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Questions Provide answers to all of the questions below: 1. Outline the Kyoto Protocol and Australia’s obligations under the Protocol, as well as its current targets and the adequacy of these targets. The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) whose sole aim is to fight global warming. The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The Protocol was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. It came into force on 16February 2005. As of June 2013, 192 parties have signed and ratified the protocol. Under the protocol, 37 countries commit themselves to the reduction of the four greenhouse gases and two groups of gases produced by them. Australia’s obligation to this protocol was that on 11 August 2015, Australia submitted its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26–28% from 2005 levels, including land-use, land-use 2. Outline the purpose and scope of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate is an international, voluntary, public- private partnership between Australia, Canada, India, Japan the People’s Republic of China, South Korea, and the United States. It also encourages economic development and reduces poverty. The purpose of the partnership was outlined by Foreign, environment and energy ministers from partner countries as they agreed to cooperate on the development and transfer of technology, which enables the reduction of greenhouse gases that is consistent with and complementary to the UNFCCC. Member countries account for over 50% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, GDP, and population. 3. Outline the purpose and scope of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian government’s central piece of environmental legislation with the purpose of protecting the environment and managing national and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities, and heritage places. Specifically, this means that the EPBC Act is triggered in the case of developments that affect world heritage sites, national heritage sites, wetlands, threatened and migratory species and nuclear action. 4. Outline the purpose and scope of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act Regulations. The purpose of the EPBC Regulations is to enable the Director of National Parks to control, a range of activities in Commonwealth reserves. Many of these activities are prohibited unless certain

exemptions apply. For example, where a permit has been issued that authorizes the activity, or where a Commonwealth reserve management plan allows the activity. The scope of the regulations address, for example, use of vehicles and vessels, littering, commercial activities, commercial fishing, recreational fishing, and research. 5. Outline the purpose and scope of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme. The purpose of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting is to ensure the collection, reporting and dissemination of information related to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption and production scheme under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act2007. This is known as the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) and can be accessed by all Australians. This is important, as it allows Australians to make informed choices about the impacts and approach to potential sources of pollution. The NPI provides a comprehensive source of data on the emissions of 93 toxic substances to the environment and is unique in tracking emissions across Australia. 6. Outline the purpose and scope of the Australian Packaging Covenant voluntary code of practice. The Australian Packaging Covenant comes under the National Waste Policy and is in effect a voluntary code of practice for businesses. The Covenant is designed to minimise environmental impacts arising from the disposal of used packaging; conserve resources through better design and production processes; and facilitate the re-use and recycling of used packaging materials. The covenant addresses a range of key areas such as maximising water and energy efficiency, minimising materials, using recycled and renewable materials, minimising risks associated with potentially toxic and hazardous materials, using materials from responsible suppliers and designs for transport, reuse, recovery, litter reduction, consumer accessibility and providing consumer information. 7. Outline the purpose and scope of the Australian Ecolabel Program voluntary code of practice. The purpose of the Australian Ecolabel Program code of practice is to provide voluntary standards for environmentally preferable standards. It is based on the international standard ISO 14024: “Environmental Labels and Declarations – Guiding Principles” which requires environmental labelling specifications to include criteria that are objective, reasonable and verifiable. The programmes managed by Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA), and addresses standards in Architectural and protective coatings, carpets, detergents, furniture and fittings and recycled plastic and rubber products. 8. Identify one internal information source and one external information source that can be used to plan and develop a company’s sustainability policy. For each source, explain how this source can be used to develop the sustainability policy. Below are internal and external source that can be used to plan and develop a company’s sustainability policy 1. Internal Source: Staff & stake holders - Using communication procedures can help to successfully implement workplace sustainability policies.

- Communication with staff can also promote involvement, encourage continuous improvement, and reduce the resistance to change. 2. External Source: Government regulations & industry practices - Government regulations give a fair idea about how to formulate the sustainable policy as well as industry practices. - Complying with these sources and regulations will ensure the company is on track to follow the policy guidelines 9. Explain the key steps in a policy development process. Below are the key steps in policy development process 1. Establish the scope and objectives 2. Analyse information 3. Gather information4. Document policy 10. Explain the main components of a policy document. A sustainability policy document should contain the following components: - A purpose statement, scope and objectives and organisational commitment - compliance requirements - research findings (this could include resource usage data) - strategies- responsibilities- review and improvement processes. 11. Outline policy development practices that may be used in response to resistance to the introduction of policies. Below are some of the points that can be used as a response to resistance to policy introduction • accurately reflects the culture, mission, and values of the organisation • provides a clear statement of its purpose and scope • provides clear guidance and assigns responsibility• embeds processes for ongoing and continuous review and improvement • provides legislative context (where applicable) • includes guidance for implementation • includes supporting procedures. A sustainability policy may also contain statements around environmental commitments such as: • Providing a safe and healthy workplace • Having an environmentally sustainable aware culture, where responsibility is assigned and understood • Being an environmentally responsible within the community

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