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Sustainability Policy - Policy Implementation

WORKPLACE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY ACTION PLANS

In this section you are going to become even more specific. This section is about action plans that outline specific actions required to fulfill your strategies and recommendations.

These are like little "To-Do-Lists" outlining the strategies (from AT2.1) and detailed what to do, by whom, by when and how. This part is important, as action plans are great for tracking the progress of your implementation. Produce an action item list to look something like this:

Strategy 1: Reduce electricity consumption by 20%.

Action 1: Reduce access usage of electricity
• Turn off lights while not using them
• Do not leave equipment plugged on
Action 2: Use cheaper electric equipment
• Add cheaper light bulbs
• Use DC equipment

Strategy 2: To improve the sound usage by 15%.

Balance the bass system
• Use better devices
• Improve the previous devices
Improve the quality of sound
• Use better devices
• Improve the previous devices

COMMUNICATE WORKPLACE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
a. Methodology for internal stakeholders.
i. The rationale for the policy development: To improve communication with internal stakeholders
ii. Description of what the policy covers: Internal stakeholders' interest in the company
iii. Legislation and regulations that are relevant: Stakeholder management regulations
iv. Strategies and timeframes for implementing the policy: Improved communication; within the next month
v. Expected outcomes and KPI's: Improvement in stakeholders' relations with the company
vi. Benefits to the organization, stakeholders and the environment: Improvement in productivity, increase in gains, improvement in waste management.
vii. Support and resources that will be provided to ensure the policy is accepted and followed: Better communication; face-to-face interviews
b. Methodology for external stakeholders.
i. The rationale for the policy development: To improve communication with external stakeholders
ii. Description of what the policy covers: External stakeholders' interest in the company
iii. Legislation and regulations that are relevant: Stakeholder management regulations
iv. Strategies and timeframes for implementing the policy: Improved communication; within the next month
v. Expected outcomes and KPI's: Improvement in stakeholders' relations with the company
vi. Benefits to the organization, stakeholders and the environment: Improvement in productivity, increase in gains, improvement in waste management.
vii. Support and resources that will be provided to ensure the policy is accepted and followed: Better communication; face-to-face interviews
We will motivate others to comply with our targets by explaining the major benefits of our targets to both the organization and the stakeholders. We will acknowledge and reward the participants if we achieve success by offering them special places at the company.

IMPLEMENT, MONITOR AND REVIEW WORKPLACE SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

Each step of the policy will be monitored throughout the plan.

Stakeholders

Stakeholders are people who are involved in a strategy ("holding a stake in a strategy") and without them the strategy cannot be implemented.

For each strategy:
• The key stakeholders are the owners, investors, suppliers, employees, and customers. Their major role is to provide suggestions regarding improvement.
• The policy will be promoted to stakeholders by face-to-face meetings.
• The stakeholders will be consulted regularly and kept informed of policy outcomes and implementation by emails.
• The policy will be communicated through meetings.

Life Cycle Management (LCM)
LCM will be used in the company by focusing on the principles and approaches of life cycle thinking and enhancing brand recognition.
For instance, this approach will focus on the improvement of quality of sound system, which will target a continuous improvement of the company's services.

Monitoring and Evaluation

What kind of data is needed to measure you progress?
The data regarding the progress report of the company as well as annual report will be needed to measure progress.
Data is collected through analysis of the company's operations on a weekly basis.
The data is monitored, interpreted, and evaluated by overcoming the major flaws and avoiding them in the future.
The outcome of the monitoring reported is productive and it is reported to the manager.
The process of constant evaluation and quality improvement will be used when outcomes are not achieved.

Continuous Improvement

During the first round, the identified flaws will be removed to ensure that the second round will attain better results and more accurate outcomes in relation to the sustainability targets
The strategy for ensuring continuous improvement in resource efficiency will be the improvement of purchasing aspects to reduce waste.
The quality and waste management will be looked out after going through the first round of the policy implementation.
To ensure that the strategies will be effective, the feedback of the stakeholders will be taken.

Section 4 Summary & Conclusion

Summary

The key message of the policy is to improve:
• Energy efficiency by 20%
• Sound efficiency by 15%
• Waste efficiency by 10%

Conclusion

The main purpose of the sustainability policy developed for YELLOW WATER Company is to improve the efficiency of its operations. For this purpose, various waste management techniques will also be used. Besides, other strategies like continuous improvement and analysis of flaws will be implemented. These strategies will help in implementing the policy in the company and achieving the expected outcomes.

Attachment:- YELLOW WATER.rar