Effective Strategies For Implementing Sustainable Development Policies Essay.

1. outline the environmental or sustainability legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to the organisation identify internal and external sources of information and explain how they can be used to plan and develop the organisation’s sustainability policy

2. explain policy development processes and practices
3. outline organisational systems and procedures that relate to sustainability

4. outline typical barriers to implementing policies and procedures in an organisation and possible strategies to address them.

Gathering information for policy planning

1. Sustainability defines the interaction between few components like environment, economy and social equity. Therefore, sustainability development policies must be applied throughout the company to make a balance between the three components. For implementing sustainable development policies in the company first an analysis of the stakeholders should be done then the objectives of the policies should be set. At last, the plan should be executed. There should be efficient and effective use of resources in the company like electricity, water, transport and this must be supervised. Along with this, the use of resources must be audited and a plan should be delivered to use these resources (Tillmar, Elg, Klofsten, & Ellstrom, 2015).

2. To implement the sustainable development policies it is necessary to gather information on the methods and approaches, legal and regulatory environment and strategies used to plan the policy. This information can be gathered by the company’s websites or by social gatherings. The individuals should have a full knowledge of the policy. The data gathered will help in recognising the issues and measures to improve the policy can be taken and planned (Mizell, 2005).

3. The stakeholders will include the students, the staff, the investors, and the local community along with the management of the company. The stakeholders are the key components of the policy development process as the stakeholders allow incorporating methodologies which are required to implement the policies. Various environmental strategies are applied and training systems are provided. Discussion procedure is also applied in which the stakeholders open up formal and casual communication with the company people (Weekes, 2017).

4. Many different types of strategies are taken into consideration in sustainable policy at all stages of work for minimising resource use, reducing toxic materials and hazardous chemical use. Life cycle management approaches are implemented which looks at various aspects like makers, retailers, budgets, etc. The staff can be divided into multiple teams and each team can look after one aspect of the policy. Along with this, the life cycle management should be in a way that it involves all stakeholders and it implements the aspects of the policy (Schal, 2010).

5. Based on the effectiveness, timeframes and cost, the following areas should be considered.

• What is the cost of implementing the policies?
• What type of training will be required?
• What is the time of cost recovery?
• Do the new policies fit in the organisation’s strategic plan?

Different types of surveys and questionnaires can be used to check the scope of the sustainable development policy. These proposals will be considered with respect to water, control and reuse. The water resource should be checked on timely basis to control the wastage of water. The power can be controlled by switching off the power supply when nobody is utilizing it. Apart from this, the resources can be reused i.e. the waste paper, oil and other reusable resources can be reused easily.

Involving stakeholders in policy development

6. The policy must include a Sustainability Statement in which the target should be stated along with the ways in which it will be achieved. Because it is important to develop policy that reflects the organisation’s commitment to sustainability as an integral part of business planning and as a business opportunity. The organisation can easily share its report about the work done along with the strategies and methodologies on its website. Apart from this, blogs and feedbacks can be taken with the help of surveys. Articles about the policy can also be distributed in newspapers and on internet.

7. The policy can be implemented in the following ways,

1. By giving proper training to the staff on the sustainability policy.
2. By supporting the services on the websites.
3. By promoting detailed documentation on the development of the policy. 

The outcomes of the policy should be documented and a brief report of the policy should be forwarded to the board of directors of the company. The data of the outcome can be examined and new strategies can be formed accordingly.

The various performance indicators of the policy are:

1. Economic- These indicators involves the company’s turnover, its profit and the quantity of products sold.
2. Environmental- These indicators involve consumption of water, waste management, and the power output.
3. Social- These indicators involve stakeholders, labour practices and the issues affecting the stakeholders(Schal, 2010).

8. Few of the ways in which workplace sustainability policy can be promoted are by newspapers, e-mails, blogs and articles. Once a policy is planned then it is acknowledged to all the stakeholders before a draft has been generated so that the stakeholders can easily determine the flaws of the policy and can implement new strategies to improve it.

A detailed presentation should be giving to the stakeholders discussing the key challenges and outcomes of the policy. Other ways to promote the policy is by launching the concept on the website and in the annual meetings.

9.  It is necessary to improve everybody involved in implementing the policy about the expected outcomes and activities. If data will be available to all the staff members then they can easily comprehend the techniques and strategies. If the policy will be discussed in a group more ideas will be generated which will help in making the policy better.

The various ways by which tis information can be shared is by conducting workshops and social gatherings. Apart from this, posters can be generated which contains all the information of the policy. The information can also be shared by means of messages, reports, data sheets, stickers and notification.

10.When the policy is in the planning and design phase then all the problems which may arise should be discussed with the higher authorities. Along with this, a key plan of various techniques and strategies which will be implemented should be defined. After the planning, a detailed report and presentation should be prepared and must be discussed by the stakeholders.

Choosing strategies for resource efficiency

The procedures can be implemented by meetings and manuals, datasheets, agendas and messages or updates gatherings. When the feedbacks of the meeting are discussed new strategies are applied to improve thee policies (Weekes, 2017).

11.Continuous improvement comprises of evaluation and planning of the resources. Continuous improvement can be achieved by managing the performance, manufacturing and increasing the output. The different strategies of continuous improvement in resource efficiency are by reviewing the reports, keeping track of the records and by checking the proficiency.

12.To track continuous improvement in sustainability approaches the system must be recorded which supports structures, reviews and legitimate prerequisites. Along with this, the data must be installed on the computer and a hard copy should be printed, duplicates of all the data should be organized. The database which contains the records should be accessed by all the employees to keep them updated.

13.In sustainability policy, the data is not available which can determine the outcomes and results of the policy. The data can be provided to the stakeholders in the form of graph or presentations, but these charts do not represent the actual continuous improvement. The data should be graphed in such a way that it shows the benchmark of the last data i.e. it gets easy to analyse how much improvement is done. With the help of benchmark targets can be set which represents how much improvement is needed. If the feedback will be positive it will motivate people to keep trying and eventually they will improve. The motivation will also help in increasing the performance of the company.

14.There are many ways of identifying the success of the sustainability policy like,

1. By developing an evaluation blueprint
2. By recognizing the data-collection needs
3. By designing a comprehensive data-collection system
4. By testing the data-collection system
5. By implementing the plan.

Apart from this success can also be identified by examining the following criteria’s,

• By evaluating the systems which are not running easily
• The workforce who tried to achieve the best of the policy
• Understanding the people who are discarding the new methodologies
• Analyzing the changes in the strategies
• Overviewing the new systems and the methodologies(Tillmar, Elg, Klofsten, & Ellstrom, 2015)

To judge the success of the policy look for the data records and analyze the work of each and every individual.

15. To monitor the records to identify trends following steps are taken into consideration,

1. By choosing a limited set of effective measures
2. By developing the report formats
3. By determining the schedule for regular reports
4. By recognising procedure on the identified problems

The records are monitored on the basis of following standards,

• Transparency- the documents should be transparent and must have detailed information
• Accuracy- the data in the report must be accurate
• Consistency- the data of the report should be consistent

By monitoring these records, it also gets easy promote the continuous improvement of performance because if the policy matches all the criteria’s the company will be benefited and hence the employees will get motivated.

It is very necessary to review and modify the policies and procedures to ensure that improvements are made in the organization. Once the documentation of the policy is done it should be reviewed according to the legislative changes. On discussing it with the other employee’s new ideas can be generated to make it better.

The policies and procedures must meet the organizational requirements and the legislative requirements. If the policies do not meet any of the criteria is has to be reviewed and then must be modified according to the changes. The ideas should be triggered and new thoughts according to the approaches must be implemented to enhance the organization’s arrangements and methodology.

The administrator should be able to talk to the individuals and ask them about the improvements and must motivate them to execute the changes. 

References 

Mizell, L. (2005). Evaluating for Sustainability: Eight Steps to Success. [online] Available at: https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/columns/the-sustainable-nonprofit/evaluating-for-sustainability-eight-steps-to-success [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].

Schal, T. (2010). Workflow Management Systems for Process Organisations. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Weekes, J. (2017). 7 advantages of having effective workplace health and safety policies and procedures. [online] Available at: https://www.healthandsafetyhandbook.com.au/7-advantages-of-having-effective-workplace-health-and-safety-policies-and-procedures/ [Accessed 31 Jan. 2018].

Elg, M., Ellstrom, P., Klofsten, M. and Tillmar, M. (2015). Sustainable development in organizations. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.