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DEVELOP WORKPLACE POLICY AND PROCEDURES

FOR SUSTAINABILITY

ASSESSMENT TASK 1

DEVELOP POLICY

Introduction

Tiny Opera Company operates in a rural NSW town. Colleen Starr started the
company after moving to the small town from Sydney in the late 1970s. Colleen
wanted to bring the wonder and entertainment of theatre-based performances to rural
NSW. Her vision was to create a regional theatre that emulated the Sydney Opera
House; making theatre both accessible and valued in her town and the surrounding
community. Stella’s idea and passion was shared by a wealthy landowner in the area
who donated $2.3 million to support the purchase of a venue and the ongoing
operation of the theatre. $1.3 million of this was invested in a trust which has been
added to over the years that Tiny Opera Company has generated a profit.
Colleen Starr bought an old town hall that had been built in the early 1900s. The hall
is listed on the State Heritage Register in NSW. Basic interior renovations were
carried out to the stage, three dressing rooms, kitchen, break room, meeting room,
food counter and ticketing booth including:

 painting internal walls

 Installing wall-mounted radiators throughout the theatres, dressing rooms and
break room
 Installing a dishwasher and oven in the kitchen
 Installing a wood heater in the meeting room.

Tiny Opera Company has staged regular performances in the theatre from the 1970s
onwards.

Ten years ago, the Tiny Opera Company built a small office building to serve the
growing number full time staff.

Develop Policy

Three policy option summaries

Tiny Opera Company’s aim to increase sustainability across its operations to embed
sustainability in the delivery of the strategic goals of the diverse business while
conserving and enhancing world Heritage Value

Likely effectiveness

 Replace old dishwasher with new

 Developing procedure for resource use such as minimizing the use of costume,
props, lighting and facilities by sorting of recyclable paper from the general
rubbish
  Replacing old wood heater with new
 Replacing wall-mounted radiators with efficient heater
 Impact of lack of support from manager
 Impact of staff reluctance to implement
 Reducing toxic material and hazardous chemical use by using low VOC
volatile organic compound) paint when painting
 Install intelligent lighting controls to turn off lights when area is unattended or
natural light is ample
 Program air conditioning to turn off at the end of the day and at the end of the
working week
 Implement workplace policy to minimize unnecessary equipment use
 Establish a re-distribution room for staff to deposit and re-use surplus
equipment
 Reuse paper that is unprinted on one side

Time frame

 Within the next 12 months to see the actions implemented of

 Implementing a sustainability continuous improvement strategy
 Minimizing resource use

Cost of implementing the option

 Replacing the new efficient product $55,000

 Miscellaneous $2,000

Draft of sustainability policy

Scope of the policy

Tiny Opera Company has the policy about environment sustainability covers both the
responsible and efficient use and management of resources to minimize the impact on
and conserve the environment for present and future generations

This policy applies to all employees, staff partner and audiences to develop materials
to inform and educate audiences about Tiny Opera Company’s sustainable activities
and encourage participation in activities and practice that lead to better environmental
outcomes

The relevant standard and legislation

* Environment Protection Act 1997 There is legislation that protects the environment
from pollution and its effects. This legislation is the Environment Protection Act
1997(The Act). The Act provides The regulatory framework to help reduce and
eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the air, land and water.

* The Equal Opportunity for women in the workplace Act 1999 requires organisations
with 100 or more employees to plan and report on their programs to ensure that
women are given equal opportunities in employment, professional development and
promotion.

* The Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 requires corporations using more
than 0.5 petajoules (p) of energy per year to apply the program’s framework to assess
their energy use and identify energy savings opportunities.

* The National greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER Act) requires
corporations who meet the thresholds to report on their greenhouse gas emissions,
energy production and energy consumption. They can also report on any projects to
reduce of offset greenhouse gas emissions.

* Office of environment and heritage (NSW)

* The National Pollutant Inventory reporting requirements (NPI) requires business to

report on their emissions and waste transfers if they trip any of the thresholds
including ninety three specified substances, rates of burning waste and/ or fuel and the
rate and types of electricity usage.

Outline Tiny Opera Company’s commitment to help policy

Tiny Opera Company is committed to providing timely management review of

sustainable business operating procedures and practice. Commit to track, measuring
and report on the performance of the implementation of sustainability practice
Sustainability practice is directly affected by legislation standard and reporting
requirement

The areas of sustainability that Tiny Opera Company specifically wants to focus on

 Reducing toxic material and hazardous chemical use

 Minimizing resource use
 Implementing a sustainability continuous improvement strategy
 Employing life cycle management approaches

Interim Report

Tiny Opera Company is committed to providing timely management review of

sustainable business operating procedures and practice. Commit to track, measuring
and report on the performance of the implementation of sustainability practice.
Sustainability practice is directly affected by legislation standard and reporting
requirement . Best practice models that were reviewed and how they informed the
sustainability policy

1. Waste Reduction and Recycling. The largest sources of human-generated methane,

a potent greenhouse gas, come from improperly managed landfills. Thus, waste
reduction and recycling activities reduce the potential to generate methane at landfills,
as well reduces pollutants generated from transporting waste to disposal sites. Waste
reduction and recycling activities also conserve natural resources.

2. The Sustainable Communities Learning Network helps local official and staff to
access and share resources and tools that encourage their communities to consider and
apply economically, socially and environmentally sustainable practices. Use the
Sustainable Communities Learning Network to access resources and tools that help
your community consider and apply sustainable policies and practices.

Strategies for promoting awareness of the sustainability policy

 Create sustainability challenges

 Share the waste and recycling bill with the employees
 Sent employees an email with a link to the company’s latest
sustainability report
  Put up sings in the kitchen and bathrooms highlighting water
conservation activities
 Share the electricity bill with the employees
 Providing service to community to facilitate sustainable behaviour e.g.
appropriate lighting management
 Poster the sustainability program
 Implement a quarterly recognition program for employees that
champion sustainability
 Talk about sustainability progress at the annual employee meeting
 Provide sustainability tour that point out sustainable building feature

Strategies for maximizing the impact of the policy

* Training: provided the employees the training program such as sustainability

leadership program, sustainability advantage programs and energy saving action plans
requirements NSW

* Marketing maximize profit, build stronger relationship with customer and suppliers

* Stakeholder Engagement engage with stakeholders to encourage the use of

resources efficiently and responsibly

Final Sustainability Policy

Tiny Opera Company’s aim to increase sustainability across its operations to embed
sustainability in the delivery of the strategic goals of the diverse business while
conserving and enhancing world Heritage Value.

Policy:

The organization recognizes the important of protecting the environment and will
minimize the resource use, Reducing toxic material and hazardous chemical use,
Employing life cycle management approaches and Implementing a sustainability
continuous improvement strategy.

Scope of the policy

Tiny Opera Company has the policy about environment sustainability covers both the
responsible and efficient use and management of resources to minimize the impact on
and conserve the environment for present and future generations.

This policy applies to all employees, staff partner and audiences to develop materials
to inform and educate audiences about Tiny Opera Company’s sustainable activities
and encourage participation in activities and practice that lead to better environmental
outcomes.

The relevant standard and legislation

* Environment Protection Act 1997 There is legislation that protects the environment
from pollution and its effects. This legislation is the Environment Protection Act
1997(The Act). The Act provides the regulatory framework to help reduce and
eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the air, land and water.

* The Equal Opportunity for women in the workplace Act 1999 requires organizations
with 100 or more employees to plan and report on their programs to ensure that
women are given equal opportunities in employment, professional development and
promotion.

* The Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 requires corporations using more
than 0.5 pet joules (p) of energy per year to apply the program’s framework to assess
their energy use and identify energy savings opportunities.

* The National greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER Act) requires
corporations who meet the thresholds to report on their greenhouse gas emissions,
energy production and energy consumption. They can also report on any projects to
reduce of offset greenhouse gas emissions.

* Office of environment and heritage (NSW)

* The National Pollutant Inventory reporting requirements (NPI) requires business to

report on their emissions and waste transfers if they trip any of the thresholds
including ninety three specified substances, rates of burning waste and/ or fuel and the
rate and types of electricity usage.
Definition: Sustainability policy are cover the reduction any negative impact on the
environment through the company’s aim

Procedure: All employees, staff, partners and audiences can help protect the
environment and minimize the resources use by the following

Reduce

* The use of electricity such as lighting and air-conditioning

* The use of paper

Re-use

* Some of the props

* Choosing efficient product

Recycle

* Recyclable paper from the general rubbish. For waste that can’t be avoided, reuse or
recycled

* Treat the waste to make it less harmful or reduce the volume of the harmful
component

* Dispose of the waste safety

Strategies for promoting awareness of the sustainability policy

* Talk about sustainability progress at the annual employee meeting

* Sent employees an email with a link to the company’s latest sustainability report

* Provide sustainability tour that point out sustainable building feature

* Put up signs in the kitchen and bathrooms highlighting water conservation activities

* Share the electricity bill with the employees

* Share the waste and recycling bill with the employees

* Poster the sustainability program

* Implement a quarterly recognition program for employees that champion

sustainability

* Providing service to community to facilitate sustainable behavior e.g. appropriate

lighting management

Strategies for maximizing the impact of the policy

* Training: provided the employee the training program such as sustainability

leadership program, sustainability advantage programs and energy saving action plans
requirement NSW)

* Marketing maximize profit, build stronger relationship with customer and suppliers

* Stakeholder engagement engage with stakeholders to encourage the use of resources

efficiently and responsibly

ASSESSMENT TASK 2

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND PRESENTATION

Implementation plan
Objective Reduce energy use
: Reduce electricity use by 2% per annum (FY06/07)
Reduce gas use by 4% annum (FY06/07)

Action Associated Resource Timelin Accountability

required target e
Install solar Eliminate Using solar energy 3 years Director,
panels household will be better than Building
emissions from electricity, less
electricity emission generated
by household
Use energy- Up to 50% Change all 1-2years Director,
efficient reduction in whitegoods to Building
whitegoods household energy efficient
emissions from standard, using
electricity energy efficient
whitegoods will be
better than the
normal one, less
emission generated
by household
Use energy- Up to 10% Change all lights to 1-2years Director,
efficient light reduction in energy efficient Building
globes household standard,
emissions using energy
efficient light will
be better than the
normal one, less
emission generated
by household
Switch off Lighting an Educate staff their 1years All staff
unused lights. average home responsibility of
produces about switching off
three quarters unused lights or
of a tonne of equipment, we can
greenhouse also replace some
gases. That's equipment with the
the same function of
amount of automatic switch
energy six on/off.
footballers use
 in a year.

Switch off Appliances on Educate staff their 1years All staff

appliances on standby can responsibility of
standby. account for switching
10% of your equipment to
electricity. If standby mode.
you switch off Equipment in
just one standby mode will
appliance at the save a huge number
wall you could of electricity.
save 45
kilograms of
greenhouse gas.

Seek ways to Teach them Prepare a 1-2years Director,

share more on energy presentation for Building
information savings and let educating our staff
on energy use them know or visitors more
and savings their about energy use
with staff, responsibility and savings, when a
venue hirers, huge crowd of
patrons and people know more
visitors about energy
saving, we can
contribute more to
the world
Implementation plan
Objective Embed environmental sustainability in everything we do
: Reduce landfill waste and increase reuse and recycling
Reduce the use of toxic or environmentally harmful products and
materials
Reduce water use by 2% per annum (FY06/07)

Action required Associated target Resource Timeline Accountabil

ity
Recycle all Just recycling paper Review paper purchase 1year All staff
material and containers at time of printing
possible reduces waste to contract
landfill by up to Implement paperless
27%.  workflow software
Get a compost Separate composting 1year Director,
bin or worm matter from other Building
farm rubbish.
Buy and use 1. Use sustainable marked with post- 1years All staff
Recycled paper products  consumer recycled
products fibre. Or, where
Use recycled timer products have virgin
fibre, look for
Buy the Forest Stewardship
secondhand rather Council (FSC) logo
than new items.
recycled timer building
and buy furniture made
from recycled timbers.
Where products have
virgin timber, look for
the FSC logo

Work within 5% reduction in -Develop ‘no plastic 2years Chief

existing single use plastic bag’ policy to avoid Financial
procurement within the Opera impacts on our marine Officer
frameworks to House precinct environment Director,
embed efficient -Engage with retail, Engagement
and responsible 90% office paper partnership and events &
resource use with at least 50% to implement policy Development
recycled content across the precinct And
10% reduction in -Survey single use Director,
office and marketing plastic on site to Visitor
paper use develop a Work with Experience
food and beverage
partners to consider
opportunities to reduce
single use packaging
and monitor progress
against baseline Staff
behaviour change
initiatives to reduce
single use packaging

Implement the Review consumable 2years Chief

framework contracts and identify Financial
principles in three contracts with Officer
three key significant Director
consumable environmental or social Building
materials opportunities/ impacts
contracts that will be reviewed or
modified within the
three-year period.
Implement the
sustainable procurement
framework in these
contracts
Responsible One audit per year of Ensure responsible 1years Director,
disposal of classified waste management and Building
classified waste management and disposal of classified
disposal from waste is included in all
building projects building contracts
Implement a schedule
of project audits
involving classified
waste disposal
management
Best practice 80% recycling rate - Renewal scope and 1years Director,
recycling in for renewal project contracts for Building
construction construction construction to include
and industry best practice
refurbishment 60% recycling by recycling targets
weight of waste -Include reduction of
from other demolition waste at
refurbishment and end-of-life interior
minor works projects fitout as part of interior-
design brief contracts
-Refurbishment waste-
management plan
approved Contract
clauses relating to waste
from refurbishment
reviewed and
implemented
-Collect waste data
from all construction
projects
Work to Detailed water audit Detailed water audit 1 year Director,
understand water including amenities, Building
use to develop kitchens, monitoring,
actions towards fire systems, and
greater efficiency rainwater reuse
 opportunities. The audit
will include
improvement projects
and recommended ways
to measure and achieve
best practice water
efficiency
Implement at least Implement high priority 2 years Director,
two actions from the actions from the water Building
water audit audit Water efficiency
ratings for fitouts equal
or above NSW
Government Resource
Efficiency Policy
Review of water Continue to refine 2 years Director,
targets measurement and Building
benchmarks for best
practice water
management on site
using attendance data

Implementation plan
Objective Engage and inspire
: Engage staff in supporting sustainability targets.
Present information and training to employees in plain English.
Inspire audiences to consider sustainability in their everyday choices.
Action Associated Resource Timeline Accountability
required target
Seek One best- Sustainable 1 Years Director,
opportunities practice transport plan Safety, Security
to encourage sustainable initiatives that & Risk
sustainable transport support the Director,
transport initiative renewal transport Building
choices for staff and/or plan and health
for staff and visitors per year. and wellbeing
visitors initiatives
Sustainable
transport
initiatives to take
away barriers to
choosing
alternatives to
single passenger
car transport
Improve rate of Choice of 1years Director,
sustainable transport measured People &
transport use by through transport Culture
staff Undertake staff-
engagement
initiatives to
encourage
transport other
than single-
passenger cars
Best-practice Best-practice bike 1 year Director,
bike parking parking Building
included in requirements
Renewal included in scope
for delivery of
 Renewal
Reduce Air For business - 1years Director,
travel. video conferences People &
instead of air Culture
travel; for holidays
- discover some of
the fabulous
destinations closer
to home.
Implementation plan
Objective Keep accurate records
: Record resource use on a monthly basis.

Action Associated Resource Timeline Accountability

required target
managing all To improve You can do this by 1-2years All staff
your administrative linking the
practice’s record keeping, responsibility to a
records all staff may share particular role and
ensuring the the responsibility including it in the
day-to-day of accurate record job description, or
record keeping. by nominating
keeping However, someone who will
processes are consider giving relish the challenge
happening one staff member and accept the
daily the responsibility responsibility.
completing of making sure
regular checks that standards set
to ensure by your practice
policies and are maintained
procedures accurately and
are being consistently.
followed, and
conducting a
review
process to
check all
records for
accuracy.
Training provided to the staff:

In order to meet the commitments to reduce expenditure, cut down on travelling time
and contribute to the sustainability agenda, the PHEC management knew it needed to
make changes and a review was undertaken to understand how we could improve the
way we do business, reduce our travel, and be more efficient with our time. The
review indicated that changes could be made but that training was needed in the
following areas:

• All staff needs to be able to use Lynx video system;

• All staff should be able to utilize the teleconference and video conference
equipment.

After resolving the training issues, the decision was made to undertake as many
meetings as possible remotely. Whilst some members of staff were initially reluctant
to embrace the change, from face to face meetings, there has been very little negative
feedback with the number of meetings and training sessions that utilize Lync and
video conferencing increasing so that on average one in every three meetings are
conducted in this format.

Communication with staff through presentation:

Develop ‘no plastic bag’ policy to avoid impacts on our marine environment; we are
going to engage with retail, partnership and events to implement policy across the
precinct. Survey single use plastic on site to develop a baseline, work with food and
beverage partners to consider opportunities to reduce single use packaging and
monitor progress against baseline, staff behavior change initiatives to reduce single
use packaging.

Educate our staff, visitors and other people to use less plastic bag or other materials
that cannot be recycled. We may hold a presentation or activity for both our staff and
visitors and let them know how important and how they can help the environment by
stop using plastic bag and materials cannot be recycled.

MONITORING STRATEGY
Description of Person Metric/ key Baseline Target Data
objective/ responsibl performance (previous collection
outcome/ e indicator year’s methods
activity/ task performance

Reduce David Lee Reduce 19220MWH Reduce Monthly

energy use (CFO) electricity use for electricity electricity use report on
by 0.16% per and 2377GJ by 2% per electricity
month for gas used annum and gas
in previous usage
Reduce gas use Reduce gas use
year
by 0.33% per by 4% per
month annum

Embed Susan Increase reuse 66ML of Reduce landfill Monthly

environmental Hunter and recycling water used in waste and report on
sustainability (HR previous year increase reuse landfill
Reduce water
in everything manager) and recycling. waste,
use by 0.16%
we do: recycling
per month Reduce the use
and water
of toxic or
usage
environmentall
y harmful
products and
materials.

Reduce water
use by 2% per
annum

Engage and Susan Providing Engage staff in Monthly

inspire: Hunter workshop and supporting test for all
(HR training, also sustainability staffs
manager) providing test targets.
for staff as a
Present
performance
information
indicator
and training to
 employees in
plain English.
Inspire
audiences to
consider
sustainability
in their
everyday
choices.

Keep accurate James All the files Only some of To have all the Monthly
records Wong (IT need to be the files are records in report of
Manager) recorded in recorded computer or the file
computer or in folders recording
file. recorded
correctly

Presentation to Gift shop staff:

Sydney Opera House Environmental Sustainability Policy and outcomes

The ESP 2017–19 provides an achievable roadmap towards our 2023 Renewal targets.
It has three overarching principles centered on the pillars of Opera House Renewal:
Our Building: Achieve a 5 Star Green Star Performance rating Our Organization:
Embed efficiency, responsibility and care in all we do Our Art and Experiences:
Inspire community environmental awareness. To achieve these goals, the ESP has 12
Focus Areas in which these principles will be applied. These focus areas, their
objectives, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), strategies, timelines and
responsibilities are outlined in the following sections.

For the topic today, we are going to focus about the single use plastic, our
sustainability policy would aim a 5% reduction in single use plastic within the Opera
House precinct.

Here are our company’s strategy for the coming 3 years

 - Develop ‘no plastic bag’ policy to avoid impacts on our marine environment
(Yr 1) Engage with retail, partnership and events to implement policy across
the precinct (Yr 2)
- Survey single use plastic on site to develop a baseline (Yr 1)
- Work with food and beverage partners to consider opportunities to reduce
single use packaging and monitor progress against baseline (Yr 2-3)
- Staff behaviour change initiatives to reduce single use packaging

CONVENIENT OR WASTEFUL?

Plastic bags were designed to be disposable, single-use items that after short-term
convenience would be binned as solid waste. Considered to be the definitive figure of
consumerism, it is estimated that between 500 billion and one trillion plastic bags are
used worldwide each year. Where does this solid waste go? Whilst the bulk of it ends
up within landfill, sadly millions of bags are strewn elsewhere.

Landfills are known to cause local pollution in the form of dust; ground water and soil
contamination; noise; and unpleasant odours, whilst outside of landfills the bags
pollute drainage ditches; rivers; city streets; and the oceans. Despite the fact that we
frequently act otherwise, it’s important to remember that the earth and its waters
aren’t exclusively ours. Various experts estimate that up to a million birds and
100,000 marine mammals are killed each year from plastic debris including bags.
Granted, they are one of the best options to carry your groceries, but what happens to
them afterwards is a problem.

INEXPENSIVE OR UNECONOMICAL?

Designed for cheap mass production, plastic bags use fairly small amounts of energy
and raw materials. The catch here is that the energy and raw materials in question are
oil and gas. Made from petrochemicals, the continued use of plastic bags accelerates
the depletion of valuable and non-renewable fossil fuels. In addition, the use of these
non-renewable resources to produce plastic bags creates greenhouse gases, which are
known contributors to global warming. In an attempt to moderate the use of
petrochemicals, (biodegradable) bioplastics are being developed but remain a long
way off meeting consumer demand.

CONSUMER RESPONSIBILITY:

We all know that our world needs to move towards sustainable living. In line with this
we should be able to agree that plastic bags are bad and, for the most part,
unnecessary. Countries, regions and cities worldwide are imposing complete bans or
restricting their use; but we shouldn’t be dependent upon legislation or regulation to
encourage us to act responsibly. In weighing up the short-term convenience with the
medium to long-term environmental ramifications, we should be careful to follow the
four ‘R’s of sustainable living and waste management:

Refuse: whenever and wherever possible say “no” to plastic bags. Durable and
inexpensive re-usable bags are readily available as alternatives, in a variety of
materials and sizes.

Reduce: reducing overall consumption is another good start. Consider the life-cycle

of every plastic bag you use, choosing those that are biodegradable and made from
renewable resources where possible.

Reuse: reuse each plastic bag as often as possible.

Recycle: recycle what you can’t refuse, reduce or reuse, but consider this a last
option.

IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW
ASSESSMENT TASK 3
Implementation review

Objectives:

1. Reduce Energy Use

* Reduce electricity use by 2% per annum

* Reduce gas use by 4% per annum

2. Embed environmental sustainability in everything we do

* Reduce landfill waste and increase reuse and recycling

* Reduce the use of toxic or environmentally harmful products and materials

* Reduce water use by 2% per annum

3. Engage and inspire

* Engage staff in supporting sustainability targets

* Present information and training to employees in plain English

* Inspire audience to consider sustainability in their everyday choices

4. Keep accurate records

* Record resource on a monthly basis

*see additional tables

Monitoring strategy
Activity Metric Baseline Target Data collection methods

Lighting upgrades in Usage of electricity 19,220 Reduce electricity Systematically review energy efficiency opportunities in
all areas. measured by use by 2% the base building services, theatres, and offices; seek
megawatt per hour funding and implement priority projects. Upgrade
electricity monitoring systems to allow effective use of
the information across the business

Air condition, Usage of gas 2,377 Reduce gas use by Carbon footprint calculation. Developed a carbon
heaters, pumps, measured by 4% footprint measurement and analysis tool
chillers and motors Gigajoules
upgrades

Motion activated Usage of water 66 Reduce water use Review the outcomes, recommend further water reuse
faucets, shower head measured in Mega by 2% projects for development. Upgrade water metering and
upgrades Liters monitoring and systematically review opportunities to
improve water efficiency, including encouraging
behavior change in staff and partners
Summarize graphs
Electricity
Reduce electricity use by 2% per annum (using FY06/07 as initial benchmark).

Following graph shows electricity usage:

Graph shows electricity usage which was from FY06/07 to FY11/12. In FY08/09, FY10/11 and
FY11/12 was target reached. In FY07/08 and FY0910 years targets was not reached.
We can see on graph that in FY08/09, FY10/11 and FY11/12 was target reached, so it can be
through staff was using electrical equipment correctly. Recommendation for stuff is training all
staff for using electrical equipment.
Gas
Reduce gas use by 4% per annum (using FY06/07 as initial benchmark) Following graph shows
gas usage:

Graph shows gas usage which was from FY06/07 to FY11/12. In FY09/10, FY10/11 and
FY11/12 was target reached. In FY07/08 and FY08/09 years targets was not reached.
In the beginning of implementation was not target reached but at the last 3 years was reached. It
may be due to slow or delayed implementation of changes. As we can see from graph 3 last years
was target reached, so we can continue in introduced policy.
Water
Reduce water use by 2% per annum (using FY06/07 as initial benchmark Following graph shows
water usage:

Graph shows electricity usage which was from FY06/07 to FY11/12. In FY07/08, FY08/09,
FY09/10 and FY11/12 was target reached. In FY10/11 year targets was not reached. After
deploying changes we can see from graph target in FY07/08, FY08/09, FY09/10 was target
reached perfectly. In FY10/11 target was not reached and in FY11/12 was slightly reached. It can
show waste of water by stuff due to forgetting of use water efficiently. Staff have to be retrained
how to use water according our policy.
 Evaluation Summary
Environmental sustainability was strengthened this year through a variety of initiatives. From
February 2009, the Sail Lights were turned off for an extra four hours per night, saving close to
12 megawatt hours per year. In a first for Sydney Opera House, biodiesel generators were used to
light the sails for Luminous and Smart Light Sydney with carbon emissions offset through
independently verified Greenhouse Friendly carbon credits. With the new role of Manager,
Sustainability and Energy appointed in November 2008, a ‘Green Team’ was created to
encourage environmental awareness throughout the organization using specially designed
programs and information for staff and stakeholders. Other initiatives included waste audits,
installation of water efficient spray guns in restaurant areas, a ‘Greening the House’ exhibition to
celebrate World Environment Day and development of a Recycling and Waste Management
Strategy. Consultation with stakeholders was undertaken to inform a new Environmental
Sustainability Policy and Plan.

Waste and Recycling Management Sydney Opera House has been working to improve waste
and recycling management. Two waste audits were conducted this year to gain an in depth
understanding of the waste streams at Sydney Opera House. Audit information has been used to
review current practices and to develop a Recycling and Waste Management Strategy for
improving waste recycling, which will be implemented in the next year. The strategy will include
a new three bin separation system (paper, comingled and landfill), improved recycling of
building maintenance materials including light bulbs, and trial systems for managing organic
food waste from kitchens within the Sydney Opera House precinct. Results of the waste audits
are outlined below.
 Stream Tonnes Cubic Metres Percentage of Total (Tonnes)

Cardboard recycling 51.91 7% 741.56

Paper recycling 15.27 2% 386.30

Glass recycling 150.95 20% 487.00

General waste 547.17 71% 4,142.57

Total 765.30 100% 5,757.43

Result Target
.
70
World
Environment
Day was
52.5
celebrated on
5 June 2009
with a
35
‘Greening
the House’

17.5
exhibition,
featuring
displays

0 which
electricity use water use recycling described
and sought feedback on the draft recycling and waste management strategy and provided mobile
phone recycling points.