Commitment 1

To develop your sustainability plan go through the actions for each commitment, figure out where you need to start, and make a plan!

Actions to get started: Start by ensuring you are set up to operate your business based on sound business practices (human resources, health & safety, financial management, paying the correct tax, operating ethically, etc). Make sure you include these actions:
✓	Review your vision and mission (or purpose), or write one if you don’t have one, and incorporate sustainability.
✓	Update your business plan (or write one if you don’t have one) and include short-term and longer-term goals.
✓	Develop a system to keep track of your finances and analyse your financial reports regularly.
✓	Use a business analysis tool to assess your business and competitive environment. Incorporate this into your business plan.
✓	Understand your risk profile and plan accordingly.
✓	Operate with good business ethics.
Actions for doing more: Once you have the basics sorted, start looking at how you can report on non-financial metrics, and benchmark your performance.
✓	Include visitor, community and environmental metrics alongside your financial indicators and regularly report on these as appropriate to staff, stakeholders, industry and the public.
✓	Benchmark your business against your own performance and that of others.