmental issues are considered and communicated to appropriate personnel
- Environmental and resource efficiency targets are set
- Environmental and resource efficiency improvement plan for work site/work area is developed
- Implement environmental and resource efficiency improvement plan
- Appropriate techniques and tools to assist in achieving efficiency targets are sourced
- Environmental and resource efficiency improvement plan is integrated and implemented with other operational activities
- Suggestions and ideas about environmental and resource efficiency management are sought from appropriate personnel and stakeholders, and acted upon where appropriate
- Monitor performance
- Outcomes to report on efficiency targets are documented and communicated to appropriate personnel and stakeholders
- Targets and environmental and resource efficiency improvement plan are reviewed
- New efficiency targets are set, and new tools and strategies applied where appropriate
- Successful strategies are promoted and where possible, participants rewarded