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| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Brisbane - The Hotel School | | |
| Melbourne - The Hotel School | | |
| Sydney - The Hotel School | | |
Unit description
Introduces students to sustainable principles and practices in the hospitality industry. Students focus on key areas where hospitality businesses can have a positive impact on sustainability through policies and procedures. Students implement an Environmental Management System, wherein hospitality businesses can incorporate innovative strategies and social management tools.
Unit content
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Introduction to sustainable business practices in hospitality
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The interrelationship between the environment and tourism and hospitality
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Sustainable resource management - energy, water and waste
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Sustainable resource management - food & beverage and sustainable building design
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Stakeholder engagement
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Certification and corporate social responsibility
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | demonstrate knowledge of the impact of the hospitality, tourism and events industry on the environment; |
| 2 | identify and analyse the key elements of a sustainability framework and its impact on hospitality operations; |
| 3 | demonstrate the capability to plan, develop and propose an Environmental Management System to address environmental, business and social goals; |
| 4 | demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of implementing an Environmental Management System in a hospitality business. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the impact of the hospitality, tourism and events industry on the environment;
- identify and analyse the key elements of a sustainability framework and its impact on hospitality operations;
- demonstrate the capability to plan, develop and propose an Environmental Management System to address environmental, business and social goals;
- demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of implementing an Environmental Management System in a hospitality business.
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