Deck 13: Sustainability

Question 1

Munich Re,a large German insurance company,estimates that the effects of climate change could cost companies ________ annually by 2050 in weather damage,pollution,and industrial and agricultural losses.

A)$100 billion
B)$300 billion
C)$1 trillion
D)$3 trillion

Answer 1

B

Question 2

America uses more electricity for ________ than Africa uses for all purposes.

A)cooling
B)lighting
C)heating
D)manufacturing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Pepsi's efforts to measure the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice revealed that the majority of carbon emissions occur during ________ of the juice.

A)packaging
B)production
C)distribution
D)use and disposal

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Firms need to care about sustainability because of the likelihood that

A)stakeholder perceptions will change about the need to do something about the environment.
B)governments will implement carbon taxes and other penalties.
C)competitors are likely to address sustainability and will gain an advantage by doing so.
D)cap-and-trade programs will be implemented by 2020.

Question 5

By number of cargo containers,what is the largest US export to China?

A)Automobilles
B)Coal
C)Grain
D)Scrap

Question 6

The 1987 Brundtland Report was named for

A)the city in Norway in which a United Nations meeting was held.
B)its main author,the Norwegian prime minister.
C)an area of northern Europe most dramatically impacted by climate change.
D)a geographic region above the Arctic Circle that showed the first signs of polar ice cap melt.

Question 7

Electronic waste in the form of televisions,computers,and cell phones is a particularly vexing environmental problem because

A)large amounts of carbon dioxide are generated during production.
B)the products sit in landfills for thousands of years after they are thrown away.
C)the products contain many types of heavy metals.
D)a lot of oil is used in production.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main reasons businesses should care about sustainability?

A)Climate change
B)Natural capital
C)Profit optimization
D)Stakeholders

Question 9

The COP21 agreement

A)set a target of reducing carbon emissions to essentially zero by the latter half of this century.
B)has legally binding agreements among all countries.
C)established a single,internationally agreed-upon global carbon price.
D)The COP21 agreement did all of these things.

Question 10

China accounts for ________ of the world's increase in the carbon dioxide emitted since 2000.

A)one quarter
B)one third
C)one half
D)two thirds

Question 11

Which company was one of the first firms to adopt the concept of environmental profit-and-loss accounting?

A)Adidas
B)Nike
C)Puma
D)Reebok

Question 12

According to the textbook,the success of COP21 relies on which of the following?

A)Countries continually assessing their progress toward reducing carbon emissions and adjusting their targets accordingly
B)A worldwide conversion to a combination of nuclear,solar,and wind power by 2050.
C)The United States taking the lead in the reduction of carbon emissions.
D)COP21 has no chance of success.

Question 13

Marks & Spencer,the UK retailer,describes its sustainability program as Plan A because

A)any environmental action plan must be affordable.
B)A stands for action.
C)there is no plan B.
D)all of the above reasons.

Question 14

Where ________ aims to put the world back into balance,________ looks for ways to manage in an imbalanced world.

A)sustainability,resilence
B)sustainability,COP21
C)resilience,sustainability
D)COP21,the Kyoto Protocol

Question 15

Which country has the lowest levels of carbon emissions per capita?

A)China
B)Germany
C)India
D)United States

Question 16

Companies such as Disney and Microsoft,which are attaching a "shadow price" to their carbon emissions,are beginning to account for the impact on ________ of their activities.

A)natural capital
B)stakeholder values
C)shareholder values
D)environmental growth

Question 17

The ________ in 1987 popularized the term sustainability.

A)Kyoto Protocol
B)Brundtland Report
C)Paris COP21
D)Rio Climate Change Convention

Question 18

Much of the West's e-waste is outsourced to ________,where it is often dismantled by hand by poorly paid women and children with little or no protective clothing or equipment.

A)Africa
B)China
C)India
D)Indonesia

Question 19

The science on climate change is not disputed.What is disputed is/are

A)who or what is responsible for climate change.
B)the consequences of climate change.
C)the impact of oil-based fuel technologies.
D)the relative impact of developed countries on climate change.

Question 20

From a company's perspective,________ is made up of clean air,reliable availability of freshwater,and productive topsoil.

A)natural capital
B)environmental accounting
C)environmental profit and loss
D)renewable capital

Question 21

In the current global economic model,whether we ________ a product is more important than whether we ________ it.

A)need; want
B)want; need
C)waste; want
D)need; waste

Question 22

The greatest concern about COP21 is that it is too little,too late.

Question 23

According to the Organization for Economic Co?operation and Development (OECD),the average American produces ________ of trash per day.

A)less than 3 pounds
B)approximately 3.3 pounds
C)between 4.5 and 7 pounds
D)more than 8 pounds

Question 24

Mass consumption and quick turnover are essential in the global economy.What do these conditions lead to?

A)Waste
B)Profit optimization
C)Recycling
D)Sustainability

Question 25

Global warming is a prediction.

Question 26

Climate change has reached a point where only substantial action will produce meaningful effects and avert the catastrophic outcome we are otherwise hurtling toward.

Question 27

What does it mean to say that the waste we generate is a central driver of the global economy?

Question 28

________ represents the recognition that a changing climate will affect business operations and that managing risk and adapting to the new environment will increasingly be important to business success.

A)Natural capital
B)COP21
C)Global sustainability
D)Resilience

Question 29

Describe each of the reasons that firms should care about sustainability.Which is the most important to you,and why is it most important?

Question 30

In our current economy,the more that is ________,the ________ the economy is.

A)wasted; stronger
B)recycled; stronger
C)wasted; weaker
D)recycled; weaker

Question 31

Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 32

Who should bear the most responsibility for the pollution associated with e-waste? Support your answer with specific examples.

Question 33

Describe the problems associated with e-waste and provide an analysis of possible solutions.

Question 34

In the United States alone,it is estimated that _______ tons of e-waste are discarded annually.

A)1.5 million
B)2.4 million
C)5 million
D)more than 10 million

Question 35

The metals,chemicals,and solder that make up the components inside electronic devices are

A)easy to recycle.
B)readily available in the natural environment.
C)toxic.
D)inexpensive to produce.

Question 36

Which famous business leader is known for his belief that unless companies changed their approach to sustainability,business leaders like him would be judged by future generations as "thieves and plunderers of the planet"?

A)Ray Anderson,founder of Interface Carpets
B)Jack Welch,former chair and CEO of GE
C)Bill Gates,founder of Microsoft
D)Howard Schultz,chair and CEO of Starbucks

Question 37

Must the global economic model of mass consumption change if there is to be realistic progress toward improving the environment?

Question 38

A huge assumption of the current economic model is that the world's resources are

A)readily available.
B)finite.
C)infinite.
D)recyclable.

Question 39

The concept of natural capital fits in the rational argument for CSR.

Question 40

The United Nation's Basel Convention is an important government-level initiative.What does it regulate?

A)Carbon emissions
B)E-waste
C)Recycling efforts
D)Water conservation