Services & Products
DC Solutions has a strong internal staff capability as well as an astute partnership capability built on working seamlessly with other key organisations. These joint capabilities enable the delivery of:
- Natural resource management services
- Consulting services
- Learning and development services
- Mapping services
- Event management and publication services
Natural resource management services
DC Solutions works with property owners, towns and businesses to understand how their site can be managed more sustainably. This will often include working on:
- Property management and planning
- Biodiversity audits and surveys
- Cultural heritage assessment
- Pest management
- Interpretive signage and associated event marketing
- Town Common planning
- Planning of native gardens in schools, towns and properties
- Trouble shooting on issues such as: control of weeds and feral animals; protection of natural and cultural assets such as wetlands; protection of Aboriginal and European sites; tourist impact management and water infrastructure management
Building sustainable businesses and sustainable communities
DC Solutions uses very similar processes in its work with businesses and communities to first of all find out the good work already being done in the business and to then gain long term benefits.
- Knowing the sustainability essentials
Getting to know about and understand a practical checklist of the sustainability essentials. Developed from criteria for sustainable businesses as developed world wide via the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and informed by The Natural Step
- Deciding what to prioritise
Getting to know tools which enable sustainability-oriented decisions to be made on a daily basis - adopting methods used by companies in Australia and world wide
- Carbon proofing the organization
Focussing on major issues needing attention to ensure the business or community is able to survive and thrive in a carbon economy.
- Tracking progress with sustainability
Using simple sustainability survey and reporting tools which enable the tracking of sustainability improvement.
- Managing the change in the organization - getting people on board
Adopting user-friendly ways of engaging people so as to inspire high level commitment to sustainable practice.
Tracking sustainability improvement
DC Solutions is able to facilitate the use of a number of high quality audit andsurvey tools which enable the tracking of sustainability improvement.
- Sustainability Perception and Reporting Tool (SPART) (linkto surveys)
- Our Householdsustainability audit (link to surveys)
- EcoBiz Toolbox for business eco-efficiency (link to surveys)
- Bottomline3 sustainability audit (link to surveys)
Learning and development services
DC Solutions provides learning and development services which focus on both individual development and organisational learning.
- Environmental Leadership project
Conducting events in various locations to assist people and organisations to understand environmental issues and to facilitate positive action locally.
- Sustainable Leadership program
Delivered in organizations or communities and has a focus on the personal resilience of leaders as well as on the leadership capabilities required to build sustainable organizations and communities.
- Workshops on Building a Sustainable Business
The workshop process uncovers the current capability of participants and focuses on key ingredients including:
- Knowing the sustainability essentials
- Deciding what to prioritise in the business
- Carbon proofing the business
- Tracking progress with sustainability
- Managing the change in the organisation - getting people on board
- Workshops on Building Sustainable Communities
The workshop process uncovers the current capability of participants and focuses on key ingredients including:
- Knowing the sustainability essentials
- Deciding what to prioritise in the community
- Carbon proofing the community
- Tracking progress with sustainability
- Managing the change in the community - getting people on board
- Surveys on:
- Sustainable Leadership
- Sustainability Perception and Reporting Tool (SPART)
- Household Sustainability
- Learning Styles
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DC Solutions can prepare maps and visual materials to aid in property management, improve environmental understanding or simply just to know where things are.
No matter how large or small the job may be DC Solutions can design, develop and print a high quality mapping product to meet client needs.
Event management and publication services
Field days, exhibitions, conferences, launches and a myriad of other events can be planned and delivered by DC Solutions. We know there's a need for flair and creativity as well as good old fashioned practical organization skills and professionalism.
We can prepare and publish print and audio visual materials in all forms to supplement events or as one off pieces.
Events and publications are delivered using the most sustainable materials and design.
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Surveys and sustainability audit tools
Sustainable leadership survey
Provides feedback in simple graphic form on the extent to which you meet sustainable leadership capacities. Feedback may be gained from one individual only or from a number of people. May be used as a guide to further development as well as a conversation starter within your work group.
Sustainability Perception and Reporting Tool (SPART)
SPART tracks the perceptions of people regarding the achievement of sustainability benchmarks recognized worldwide. Provides simple graphic feedback which may be gained from a wide range of sources.
Our Household sustainability audit - My Earth; My Pledge
Enables householders to find out how sustainable their household is and give direction finders on the best options for what to do next. Very user friendly and people are able to print their own "DC Carbon Pledge" in a statement of what they plan to do in the future.
EcoBiz Toolbox for business eco-efficiency
The EcoBiz Toolbox is a highly credentialed program from the Environmental Protection Agency (Qld) which helps businesses to take advantage of the profitability of improved environmental performance. Eco efficiencies are identified and tracked toward improved performance.
Bottomline3 sustainability audit
The Bottomline3 process provides a highly credible profile on social, economic and environmental factors which is benchmarked against national data. Bottomline3 was developed by the University of Sydney and is used internationally.
