Gorilla Health Bars Pty Ltd

Company Background and Issue

Gorilla Health Bars is a Victorian company that produces health-oriented snack bars made of fruit, cereals and nuts.  The business has been operating for four years, and has recently begun to make a small profit with the increased public focus on healthy eating.

The CEO of Gorilla Health Bars (GHB), Janet Jones, wants to improve the Corporate Sustainability focus of the company. She believes that a better sustainability profile will enhance the GHB company reputation, and hopes also that it might in the long run help the company finances.

You are a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consultant from Deepgreen Enterprises, which advises clients on how best to implement CSR initiatives in their organizations. The GHB CEO has a limited budget but is prepared to spend whatever it takes to give the company an improved CSR profile and operating system.

The company operates in rural Victoria in an old 2-storey factory warehouse with attached office. The factory area is built with corrugated iron, so it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Consequently, the electricity bills for heating and cooling the premises are very high.  The building was constructed in the 1960s and has never been renovated.

Another problem which the CEO has reported is that production of the health bars consumes large amounts of water. As water rates have been increasing rapidly in the last 2 years, the CEO is keen to try and reduce water consumption where possible.

Finally, Janet Jones hopes to make some positive changes is in the supply chain arrangements for the raw food products. Currently, she sources dried tropical fruit from Darwin and grains from South Australia. Transport costs are therefore another significant drain on company finances.

 

Assessment 3:

Write a 1, 000-word Business Sustainability Report for Gorilla Health Bars CEO Janet Jones, in which you make specific recommendations, based on your research, about how the company can become more sustainable.

 

Format: Follow this report template to complete your report.

SECTIONS Essential elements
(1)   Title page 1.      Name of school

2.      Subject code

3.      Title of my Report

4.      My name(s)

5.      Student ID number(s)

6.      Lecturer;

7.      A report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the unit  Business Writing  in the Diploma of _____________

8.      Month, year.
(2)   Executive summary
  1. Statement of the purpose of the report
  2. Methods & sources used to research the report
  3. Summary of main findings
  4. Main conclusions, and
  5. Brief outline of the recommendations.
(3)   Table of contents, list of figures/tables
  1. Include section numbers and section titles used in report with the relevant page number.

 

  1. Should be written on a separate page.
(4)   Introduction  

  1. A restatement of the purpose/aim of the report.

 

  1. The background or context for the task.

 

  1. Two/three paragraphs on the significance of sustainable practices for corporations (Note that the definition of sustainability need to be provided here followed with its benefit for corporations).

 

  1. Limitations of the report

 

  1. An outline of the structure of my report (In 3-5 sentences indicate the major sections/concepts discussed in the body section).

 

 

 
(5)   Body
  1. Body section needs to be subdivided into three sections, one for each problem faced by GHB.

 

  1. Each subsection should have a sub-heading and start with a restatement of the problem (1 sentence) followed with possible solutions for that problem found in the literature or practiced by other corporations.

 

  1. In addition to reporting the solutions, solutions need to be critically evaluated discussing pros and cons of each.

 

  1. Both point-by-point and block styles are accepted in subsections.

 

  1. Note that ideas borrowed from other sources need to be acknowledged in Harvard Style.
(6)   Conclusion & Recommendations
  1. Restates the purpose of the report

 

  1. Presents a summary of key findings

 

  1. Makes recommendations for GHB’s problems based on the key findings discussed in the body of the report.

 

  1. Includes justification(s) for the chosen recommendation for each problem.

 

 

 
(7)   References
  1. Needs to be on a separate page.

 

  1. Should be inclusive of all sources used within the report.

 

  1. Needs to be in accordance with the Harvard citation style.

 

  1. Needs to properly acknowledge all sources within the report (in text citations).

 

  1. Provide eight (8) academic sources (Harvard Style)

 

 

 

 
Written presentation guidelines of the report

 

 The report should meet the following criteria:

 

  1. Students must submit a hard copy of the report to their teacher on the due date

 

  1. Typed in size 12 point font

 

  1. Used TNR or Arial

 

  1. Left justified

 

  1. Use 1.5 line spacing

 

  1. Reference list should start on a new page in Harvard style

 

  1. Stapled in the top left-hand corner of the page

 

  1. Check your spelling, punctuation and grammar

 

  1. Print only on one side of paper

 

  1. Page numbers on each page