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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Interpret regulation
   • Determine emissions/sustainability issues as defined by the relevant regulation.
   • Compare organisation’s profile with regulatory definitions/descriptions.
   • Determine impact on the organisation in its current state.
2. Develop possible organisation responses to impact
   • Determine ‘no change’ cost of compliance.
   • Facilitate the suggestion of alternative responses.
   • Determine benefit/cost for feasible alternative responses.
   • Compare alternative response to current state impact.
   • Rank responses by desirability.
3. Select appropriate responses
   • Short-list ranked responses.
   • Discuss short-listed responses with key stakeholders.
   • Determine responses to be implemented and timelines for implementation.
   • Develop an overall strategic plan to implement agreed responses.
4. Implement agreed responses
   • Develop implementation plan for agreed responses.
   • Negotiate required resources with relevant stakeholders.
   • Negotiate timelines and measures/indicators of success with change stakeholders.
   • Acquire and deploy resources required to achieve agreed responses.
   • Monitor implementation and take action as required to achieve required responses.
   • Renegotiate with relevant stakeholders as necessary.
5. Recommend further improvements
   • Measure improvements actually obtained.
   • Identify non-compliances with planned improvements.
   • Determine additional improvements desirable.

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Regulation includes one or more of	regulations and legislation as may be in force to regulate emissions or similar standards (such as AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards), codes of practice and other sustainability related regulation arrangements.
Alternative responses include one or more of	process, procedural and practice changes to reduce carbon emissions value chain changes to reduce carbon emissions carbon trading responses modify cost of compliance other market operations where relevant material, component and product changes to reduce emissions/improve compliance.
Desirability ranking includes one or more of	regulatory required changes direct dollar benefit/cost customer benefit stakeholder perception life cycle improvements.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, across an organisation or section/department, to:

determine sustainability regulatory environment for an organisation

identify a range of possible responses to regulation

analyse and rank possible responses according to benefit/cost to organisation

consult with stakeholders to identify agreed response

implement and monitor agreed response consistent with regulation and stakeholder purpose.

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Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to develop an appropriate response to schemes regulating sustainability including knowledge of:

relevant regulations/legislation

stakeholders and methodology required to determine organisation’s current state and fit compared to regulations/legislation

brainstorming techniques

cost-benefit analyses techniques

methods of dealing with regulatory requirements and the benefits arising from each

project/improvement planning/scheduling techniques

process monitoring and critical measures

AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards (or its authorised replacement or other relevant standard).

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