Elements and Performance Criteria
- Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage
- Environmental regulations applying to the enterprise are identified and procedures for assessing compliance with regulations are evaluated for their effectiveness.
- Information on the enterprise plan or system for environmental management and resource efficiency is collected, and where appropriate, provided to the work group.
- Information from a range of sources is collected, analysed and organised to provide information/advice and tools/resources for improvement opportunities.
- Current resource usage by members of the work group is measured and documented.
- Current purchasing strategies are analysed, documented and opportunities for improvement investigated.
- Current work processes for accessing information and data to assist in identifying areas for improvement are analysed.
- Set targets for improvements
- Implement performance improvement strategies
- Techniques and tools are sourced to assist in achieving efficiency targets.
- Continuous improvement strategies are applied to own work area and ideas and possible solutions are communicated to the work group and management.
- Environmental and resource efficiency improvement plans for own work group are integrated with other operational activities and implemented.
- Team members are supervised and supported to identify possible work areas for improved practices and resource efficiency in work area.
- Suggestionsand ideas about environmental and resource efficiency management are sought from stakeholders and acted upon, where appropriate.
- Costing strategies are implemented to fully value environmental assets.
- Monitor performance
- Tools and technology for evaluation and monitoring of environmental and resource efficiency performance are used and/or developed.
- Efficiency outcomes are documented and reports on targets are communicated to key personnel and stakeholders.
- Strategies and improvement plans are evaluated and new targets set, and new tools, technology and strategies investigated and applied.
- Successful strategies are promoted and participants acknowledged.