Assignment
Write a self-evaluation report on how effectively you are implementing and monitoring the environmental procedures at your worksite. Your benchmark for success will be the level to which you have upheld the company's environmental policies and any external regulations that apply.
Use a table format or some other method of listing the policies separately, so you can systematically analyse your performance for each one. You may follow the table structure shown below, or draw up your own version if you prefer.
You should go carry out this analysis on at least four separate policies or regulations. Note that the table below will need to be repeated for each policy or regulation you identify.
Steps | Description |
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Environmental policy or regulation | Identify one policy or regulation that the company has documented (see the slideshow below for some examples). |
What are the existing procedures? | Briefly summarise the workplace procedures you have implemented to uphold the policy or regulation. |
How do you monitor the procedures? | Describe the methods you use to monitor the effectiveness of the procedures that are in place (see the slideshow below for some examples) |
Are the procedures succeeding? | Answer Yes or No as to whether the current system is achieving the environmental outcomes set for this policy or regulation. If the answer is Yes, move on to the next policy. If the answer is No, state whether you believe the problem lies with the procedures themselves, the way you are implementing them, or some other factor. |
How can the system be improved? | If you answered No to the above question, list some actions you might be able to take to address the problems you have identified. The actions might include a revision of the procedures, a change in the way you implement them, the introduction of new procedures, or some other strategy that will help to achieve a better result. |
Hints on monitoring methods
The slideshow below provides some examples of monitoring methods that can be used to measure the effectiveness of environmental procedures. You will no doubt have many methods of your own, but these examples will be useful in helping to identify them.
Select the links at the left of the picture to see some suggested methods of monitoring each of these environmental principles.