MSS017003 - Identify and respond to external sustainability factors for an organisation

This unit of competency covers the recognition of external sustainability related factors which are relevant to the organisation and then developing an appropriate response. It may be applied to an entire organisation, part of a large organisation, or part or all of a value chain.A manager or senior technologist who has a significant sustainability responsibility work role would typically undertake the scanning of factors which influence an organisation and its environment, identifying those which relate to sustainability and require a response or where a response would benefit the organisation and then developing or organising an appropriate response. The organisation?s environment, for the purpose of this unit, is considered to include the ecology it impacts, the economic impacts on the organisation and the social impacts of the organisation.Skills covered by this unit may be applied individually or in a team context.This unit will lead to the identification of sustainability responses by the organisation in response to external factors. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.