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National Occupational Standards and Qualification for Sustainable Business Practice
Setting Sustainability Strategy

SBP1    Develop a strategy that aims to achieve sustainability

Leading Sustainable Business Practice

Sustainable Business Development
SBP2    Develop a sustainability policy
SBP3    Evaluate a sustainability policy
SBP4    Lead the development of sustainable business practice
SBP5    Lead innovation in support of sustainable business practice
SBP6    Specify and co-ordinate lifecycle assessments in support of sustainable business practice
SBP7    Ensure compliance with legal and other non-regulatory requirements in support of sustainable business practice
SBP8    Establish sustainable procurement in support of sustainable business practice
SBP9    Promote organisational corporate and social responsibility in support of sustainable business practice

Resource Efficiency
SBP17     Promote energy efficiency in support of sustainable business practice
SBP18     Promote waste minimisation in support of sustainable business practice
SBP19     Promote efficient water usage in support of sustainable business practice
SBP20     Promote efficient transport usage in support of sustainable business practice

Environmental Management
SBP27     Review environmental performance in support of sustainable business practice
SBP28     Improve environmental performance in support of sustainable business practice
SBP29     Environmental auditing in support of sustainable business practice
SBP30     Report environmental performance in support of sustainable business practice


Managing Sustainable Business Practice

Sustainable Business Development
SBP10     Manage innovation in support of sustainable business practice
SBP11     Implement lifecycle thinking within an organisation
SBP12     Complete lifecycle assessments in support of sustainable business practice
SBP13     Maintain sustainable procurement in support of sustainable business practice
SBP14     Determine the carbon footprint of products and/or services in support of sustainable business practice
SBP15     Determine the carbon footprint for an organisation in support of sustainable business practice

Resource Efficiency
SBP21     Control energy efficiency in support of sustainable business practice
SBP22     Control waste minimisation in support of sustainable business practice
SBP23     Control efficient water usage in support of sustainable business practice
SBP24     Control efficient transport usage in support of sustainable business practice
SBP25     Develop an awareness of sustainable natural resource utilisation - In development

Environmental Management
SBP31     Manage the environmental impact of your work
SBP32     Support the implementation of an Environmental Management System in support of sustainable business practice
SBP33     Manage adaptation to environmental change in support of sustainable business practice
SBP34     Manage organisational greenhouse gas reduction in support of sustainable business practice


Contributing to Sustainable Business Practice

Sustainable Business Development
SBP16     Develop an awareness of sustainable business practice

Resource Efficiency
SBP26     Contribute to resource efficiency in support of sustainable business practice

Environmental Management
SBP35     Develop an awareness of environmental good practice
 
 
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