National Occupational Standards for Sustainable Business Practice
Use the framework diagram below to view the draft standards titles.  Click on each title to see the full National Occupational Standard unit in more detail.

Develop Sustainability Strategy
   1 Develop a strategy that strives to achieve sustainability
Manage sustainable practice Energy efficiency
 2 Promote energy efficiency
  Waste  3 Promote waste minimisation
  Water Usage  4 Promote efficient water usage
  Transport  5 Promote efficient transport usage
  Environmental  6 Co-Ordination and management of the assessment process and initial Environmental Statement compilation
  Corporate social
responsibility
 7 Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements
Implement sustainable practices Energy efficiency
 8 Control energy efficiency
  Waste  9 Control waste minimisation
  Water Usage  10 Control water usage efficiency
  Transport  11 Control transport efficiency
  Environmental  12 Review environmental performance
 13 Improve environmental performance
 14 Environmental auditing
 15 Report environmental performance
 16 Prepare, screen and scope an Environmental Impact Assessment
 17 Environmental Impact Assessment for planners
 18 Final Environmental Statement reporting, communication and follow up
 19 Assess the environmental impact of projects
  Corporate social
responsibility    -
 
 Contribute to sustainable
 practices
   20 Contribute to sustainable business practice
 21 Develop an awareness of environmental good practice

Consultations
Click on one of the six sustainability themes below to view the relevant units in more detail and give us your feedback.


Look out for consultation events in February 2010 for employers and stakeholders.

For more information, or to arrange for a visit from the project team please contact the Cogent Project Lead, Dawn Hillier Tel: 01925 515211 or dawn.hillier@cogent-ssc.com  for more information.
 
 
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