Welcome to Sustainable Food Guide...

Your organisation now has a Sustainable Food Policy with clear objectives, set the first targets and designated roles and responsibilities - what next? Turning those ideas and preparations into practices is the hard part. Managers need to liase with the Skilled Workers and put necessary resources into developing operational programmes. Managment needs to work out a way of documenting what is going on - but 'Keep it Simple' ! Keep the wording clear and concise.

Look through the "Plans" of each for things you can do. On this page, the left hand navigation buttons go to "Plan" for each issue.

Managers Task:

Set up a simple recording system

Managers & Skilled Workers Task:

Agree who will maintain records.

Think of each target as a project in its own right look back at the example targets. You will need to allocate time, resources and people. Do not overlook communication - keep everyone informed of what, where, when and how. The easiest way to begin to set up a programme is call together everone who you think should be involved - with their diaries! Confirm roles, timescales, resources needed and maybe identify some training needs.

TARGET
Feasibility study with all suppliers for seasonal availability, costs, quality, range, of organic fruit & vegetables

PROGRAMME November 2003 to February 2004

TASKS Obtain list of all suppliers from accounts Filter out those supplying fruit & veg	RESPONSIBILITY JS / FG	TIME 01- 05 th Nov 2003
Devise letter and questionnaire Approve contents Send out with copy of policy	RS PJ/CB RS	06 -07th Nov 2003
Collate responses Tel non-respondants	RS/JS	15 - 20th Nov 2003
Devise quality check list Request visit	CB/PJ	06 - 15 Nov 2003

... and so on, until you complete your target programme.

Managers & Skilled Workers Tasks:

Co-operate to develop timetabled programmes to implement targets
Arrange meetings at relevant intervals for feedback to monitor progress and re- schedule if necessary. Progress may be quicker and easier than anticipated, or there may be unforseeable delays. Your programmes should also have timescales for managers to report overall progress to top management.

Additional implementation considerations and tasks for:

Managers

Skilled Workers

All staff

If your organisation already has a management system for quality, environment, IIP or H&S there will be a documented method for carrying out these tasks. Talk with the person responsible for other systems and align what you are doing with your organisations established system.

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