MSAENV472B Implement and Monitor Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices

1. MSAENV472B Implement and Monitor Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices Neale Farmer – Coordinator Major Environmental Initiatives – Hunter TAFE neale.farmer1@tafe.nsw.edu.au Session 2: Wednesday 21 May

3. MSAENV472B Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices * Includes processes, tools and techniques relevant to YOUR WORKPLACE

4. Today’s Session By the end of today’s session you will be able to: 1. Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage 2. Set targets for improvements 3. Implement performance improvement strategies

5. Timekeeper Please? 1. Recap (5 mins) 2. Video case studies (10 mins) 3. Overview of tools & techniques (20 mins) 4. Group activity (15 mins) 5. Discussion and wrap up (5 mins)

6. Video Case Studies UniWashington Green Lab Cert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8C1ctzrUQc (1m.11s) Sustainability Awards 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmn0jhgVygU (2m.10s) BASF Construction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQmiaaRG9A (2m.40s) Tip: When watching Video’s: please consider and jot down any points you think demonstrate how they have: “effectively analysed the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices, implemented improvements and monitored their effectiveness.

7. Tools and Techniques For……… • 1. ….. Identifying areas for improvement in environmental performance • 2. …..Developing plans to make improvements • 3. ……Implementing and monitoring improvements in environmental performance

8. Continuous Improvement Cycle • Identify and research area/s for improvement, consult, measure baseline. • Set goals, targets, objectives • Implement the improvement • Monitor implementation and results • Revise or adjust plan • etc...........

9. Tools and Techniques for………Identifying areas for improvement in environmental performance • Stakeholders? • Observation (carefully use all 5 senses) – WHS applies • Consultation • Surveys • Inspections and audits • Monitoring – If you can’t measure it – you can’t manage it! • Others? Activity 1: Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

10. Tools and Techniques for………Developing plans to make improvements Activity 2: Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

11. The Waste Hierarchy

12. Tools and Techniques for……Implementing and monitoring improvements in environmental performance • When implementing your action plan for performance improvement: • Consider separate action plan/s V’s embedded action plan/s • Keeping stakeholders informed and engaged • How will you measure and report progress (think time, specification, budget)? • How will you measure success (financial, social, environmental) • Monitoring, Reporting and Review (Plan – Do – Check – Act) • R&R: Rewards and Recognition • Spreading the love – disseminating lessons to others Activity 3: Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

13. Case Study: Water on Newcastle Campus

16. What did we do?

17. So what happened in 2014? • ?

20. Activity 4 – 15 minutes • Sort into groups of 4-5 • Worksheet 1: Circle the environmental issues applying to your laboratory/workplace • Worksheet 2: Complete as much of the University of Washington University Green Laboratory Checklist as possible • Later: Scan (don’t copy) the originals of each worksheet and email to the rest of the group • Later: Estimate the sheets of paper saved by distributing electronic rather than hard copies to students in your group*

22. neale.farmer1@tafe.nsw.edu.au