HOS201 Operations and Environment Management
ESSAY ON WHAT?
ESSAY QUESTION – You are a commercial sustainability expert. You have been engaged by a hotel developer to provide advice on how their new resort development can implement sustainable development initiatives. The development will be located in a beautiful tropical location, currently free of any development. The development location includes beaches and lagoons on one side, and stunning mountains at the rear of the property. You are to provide your expert opinion on what initiatives should be prioritised for the development. Your suggested priorities need to include elements of building design and initiatives once the resort is operational. Given the limited word count, you will need to be concise when covering your selected priorities within the essay.
Introduction – (150 words)
- write 1-2lines about importance of environment sustainability (with correct reference for the information) .
- Write purpose of the essay in 1-2 lines.
- Write what all is covered in essay in 1-2 lines
- Write one line saying that you got all the necessary information from relevant academic journal articles
Body Paragraphs – Each Paragraph (450 Words Each)
In each body paragraph you are supposed to talk about how their new resort development can implement sustainable development initiatives in their operations and design with proper justification using refernecing for all your points. Two important things to remember for the body paragraphs is that -this is focused on sustainable development of the new resort and be considerate in your body paragraphs about- the development location includes beaches and lagoons on one side, and stunning mountains at the rear of the property.
Body Paragraph: Talk About Sustainable Architectural Design (450 Words)
- Why do we need it for sustainable architectural design?
- What does it mean and why is it important?
- Now most important is talk about 2-3 sustainable architectural design initiatives with consideration to the question’s situation- ‘The development will be located in a beautiful tropical location, currently free of any development. The development location includes beaches and lagoons on one side, and stunning mountains at the rear of the property.’
- Your 1st and 2nd initiative can be renewable energy systems and native landscaping in context of the mountains. The 3rd one can be thermal insulation management in context of forests and trees in mountains
- Talk about these initiatives impacting the surrounding mountains, lagoons and beaches positively and sustainably.
- Explain the three initiatives as in what they mean,
- explain how will they be implemented and
- explain this in detail- what benefit will they provide in the new resort development.
- Make sure to support everything with academic journal articles using correct articles for the information.
- You can include an example to explain your point better.
Body Paragraph 2 – Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Procurement (450 Words)
- GIVE ONE LINE about the importance of corporate social responsibility
- Talk about the meaning of corporate social responsibility and SUSTAINABLE OR ECO-PROCUREMENT
- TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT INITIATIVES LINKED WITH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
- The 1st initiative can be choosing local produce for food and beverage operations of the new resort. Here, first explain the positive points of choosing local produce like health and safety, no transport costs and no pollution for carrying produce.
- Now link it with corporate social responsibility and explain how it is good for the society like it increases employment opportunities for locals etc.
- Now similarly find another sustainability procurement initiative for the operations of the new resort.
- Explain how the initiative will be implemented and how it will benefit the society
- Explain the benefits of the two initiatives for sustainable operations in the new resort.
- Put academic journal references correctly to justify and prove your information.
- You can include an example to explain your point better.
Body paragraph 3- GREEN MARKETING INITIATIVE (450 WORDS)
- Why do we need green marketing initiatives
- Explain meaning of green marketing initiative and link it to the mountains and lagoons near the new resort. So these green initiatives will promote the surrounding greenery and nature of the resort
- Introduce the 1st initiative being stormwater management and waste water management.
- Explain what they mean , how they will be implemented in the resort
- Explain how it will benefit the new resort and link them to the lagoons and beaches surrounding the resort in the explanation.
- Write about one more green marketing in initiative, explain its meaning and implementation in the resort
- Explain the benefits of the initiatives in detail for sustainable operations and design of the new resort.
- Put academic journal references correctly to justify and prove your information.
- You can include an example to explain your point better.
CONCLUSION (150 WORDS)
Write the concluding and main points from introduction all body paragraphs.