Part A: Planning Sustainable Policy

Part A: Planning Sustainability Policy

Before you write the sustainability policy you need to access information on sustainabiltty practices and the processes and techniques of writing policy. You also need to discuss possible approaches to policy development and implementation with key stakeholders.

1. Gather information from a range of sources to help you plan and develop the policy. Sources may include:

•    Industry guidelines
•    Industry best practice
•    Relevant personnel
•    Organisational specifications
•    Legislative requirements

2. You will need to research different methods and techniques for writing policy. All types of organisations have policies to guide the way work is done in the organisation. Consequently, policy documents can be written and presented in many different ways. Some of the issues you will need to consider are:

•    How you will structure the document most effectively?
•    What writing style will you use?
•    Will you include the organisation’s general principles and philosophies?
•    How will you organise general policies and specific procedures?
•    Who needs to authorise the policy document?

3. Identify and consult with stakeholders as a key component of the policy development process. Stakeholders may include:

•    Customers
•    Staff
•    Investors
•    Local community
•    Regulators
•    Technical specialists

4. Make recommendations for sustainability policy options to address inefficiencies within the organisation or opportunities for improvements in sustainability practices based on:

•    Likely effectiveness
•    Time-frames
•    Cost
•    Existing organisational policies such as equal employment opportunity, OHS and equity and diversity policies
•    Principles and practices of sustainability management relevant to the industry
•    Industry best practice
•    Available tools and techniques of sustainability management
•    Continuous improvement in resource efficiency

Part B

Now that you have an understanding of sustainability and the inefficiencies and opportunities for improved sustainable practices in the organisation, you must develop a workplace sustainability policy.

1. Define the scope of the policy. This may include:

•    Breadth of the policy application – will it be implemented in parts of organisation, the whole organisation of across multiple organisations

•    Policy approach – will you select an intergrated approach which includes environment, social and economic aspects, or a specific approach that focuses on aspects individually?

•    Adherence to legislation – will you meet the relevant legislation which supports the compliance of your organisation in environmental performance and sustainability?

•    Reference the organisation’s policy to international and nation environmental standards, guidelines and approaches – will you follow guidelines and appraches such as the Global Reporting Initiative ecological foot print and Greenhouse Challenge Plus.

2. Develop a workplace sustainability policy that reflects the organisation’s commitment to sustainability as an integral part of business planning, and as a business opportunity which includes benchmark indicators.

3. Develop an implementation strategy as part of the policy. This may involve developing:

•    Relevant systems and procedures to aid in the achievement of workplace sustainability
•    Quality assurance systems
•    Relevant protocols
•    System for continuous improvement in resource efficiency for recording and interpreting data

1. Workplace Policy and Procedure

This report has been prepared on the workplace policy and procedure for Toyota car manufacturing company. The company has been rendering quality services, and has taken care of the workplace policy and procedure that is considered to be essential for the development of the company. The policy is to render quality services to the clients, at a reasonably lower price.

1. Workplace Policy and Procedure

The industry guidelines state the car manufacturing company has to follow the norms that have been set forth by the government. It is essential for the companies to follow the rules, through which the standards of the car manufactured can be upgraded on a regular basis.

The best practice and the policies adopted by the company for improving the life cycle management system have been included. Such plans are developed and implemented for the purpose of handling the requirements that are associated with the economic and social sustainability factors.

It includes drafting strategies through which the changes can be implemented by the company for increasing the quality of hybrid cars that are manufactured for the customers. In this process, the strategies adopted has to help the companies in adopting the best technology that will be useful for selling the best products that will be preferred by the buyers.

Toyota is a world famous company that has been selling innovative cars to the clients from different parts of the world. In order to achieve the set target, the company ensures to evaluate the present industrial requirements and develop plans through which the needs can be catered in the best possible manner. This also includes adopting the best policies to make the best use of the resources like employees, raw materials, and others. The company has been basically concentrating on developing cars that are eco-friendly, and doesn’t cause any harm to the environment. It also includes manufacturing cars that consumes less fuel. In order to accomplish the task, the company has followed the legislative rules that include procuring licenses for carrying out the business activities. In this process, the management of the company improved upon the specifications through which the quality of the products can be improved by the management.

This includes drafting the right policies that will be useful in selling the best car that will cater the needs of the clients. In this process, the rules include making changes that would help the company in increasing the same. It includes getting permission for carrying out the business activities.

The policy writing has to be done with enough research as this will help the company in accomplishing the set target. Through an effective policy writing method, the management can cope with the challenges that are associated with communication of the process.

The structure of the report for policy writing has to be effective and simple. This will help in improving the quality of interaction that is considered to be necessary for discussing the requirements of the policy. The step that is followed for writing the policy creates a challenge for the company and the staffs who refer the same. Style selected for writing the policy has to be simple and effective (McBeth, 2004).

The policy has to be written in the report writing format, as this will help in improving the understanding amongst the readers who are the clients, stakeholders, and internal clients.

Industry Guidelines

At the time of writing of report, the management also includes the policies that are considered to be necessary for communicating with different types of clients.

The rules and policies are arranged as per the importance. The sequence followed includes –

a.    The future goals of the company

b.    Steps that are intended to be followed

c.    Methods that will be adopted for solving the issues.

d.    Relationship management with the staffs and the stakeholders.

The policy documents have to be authorised by the department head along with the management of the company.

The company has proposed to introduce better methods for increasing the production activities. In this case, the challenges that are associated with the resource wastages, unsafe work culture, risk to the environment, and other factors are analysed by the management. This is considered to be quite essential for handling the challenges that are associated with the process of imposing rules through which the necessary changes can be implemented by the company. The changes need to be communicated with the stakeholders and investors who are interested in the improved performance of the company. The stakeholders are –

a.    Customers – Potential buyers from the company are interested in the purchases of eco-friendly and reliable car. The company thus work towards catering the requirements of the clients. In order to accomplish the task, the management choose the best technology through which the quality of the services and products are improved.

b.    Staffs – The staffs of the company are provided with secured and safe work atmosphere, which is meant to reduce the accidents that are caused at the workplace.

c.    Investors – Investors are interested in finding an effective manner, through which the funds invested into the company. This is one of the reasons; the management look for better options through which the quality of services can be improved.

d.    Community – In this process, the company work towards finding the best methods through which the community would be less impacted due to the production activities.

e.    Regulators – The Company ensure to follow the rules and regulations that have been drafted by the federal authorities. This is done to ensure to carry out the production activities without any interruption.

f.    Technical department – Necessary resources are provided to ensure that the production activities are improved.

It is quite important to develop and implement strategies through which the policy implementation process can be evaluated by the management. In this method, the challenges that are faced by the company at the time of implementing the steps include –

i.    Analysing the cost effectiveness – In this method, the price that is involved with the process of implementing the steps has to be analysed. This is done with an intention of increasing the performance for the company.

ii.    Time frame – This is one of the most important factors that need to be analysed by the management. Such a process has to be followed to analyse the time and other challenges that are expected to be followed by the company.

iii.    Effectiveness  – The adopted policy needs to suit the requirements of the company, and help in coping with the challenges that exists with the system.

iv.    Policies – Adopted strategies has to be effective and  cope with the rules that has been drafted for equity and OHS strategies.

v.    Principles – The proposal is to introduce better methods for production activities, which is considered to be necessary for making the necessary changes. In this process, the requirements of the company in terms of policy and the products are analysed.

vi.    Best practices – The change that has been proposed to be introduced is communicated with the concerned departments. This is also done with an intention of adopting the best practices that will cater the needs of the company.

vii.    Tools – The techniques that has been proposed to be adopted has to be in relation with the company, as this will help in accomplishing the task.

viii.    Improvement – The process that has been adopted by the company needs to be checked and related with the process for monitoring. This is required for introducing the check process and the corrections can be made.

Best Practice of Industry

The changes intended to be implemented by the company needs to have long-term impact on the production strategy. In this process, the changes that are intended to be implemented by the company has to be analysed as this will help in improving the quality of services and complete the tasks within the stipulated time frame.

Policy Application

This report for sustainable program has been developed and implemented for Toyota Company. The management of the company propose to introduce policy change in the production department.

Changes include implementing the below mentioned actors –

•     Maximising the use of resources

•    Reducing the wastages, which adds to the operational costs

•    Providing better guidance to the staffs to perform better at the workplace.

•    Decide the steps that would be followed for implementing the policy change that is necessary for the company.

Communication is one of the most important factors that need to be decided and implemented in the right manner. Through this process, it is possible for handling the challenges that are associated with the process of introducing the changes that are considered to be necessary for improving the quality of the services. In this method, the policy needs to be implemented after analysing the company rules. This is done so as to accomplish the task in the best possible manner.

The program has to be developed with an intention of achieving long term sustainable plan, which is considered to be necessary for achieving the set target. This will enable the company to increase the quality of services that has been proposed to be rendered to the clients. Apart from this, the policy change has to be communicated with the members as this will help in improving the quality of the services that will be useful in implementing the changes that are considered to be necessary for the management. The changes would have to be communicated with the concerned stakeholders and the federal authorities. Such factors will help in approaching maximum number of clients and serve them with the best possible options. Also, the required changes in terms of policy factors and others will be introduced by the company over the specified time frame. This will help in increasing the performance of the company. In the sustainable plan, the required changes in terms of production, technology, and other factors will help in achieving the set target over the set period of time (Meyerson, 2001).

The company has dedicated towards the development and implementation of plan through which the quality of the services can be improved. In this case, the changes are drafted and implemented in the precise manner. apart from this, an attempt is made to develop the strategies on a continuous basis. This will help in the development of the process that will be useful in making the required changes.

Analysis of the System

In this method, the evaluation process would be done as per the quality that has been set forth by the company. It is quite important to develop and implement an effective quality check and evaluation process. This has to be done on a continuous basis, as the company would be able to achieve the set target without compromising with the quality.

The system has been developed to surpass the quality that has been set forth by the management. In this case, it is necessary to cross-check the set parameters and undertake the right steps through which the changes can be implemented.
Protocols

It includes –

a.    Communication
b.    Analysing the challenges
c.    Drafting the best strategies

For this, the management has a team that will work towards implementing the changes that will work towards the development of the quality that is required for introducing the changes.

References

Macbeth, A, 2004. A look at corporate code of conduct legislation. Common Law World Review, 33, 222–254.
Meyerson, D. E. (2001, October 1). Radical change, the quiet way. Harvard Business Review, 93–100.