This unit of competency covers identifying responsibilities and developing an appropriate response to schemes regulating sustainability, including carbon and carbon equivalent use and emission. It includes the ongoing monitoring and adjusting of responses to the regulatory environment and organisational situation.This unit applies in organisations impacted by sustainability regulation. Some possible applications are carbon containment and reduction schemes, regulations or incentives. The application of the unit includes Australian and overseas requirements where the organisation is part of an export value chain or is a subsidiary required to report against a scheme covering an overseas parent.A manager or technical specialist who has a major responsibility for sustainability as part of a broader work role would typically undertake this, or sustainability may be their primary work responsibility. The manager or technical specialist may undertake this alone or as part of a team.No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.