This unit of competency covers gaining support for and implementing new and/or updating existing sustainability plans. It also includes the monitoring/measuring of changes resulting from the implementation, comparing these changes to the intended changes and recommending modifications which will result in further improvement.This unit applies inside organisations and their value chains. The unit has been developed with manufacturing operations as a focus. However, because of the range of organisations in a typical manufacturing value chain it may also be applied to other types of organisations.The unit assumes that sustainability improvements have gained all required approvals. The improvements may be in response to planned or current regulatory requirements or may be related to organisation generated improvement proposals.As sustainability related improvements often affect all or major parts of an organisation and will also often include suppliers, distributors and customers, implementation will usually be required to ensure the support of stakeholders across the value chain in order to minimise disruption to the organisation’s business and to maximise benefits. A manager or technical specialist who has a major responsibility for sustainability as part of a broader work role would typically undertake this unit, or sustainability may be their primary work responsibility. The manager or technical specialist may undertake this alone or as part of a team.The technical measurement of operational performance or measurement of emissions or other environmental impact is not covered by this unit. However, there is a requirement to identify and validate data. The complexity of this requirement will vary according to the type and scale of the organisation’s processes.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.