Last week Reg Hasalot, CEO attended the annual cruising industry conference. The focus of the conference was sustainability and environmentally sustainable work practices. Reg said the conference opened his eyes to the many improvements that could be made to the work practices at Koala Corporation.

He believes that the company needs a greater focus on the following:

• Resource usage
• Procurement and purchasing
• Quality assurance
• Waste management

He has asked you to spearhead the required changes

Q1. Identify the processes you would follow to investigate the current practices in relation to resource use.

Q2. Nominate a range of sources of information you will access to identify current procedures, practices and compliance requirements in relation to environmental and resource sustainability

Q3.Explain how you will measure current resource usage

Q4.Nominate who you will consult with to seek input from and generate ideas for improvement with

Q5.Identify the environmental requirements you will need to meet

Q6.Nominate the consultative processes you will implement to generate ideas for alternative solutions to workplace environmental issues

Q7.Using the information from previous tasks, set targets for improvement in efficiency

Q8.Develop an environmental and resource efficiency improvement plan to implement new processes to meet the efficiency targets. Ensure you plan:

• Sets clear objectives and timelines
• Nominate roles and responsibilities
• Identifies activities required to make change
• Meets environmental requirements
• Nominates communication and reporting processes

Q9.Discuss how you will supervise and support team members to engage them in implementing sustainability improvements.

Q10.Nominate the monitoring processes you will implement to evaluate performance

Q11.Discuss techniques you could implement to promote successful strategies and reward participants

Q12.Explain how you could apply a continuous improvement approach to sustainability performance

Q13.Nominate what change management techniques could be applied to support sustainability performance

Q14.Your organisation is interested in analysing and organising information about the amount of paper it uses.

Convert the data provided into a format that is easily used (for example a graph or chart).

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Reams	27	25	55	58	69

Q15. Reg Hasalot is thinking about installing low-flush toilets in all of its bathrooms and air hand-driers to replace paper towel dispensers in the head office. Purchasing new toilets for the entire office will cost $22,000. You will need to employ plumbers to fit the toilets at a cost of $9,500. It is estimated that this will save the office $16,000 in water consumption fees. The hand-driers will cost $13,500. The cost of employing electricians to install the hand-driers will come to $4,400. As the office will no longer have to purchase paper towels, it will save $7,300 per year. It also estimates it will save $1,000 per year in cleaning costs, as the bathrooms will take less time to clean and bins will need to be emptied less frequently. The office will incur additional electricity costs of $1,700 per year however.

Calculate the combined payback period for the installation of low-flush toilets and air hand-driers.