Aim of the Policy
- Scope of sustainability policy is defined
The purpose of this policy is to establish the objectives and aims for developing an efficient effective and sustainable transportation system in the state of Victoria in Australia. It is required for supporting the logistics industry and also for ensuring that the industry is equipped with all the infrastructure, investment and plans that it needs in order to maintain the integrity and reputation of the transportation system well into the year 2025 and beyond. It is necessary for the logistics industry to have quick and easy access to investment and infrastructure in order for it to survive as well as to thrive. Both private and government investment is required in large proportions if the logistics industry is to grow as well as deliver all of its important and essential services to a community that is global in its shape and character, for both the immediate as well as the long term. The policy, it is hoped will ensure the smooth and hassle free rendition of efficient transportation services for the Victorian public all through the year without causing any damage or adverse impact on the surrounding environment. The policy will incorporate all the latest waste management and environmental sustainability strategies and techniques to make sure that this is the case.
- Stakeholders are identified and consulted as a key component of the policy development process
In order to achieve all the desired regulatory outcomes for workplace sustainability, the Victoria Transport Association will maintain strong and long term key stakeholder relationships with many Victorian as well as other jurisdictional organizationsT (Ball et al. 2014). hey are as follows:
- Vic-Roads
- Coroners Court in Victoria
- Parks Victoria
- Minister for Ports
- Minister for Public Transport
- Department of Environment, Land and Water Planning
- Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
- Office of the Chief Investigator
- Public Transport Ombudsman
- Work-Safe Victoria
- Victoria Police
- Victorian government
- Bus Association Victoria
- Yachting Victoria
- Western Coastal Board
- Sea Pilots in Port Philip
- Portland Port
- Geelong Port
- Life-Saving Victoria
- Gippslong Ports
- Central Coastal Board
- Victoria Boating Industry Association
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- Gippsland Coastal Board
- Office of National Rail Safety Regulatory
- Road Transport Authority
- New South Wales Maritime
- Transport for NSW
- Maritime Safety Queensland
- Marine and Safety Tasmania
- Department of State Growth
- Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure
- Department of Transport
- Department for Planning and Infrastructure
- Australian Transport Safety Association
- Strategies for minimising resource use, reducing toxic material and hazardous chemical use, and employing life cycle management approaches at all stages of work are included in sustainability policy 200 words
A number of strategic tools will be utilized by the Victoria Transport Association for the purpose of waste minimization. These include modelling and data, education and engagement, product stewardship, the use of regulatory tools, establishing partnerships between the government and the industry, funding and support (Benn et al. 2014). Some of the waste management techniques that will specifically be put in place in order to ensure that solid and liquid wastes are adequately eliminated are re-use, recycling, recovery of energy, treatment, containment and disposal. An elaborate management system shall be put in place in order to supervise all of these waste management techniques and processes and ensure that these are being well executed. There will also be two different types of waste management plans that will be put in place by the Victoria Transport Association for the purpose of waste minimization (Berry 2013). The first of these is a solid waste management program that will cover waste management strategies and techniques to be implemented for the transport and logistics industry in Victoria as a whole. The second will be the metropolitan waste as well as resource recovery plan that will focus on waste removal for the transport and logistics industry operating specifically in the capital city of Melbourne (Block et al. 2015).
Sustainability Practices
Communicate the policy
2.1 The policy, including its expected outcome, is promoted to key stakeholders
Traffic ban is an effective strategy that can be put in place in order to minimize resource usage by the Victoria Transport Association, and in keeping with the best practices in the transport and logistics industry in the state. By imposing a traffic ban in collaboration with municipal and regional institutions, direct control can be exerted over allowable limits of vehicles in given urban areas, as well as along specific corridors (Carneli et al. 2017). This will of course depend on the measure of transport demand and supply functions as well as an arbitrary estimate of any carrying capacity. Transport supply can also be improved upon by implementing a strategy known as context appropriate transport. This means that transportation infrastructure and modes of transport shall be developed as well as used in a context that is most appropriate (Carroll and Bucholtz 2014).
Those involved in implementing the policy are informed of outcomes expected and activities to be undertaken, and responsibilities are assigned
Some of the effective strategies that can be put in place by the Victoria Transport Association in order to reduce fuel consumption and use and thus prevent the emanation of toxic and hazardous chemicals into the environment are the exploration of fuel purchase agreement and by reducing the amount of time that is spent by vehicles on the road(Crane and Matten 2016). Efforts can be made to collaborate with a fuel management company, which provides customizable price cap on the purchase of fuel (Dunphy 2014). By setting a cap on the price of fuel, a lot of expenditure can be curbed both on the purchase as well as the use of fuel. The Victoria Transport Association will also look into the number of hours for which vehicles are operating on the road and bring about a reduction in this respect by at least two to three hours. By immediately reducing the time spent by vehicles on the road by two to three hours, the Victoria Transport Association can significantly bring about a massive reduction in fuel consumption and use. This is something that will be greatly beneficial for the environment and will also go a long way in helping the Victoria Transportation Association control its spending (Jain et al. 2013).
There are a number of strategies that the Victoria Transport Association should put in place in order to bring about a reduction in waste in its supply chain activities. It ought to examine the design of all the products that are put to use in its operations to decide on how expensive materials could be replaced and how the use of certain raw materials can be curtailed (Kamoche et al. 2015). The production process is one that must be examined by the Victoria Transport Association very thoroughly indeed in order to make sure that raw material wastes are minimized as quickly and as easily as possible (Kim et al. 2017). The use of scrap material should ideally be kept as limited as possible as the use of scrap material is known to be highly polluting for the environment. A quality assurance system should also be put in place in order to ensure that the products that are being used to run the operations of the Victoria Transport Association are those that are of high quality and which are not harmful for the environment in some or the other way(Wiernik et al. 2013). Those serving on the quality assurance team will be well qualified individuals with every potential, knowledge and expertise to make sure that the work done by the Victoria Transport Association is top notch.
Resource Usage
There are quite a few audits that are going to be carried out by the Victoria Transport Association in order to ensure that OH& S and environmental compliance standards are met. These include compliance to the WHS act, compliance to the internal systems, reviewing and developing risk assessments that are specific to the company, carrying out physical hazard audits, engaging in contractor compliance and complying to all the PPE standards.
The Victoria Transport Association is one that will ensure that people of all sections of society are recruited for employment. There will be no discrimination made against employees on grounds of race, religion, sex and age and every effort will be made to incorporate diverse segments of the Australian population into the employee database. People will be recruited to work for the company on the basis of their merit and distinction. They will not be disqualified on grounds of race and caste or community. Every attempt will be made also to recruit people of color and people from ethnic backgrounds different from that of mainstream Australians. Such workers will also be treated at par with colleagues in the office, and on no occasion will they be made to feel left out or different from their white counterparts. The Victoria Transport Association will stand out from other related companies in the transport and logistics industry in not only the state of Victoria but in Australia as a whole by virtue of its policy to recruit people from all possible economic, social and ethnic backgrounds into its service holding ranks.
The company will particularly be on the lookout for members of minority communities in Australia when recruiting employees and will do everything that it takes to make them feel that they are being adequately represented in the company. Their special needs and requirements if any will be looked into and they will be given the same opportunities to grow and develop by working for the company in the same way that members of the Australian mainstream who work for the company are also allowed to do so. The Victoria Transport Association will do everything it can to ensure that minority communities living in Victoria feel encouraged to apply for jobs at the company because of the inclusiveness that is shown by the company in its recruitment policies. Minority communities employed by the Victoria Transport Association will be treated on an equal footing with members of the majoritarian Australian population. They will not in any way be made to feel left out.
Toxic Material and Hazardous Chemicals
The key stake holders of the policy will be kept informed of all the policy decisions and strategies through email communication and through video conferencing. An outline of the strategies being proposed for implementation will be sent to all the stakeholders over email. It is only after a full and final approval is secured from all the stakeholders via email that the policy will actually be put into place (Norton et al. 2014).
The life cycle management or LCM approach will be used by the Victoria Transport Association to make sure that its services are rendered with efficiency and accuracy. Such an approach is very useful for assessing economic, social and environmental impact (McGain and Naylor 2014). The life cycle management approach is one that is characterized by a number of important stages such as communication, stake holder engagement, eco labelling, certification, sustainable procurement, environmental management systems, sustainability design, dematerialization and environmental impact assessment (Myerson 2014). The biggest benefit for the Victoria Transport Association in using the life cycle management approach to carry out its work place sustainability policy is that it will help the company in making the right choices. It implies that every stage of the policy from start to finish has an important role to play in its implementation, and that all these stages have to be considered comprehensively for the successful implementation of the policy (Ma 2017). What the life cycle management approach essentially helps the Victoria Transport Association in doing is to make sure that the sustainability policy framework is one that is implemented stage by stage in a detailed and organized manner with no disruptions occurring in the process. Implementing a short term or a long term policy is not an easy thing to do and following a step by step approach like the life cycle management approach definitely helps in ensuring that all the essential aspects associated with the policy are well looked into at the time of implementation, so as to generate a positive impact.
The people working at the Victoria Transport Association will be made to undergo rigorous training procedures to understand how to implement the work place sustainability policy. A week long training session shall take place in which employees will be educated and informed about the different components of the policy, why such a policy is important in the first place nd the manner in which the policy should be executed all round the year (Neal 2013).
Recommendation
Efforts will be made in particular to guide employees about how the workplace sustainability policy is to be carried out. While the training will be made available to the employees for free, they will be made to understand the importance of adhering to the rules and regulations associated with the implementation and they will even be made to understand that they could be penalized if the policy is not being implemented in the manner that it should be (Staddon et al. 2016). Training sessions shall be conducted by experts in order to get the employees at the Victoria Transport Association to well understand what the policy is all about and why it is being implemented. Employees will be grilled in the basics of the policy so that they are able to comprehend exactly what they are assigned to do as part of the policy implementation (Oke 2015). Apart from conducting training sessions that are quite rigorous in nature, employees will also be made to undergo an evaluation process in order for the trainers to understand how well versed they are with the new policy and its proposed implementation process (Shaw et al. 2013).
The workplace sustainability policy will be monitored and evaluated every couple of weeks. Efforts will be made by the management of the Victoria Transport Association to ensure that the policy is being implemented fully and that the budget is not being exceeded or exhausted in any way. The effectiveness of the policy will be ensured by keeping a watch on employee behaviour and penalizing them if necessary if certain aspects of the policy are not rendered efficiently by them. All the outcomes of the workplace sustainability policy will be documented properly and feedback shall be provided in detail to all the primary stakeholders and personnel at the Victoria Transport Association (Swaim et al. 2014). The success or the failure of the policy shall be investigated every now and then and in the case of failure, remedial measures shall be put in place. The records associated with policy implementation will be monitored in particular for the purpose of identifying the trends that may be requiring remedial action and which may also be put to use in the future to ensure continuous improvement in terms of performance(Thomson et al. 2014). he workplace sustainability policy will also be modified if necessary to make sure of the fact that the improvements that are required in order for the policy to be effective are those that are being put in place. The modifications will be kept as pragmatic in nature as possible in order to make sure that the implementation of the policy takes place with efficiency (Yun et al. 2015). Any changes being made to the workplace sustainability policy are those that shall be discussed in detail with all the key stakeholders prior to implementation. A majority vote or consenus will be necessary in order to approve of and sanction changes to be made to the policy. Without a majority vote no changes shall be made to the policy even if such changes are much desired or required (Young et al. 2015).
OH&S and Environmental Compliance
If changes are introduced in the policy framework, then the actual implementation of the policy will be kept on hold for a few weeks or even a few months until and unless all the changes that have been proposed are incorporated into the policy framework on paper. It is only after the entire paperwork is carried out and approved of by all the key stakeholders in the workplace sustainability process that all the policy changes that have been suggested will then be put into execution. If the changes that have been proposed do not generate positive consequences, then they will be done away with or eliminated from the policy framework immediately.
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