Sustainability Assessment 40% (Example)

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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Sustainability Assessment Introduction. Sustainability assessment includes one of the highly sophisticated appraisal methodologies. It refers to a method that assists policy makers and decision makers in determining the appropriate actions that should be taken to ensure organizational sustainability. Its primary goal involves ensuring that corporate plans and activities make maximum/optimal contributions towards achieving sustainable development. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards are the global standards that provide guidelines for measuring sustainability in an organization including economic environmental and social sustainability. This paper therefore focuses on the preparation of a sustainability report for Timberwell Constructions Company. This will address various aspects such as economic social and economic sustainability. Timberwell Constructions. The Timberwell Constructions refers to a development company that engages in the construction of buildings including apartments especially in the Stanwell Council district region. The company employs some of 58 male employees from the area of Timberwell Constructions the sustainability assessment report will enable the company to achieve both the economic environmental and sustainability hence resulting in sustained growth and development. Work Cited. Azapagic Adisa. "Sustainable production and consumption: a decision-support framework integrating environmental economic and social sustainability." Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Vol. 37. Elsevier 2015. 131-136. Santoli Livio et al. "Building integrated bioenergy production (BIBP): Economic sustainability analysis of Bari airport CHP (combined heat and power) upgrade fueled with bioenergy from short chain." Renewable Energy 81 (2015): 499-508. Santoyo-Castelazo Edgar and Adisa Azapagic. "Sustainability assessment of energy systems: integrating environmental economic and social aspects." Journal of Cleaner Production 80 (2014): 119-138. Spangenberg Joachim H. "Economic sustainability of the economy: concepts and indicators." International journal of sustainable development 8.1-2 (2005): 47-64. Zhong Yun and Peng Wu. "Economic sustainability environmental sustainability and constructability indicators related to concrete-and steel-projects." Journal of Cleaner Production 108 (2015): 748-756. [...]

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.. Assessment Description i) ii) iii) C. Social i) ii) iii) Disclosure 302-1 Energy consumption within the organisation Disclosure 304-2 Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity Disclosure 307-1 Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations sustainability Disclosure 401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover Disclosure 406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken Disclosure 413-1 Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs . You are required to watch the following YouTube clips from the GRI Secretariat: 1. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards: The Future of Reporting www.youtube.com 2. Introducing the GRI Standards www.youtube.com You must also read a fictional case study based on the operations of a long established but recently privatised land development company that will be provided to you in class. You must then prepare a sustainability assessment report referring to the Consolidated Set of GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016 that specifically addresses: A. Economic sustainability i) Disclosure 201-2 Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change ii) Disclosure 205-3 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken iii) Disclosure 206-1 Legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices B. Environmental sustainability