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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Investigate social sustainability issues and practices
   • Review information about current industry practice in relation to social sustainability issues that may affect the work area
   • Identify legislative/regulatory requirements that relate to social sustainability issues and how they apply to the work area
   • Identify voluntary codes and standards that relate to social sustainability issues
   • Collect information on systems, procedures and work practices that have social sustainability implications
   • Identify how the organisation’s stated values, strategies and goals relate to social sustainability
   • Determine the relevance of the social sustainability issues and practices to the work area or work group

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills include researching and interpreting information about social sustainability and how it applies to the organisation and the work area planning and implementing activities to achieve outcomes modelling desired behaviours using and interpreting numerical data in relation to social sustainability presenting information targeted to diverse stakeholders applying strategies that support change applying techniques that encourage participation and inclusion

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes social sustainability issues that may affect the work area or work group for example human rightsexploitation in the supply chain purchasingprocurement decisions that may affect employment supply and quality of food and water heritage and access to services of communities in the supply chain community concerns and perceptions diversity in the workplace procedures that support equity participation and staff engagement procedures for managing performance addressing bullying discrimination and harassment and providing skills and development work conditions programs that target local recruitment the impact of environmental issues on peoples health and lifestyle current industry practices to address social sustainability issues such as incorporating social sustainability criteria into procurement decisions and tenders amendingdeveloping new procedures programs that target local community issues programs that engage with local community and organisations financial and other support for charities working with social enterprises legislativeregulatory requirements that have social sustainability implications such as Competition and Consumer Act Commonwealth and stateterritory antidiscrimination legislation Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act Stateterritory and local government planning legislation industrial relations legislation and awards voluntary codes and standards that have social sustainability implications such as Global Reporting Initiative GRI ISO Guidance on social responsibility industry codes principles and covenants the organisations processes for implementing initiatives amending procedures making recommendations and reporting change management strategies factors that contribute to lack of engagement discrimination and poor participation in the workplace techniques to encourage participation communication and respect in the workplace approaches to measuring social sustainability

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment	A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to engage stakeholders in identifying and making social sustainability improvements within the work area and promote awareness about social sustainability to others in the organisation
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently apply the skills covered in this unit of competency in new and different situations and contexts Critical aspects of assessment and evidence include identifying the social sustainability implications of the organisations systems procedures and work practices analysing and interpreting data on social sustainability prioritising planning and implementing changes within own area of responsibility and within organisational approvals and procedures using techniquesstrategies to encourage participation from stakeholders using techniquesstrategies to promote change
Context of and specific resources for assessment	This unit of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or a simulated workplace environment Assessment should emphasise a workplace context and procedures found in the candidates workplace This unit of competency may be assessed with other relevant units addressing sustainability at the enterprise level or other units requiring the exercise of the skills and knowledge covered by this unit The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team
Method of assessment	In all cases practical assessment should be supported by questions to assess underpinning knowledge and those aspects of competency which are difficult to assess directly Where applicable reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity age gender demographics and disability The language literacy and numeracy demands of assessment should not be greater than those required to undertake the unit of competency in a worklike environment

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Techniques and tools	Techniques and tools may include: visual workplace concepts measurement, display and/or recording devices changed work practices/procedures competence development and awareness training group activities external advice/services
Social sustainability metrics	Social sustainability metrics refers to quantifying the social aspects of sustainability which are typically ‘intangible’ and hard to measure. This is done by using indicators and estimations
Equitable participation	Equitable participation can be encouraged using activities and strategies, such as: protocols for communication and providing feedback rewarding innovation and initiative encouraging suggestions and implementing them, as feasible recognition and reward programs activities that recognise different ways of communicating and/or thinking, e.g. verbal, written and visual encouraging respect for cultural diversity, diverse interests and differing opinions using interpreters or translated information addressing barriers to communication
Procedures that support engagement	Procedures that support engagement typically cover issues such as: training and development progression and promotion hours of work and work-life balance work conditions and leave entitlements access to facilities and amenities performance reviews and performance management recognition and reward bullying, discrimination and harassment
Change management strategies	Change management strategies should be relevant to the work area and level of responsibility of the learner and may include: case studies from similar businesses finding champions within the organisation promoting internal success stories/runs on the board identifying the benefits of social sustainability targeted to stakeholder interests/needs
Stakeholders	Stakeholders include individuals and groups within the organisation and the value chain that have a direct interest in the enterprise's conduct, actions, products and services, such as: employees management shareholders customers suppliers regulatory bodies other organisations specialists who may have particular technical expertise

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