MSS017020 — Lead sustainability strategy deployment
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What an assessment for MSS017020 must cover
63 assessable components: 5 elements (30 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 28 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Develop sustainability strategy
- 1.1Review organisation’s vision and strategy for relevance to sustainability, including any specific sustainability goals and objectives
- 1.2Identify current and emerging approaches to sustainability and evaluate relevance to the organisation’s vision and strategy
- 1.3Source or develop information on sustainability impacts from current operations
- 1.4Consult with key stakeholders to determine and prioritise sustainability sensitivities, impacts and issues
- 1.5Identify any regulatory and/or other compliance requirements relevant to strategy
- 1.6Analyse the information to draft options for sustainability vision, goals and strategy
- 1.7Facilitate processes with leadership team and other key stakeholders to confirm sustainability vision, goals and strategy
- 1.8Plan and implement communications to promote awareness of and engagement with sustainability strategy and projects across levels and areas of the organisation
2 Plan strategy deployment
- 2.1Develop outline view of types and areas of work needed to implement sustainability strategy deployment
- 2.2Plan for coordination of strategy work, ‘business as usual’, resources, timelines and known constraints
- 2.3Develop risk management plan for sustainability strategy deployment
- 2.4Identify personnel to lead development of goals and strategies for their local work areas or sections
- 2.5Facilitate communications to inform and engage selected personnel
- 2.6Facilitate arrangements for devolved decision-making and delegations
3 Integrate proposals for sustainability improvement
- 3.1Facilitate generation of ideas with selected personnel and other key stakeholders
- 3.2Guide development of ideas into locally focused goals and proposals
- 3.3Review proposals to determine alignment to sustainability strategy and synergies between proposals
- 3.4Oversee development of implementation plans to account for interactions and integrations between proposals
- 3.5Facilitate problem solving and innovation to align proposals to sustainability strategy
- 3.6Liaise with leadership team and other key stakeholders to confirm or adapt proposals and/or sustainability strategy to maximise alignment
4 Facilitate implementation of selected projects
- 4.1Oversee development final plans, metrics and monitoring and review processes for project implementation
- 4.2Facilitate allocation of resources and other organisational support for projects
- 4.3Facilitate processes to support capability of personnel to deliver sustainability projects
- 4.4Monitor implementation of projects to identify issues affecting scope, resource requirements, coordination, risk management and alignment to sustainability strategy
- 4.5Facilitate resolution of identified issues with input from leadership team and key stakeholders
5 Lead periodic review of sustainability improvements
- 5.1Oversee data collection, monitoring and review processes according to plans
- 5.2Facilitate input from key stakeholders to review progress and outcomes against metrics and identify areas of poor performance
- 5.3Facilitate team problem solving to determine amendments needed to meet expectations and/or revise goals and plans
- 5.4Assist team to document and report issues which may cause changes to sustainabilty strategy
- 5.5Oversee application of continuous improvement approach to sustainability improvements
Performance evidence
- lead the development and deployment of sustainability strategy for an organisation, section of organisation or part of value chain where strategy deployment incorporates at least 3 sustainability improvement projects.
Knowledge evidence
- sustainability interactions and impacts related to processes in selected value chain
- actual and potential sustainability issues relevant to the value chain
- current and emerging approaches to quantifying and evaluating costs, benefits, impacts and risks in relation to sustainability including direct, indirect and intangible factors
- principles of sustainability
- approaches to cascading strategy deployment
- current and emerging approaches to improving sustainability, including:
- purpose-based and circular economy business models
- extended product lifecycle and retaining and/or managing residual resources
- design thinking as applied to problem-solving and innovation for sustainability
- human rights and environmental impact of supply chain decisions
- digitalisation and dematerialisation
- efficient use of materials, resources and/or energy
- reduction of pollution and/or greenhouse gas emissions
- safety, health and wellbeing of employees
- environmental monitoring and remediation
- techniques to facilitate agreement across levels and areas of an organisation
- types of structural, personal and cultural barriers that may affect communication and engagement
- techniques to address barriers and support communication and engagement
- development of vision, mission and strategy
- root cause analysis
- hierarchy of hazard control and its application to sustainability hazards
- risk analysis and risk management and its application to sustainability risks
- project management principles and the management of multiple related projects
- systems thinking as applied to identifying, evaluating and prioritising sustainability improvements
- current and emerging approaches to identifying and analysing factors that may affect sustainability priorities
- sustainability-related regulatory and reporting requirements relevant to the industry
- sustainability-related voluntary standards, codes, reporting frameworks, certification and co-regulatory arrangements relevant to the industry
- team planning and problem-solving processes.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: to interpret complex workplace documentation
- Writing skills: to communicate with a range of audiences
- Oral communication skills: to facilitate engagement and agreement
- Numeracy skills: to develop and interpret metrics.
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What does an assessment tool for MSS017020 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MSS017020 needs to address all 63 unit components: 5 elements with 30 performance criteria, 1 performance evidence requirements, 28 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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