BSBSUS401
Implement & Monitor environmentally sustainable work
practices.
,Activity 1.
1. What is the purpose of National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting Legislation?
The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER Act 2007) establishes the legislative framework
for the NGER Scheme which is a national framework for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas
projects and energy consumption and production by corporations in Australia.
It does this by setting out the details that establish compliance rules and procedures for administering the
NGER Act. It also describes the methods, standards and criteria to be applied when estimating greenhouse
gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption.
It also sets out the requirements for preparing, conducting and reporting on greenhouse and energy audits.
2. What is the purpose of Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Legislation?
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) is the Australian
Government’s central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage
nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places, defined in
the EPBC Act as matters of national environmental significance.
Its objectives are to provide for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental
significance. To Conserve Australian Biodiversity, enhance the protection and management of important natural
and cultural places. Assists with promoting ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and
ecologically sustainable use of natural resources.
It also recognises the role of Indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's
biodiversity, and to promote the use of Indigenous peoples' knowledge of biodiversity with the involvement of,
and in cooperation with, the owners of the knowledge.
3. What is the Kyoto Protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
It recognizes that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions (GHG) in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a
heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February
2005.
4. Who has the prime responsibility for environmental protection?
Under the division of powers between the Australian Government and the states under the Australian
Constitution, it is the states that have the primary responsibility for environmental protection.
The Australian Government environment minister only has authority over the nine defined matters of national
environmental significance, which are
world heritage properties
national heritage places
, wetlands of international importance
nationally threatened species and ecological communities
migratory species
Commonwealth marine areas
the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
nuclear actions (including uranium mining)
Water resource, in relation to coal seam gas development and large coal mining development.
In addition, the EPBC Act confers jurisdiction over actions that have a significant impact on the environment
where the actions affect, or are taken on, Commonwealth land, or are carried out by a Commonwealth agency
(even if that significant impact is not on one of the nine matters of 'national environmental significance).
5. How do organisations know how to behave ethically in regards to sustainability?
Organisations can refer to their own individual code of conduct, ethics or behaviour established in the business
core values. Also, field of industry regulating bodies of the business will have an established code of practice
concerning ethics.
The following of this behaviour starts with management, and filters down all levels of staffing, establishing
morality and social conduct. On a wider level, shareholders in that business will have a stake in the direction
taken concerning ethics. Finally the greater community will take an interest in a business’s behaviour toward
ethical sustainability.
Activity 2.
1. What process might an assessor follow when analysing procedures to ensure compliance with
environmental regulations?
Firstly, the assessor will establish the laws that are relevant to the company requesting assessment, by asking
yes or no questions pertinent to the relationship between an organisation and environmental laws. Depending
on the answer to specific line of questioning, the assessor would rule out non-essential laws to adhere to. The
questioning would align with activities that generally concern areas of climate, air quality, soil, water, land use,
wildlife, resource and resource depletion. Specifically, they would be establishing potential opportunities of
contamination of these environments, which can include, physical damage, economic damage, social damage or
undesirable ecological change.
Once all the laws of compliance have been established, they would then require access to all work sites and
stations, observing work activities and practices. Viewing also any organisational environmental resources or
materials.
Upon completion of the analysis, they would then compile a report outlining their findings.
2. How might an assessor conduct an assessment?
Implement & Monitor environmentally sustainable work
practices.
,Activity 1.
1. What is the purpose of National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting Legislation?
The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER Act 2007) establishes the legislative framework
for the NGER Scheme which is a national framework for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas
projects and energy consumption and production by corporations in Australia.
It does this by setting out the details that establish compliance rules and procedures for administering the
NGER Act. It also describes the methods, standards and criteria to be applied when estimating greenhouse
gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption.
It also sets out the requirements for preparing, conducting and reporting on greenhouse and energy audits.
2. What is the purpose of Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Legislation?
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) is the Australian
Government’s central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage
nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places, defined in
the EPBC Act as matters of national environmental significance.
Its objectives are to provide for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental
significance. To Conserve Australian Biodiversity, enhance the protection and management of important natural
and cultural places. Assists with promoting ecologically sustainable development through the conservation and
ecologically sustainable use of natural resources.
It also recognises the role of Indigenous people in the conservation and ecologically sustainable use of Australia's
biodiversity, and to promote the use of Indigenous peoples' knowledge of biodiversity with the involvement of,
and in cooperation with, the owners of the knowledge.
3. What is the Kyoto Protocol?
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
It recognizes that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions (GHG) in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a
heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February
2005.
4. Who has the prime responsibility for environmental protection?
Under the division of powers between the Australian Government and the states under the Australian
Constitution, it is the states that have the primary responsibility for environmental protection.
The Australian Government environment minister only has authority over the nine defined matters of national
environmental significance, which are
world heritage properties
national heritage places
, wetlands of international importance
nationally threatened species and ecological communities
migratory species
Commonwealth marine areas
the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
nuclear actions (including uranium mining)
Water resource, in relation to coal seam gas development and large coal mining development.
In addition, the EPBC Act confers jurisdiction over actions that have a significant impact on the environment
where the actions affect, or are taken on, Commonwealth land, or are carried out by a Commonwealth agency
(even if that significant impact is not on one of the nine matters of 'national environmental significance).
5. How do organisations know how to behave ethically in regards to sustainability?
Organisations can refer to their own individual code of conduct, ethics or behaviour established in the business
core values. Also, field of industry regulating bodies of the business will have an established code of practice
concerning ethics.
The following of this behaviour starts with management, and filters down all levels of staffing, establishing
morality and social conduct. On a wider level, shareholders in that business will have a stake in the direction
taken concerning ethics. Finally the greater community will take an interest in a business’s behaviour toward
ethical sustainability.
Activity 2.
1. What process might an assessor follow when analysing procedures to ensure compliance with
environmental regulations?
Firstly, the assessor will establish the laws that are relevant to the company requesting assessment, by asking
yes or no questions pertinent to the relationship between an organisation and environmental laws. Depending
on the answer to specific line of questioning, the assessor would rule out non-essential laws to adhere to. The
questioning would align with activities that generally concern areas of climate, air quality, soil, water, land use,
wildlife, resource and resource depletion. Specifically, they would be establishing potential opportunities of
contamination of these environments, which can include, physical damage, economic damage, social damage or
undesirable ecological change.
Once all the laws of compliance have been established, they would then require access to all work sites and
stations, observing work activities and practices. Viewing also any organisational environmental resources or
materials.
Upon completion of the analysis, they would then compile a report outlining their findings.
2. How might an assessor conduct an assessment?
