Deploy appropriate problem solving skills to propose relevant sustainability improvements to an existing event. 25% Guidance The following guidance is designed to help you respond to the assessment criteria in a clear and structured manner. The guidelines offer suggestions only and it is important to understand the grade awarded will be derived from the assessment criteria. You should also refer to the Assignment 2 discussion forum, which contains links to previous examples of student work and a podcast, with further spoken guidance. A Sustainability Audit is a review of an event‘s or organisation’s current sustainability performance. It takes an inventory of the policies, procedures and practices informing the event / organisation and compares them to industry best practices. It should also aim to provide specific recommendations on how to improve performance, including what additional initiatives might be considered. Beyond the value of the evidence recorded in the audit, it is also an extremely useful management and development tool, which can be used to: Help improve planning, structure and accountability Prompt identification of new sustainability initiatives Improve sustainability performance Choosing your event / organisation For this assignment, you will need to identify an event or an organisation (ideally who delivers events in some form) on which you will be able to conduct an audit. Ideally, this would be your current employer, or an organisation that you work with in an established capacity, either as perhaps paid or voluntary staff. This relationship should enable you to gather audit data most effectively. It is important to establish the accessibility of data and evidence for the audit – will the organisation / event be willing to provide you with the information required and / or will you be able to collect the data and evidence via primary research conducted at the event / or through other engagement opportunities? You should request permission to use existing policies and audit current behaviours as soon as possible. Please ensure that you discuss your ideas for events / organisations to audit with the Module Leader and Online Tutor to ensure that you make a good choice as to subject. If you are unable to identify an event / organisation, please contact your Module Leader and Online Tutor as soon as possible to help you source an alternative. Content You should aim to conduct this assignment by identifying three key areas of your chosen event / organisation for audit. These might be selected from the following key areas, all covered within the AGF training from weeks 3 and 4: Local direct impacts of events Procurement Travel and transport Power Solid waste and recycling Water use, wastewater and sewerage Communication and behaviour change Please note, some of these areas have also been further explored in the weeks on Economic Sustainability, Planning and Management, Social Sustainability, Environmental Communications and Behavioural Change. The final document should aim to provide a clear map of the selected sustainability practices, with recommendation for further possible sustainability practices. Suggested Structure You might find the following suggested framework and word counts useful: Cover page featuring the title of your literature review, your name, student number, date of submission, word count and declaration of independent work (not included in word count) Introduction (600 words) This section should include commentary on the role and importance of a sustainability audit, and key information regarding the audited event / organisation ie, location, size, aims, approach to sustainability, and other relevant contextual detail Methodology (200 words) This section should contain details on how you gained the data used within the audit ie, has the data been supplied by the event / organisation; been collected personally / with a team; been sourced from secondary data available online? Audit In this section you should comprehensively detail the current sustainability performance of three areas of the event / organisation: Area 1 (600 words) ie, power Area 2 (600 words) ie, food waste or other source of waste Area 3 (600 words) ie, travel and trans
