This unit describes the skills and knowledge to develop strategic plans for sustainability related improvements. The sustainability related improvements often affect all or major parts of an organisation and its value chain and as a result detailed strategic planning is usually required to ensure the support of all stakeholders to minimise disruption to the organisation’s business.The need for a strategic approach to sustainability may be in response to regulatory, Board, employee, shareholder or community requests or pressure, International agreements, reporting requirements, codes of practice, business efficiency, energy cost reduction, waste reduction goals and consumer demand and expectations.This unit applies to a manager or technical specialist who has a major responsibility for sustainability as part of a broader work role 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.