Deck 2: Principles, Philosophies and Policies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability; and Strategies and Business Models for Sustainability

Question 1

In which decade did environmental legislation become more prevalent?

A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s

Answer 1

1970s

Question 2

What does EQO stand for?

A) Equality and Quality Objectives
B) Environmental quality objectives
C) Equal opportunities
D) Environmental quality office

Answer 2

Environmental quality objectives

Question 3

Which one of these is not a regulatory principle?

A) The precautionary principle
B) The precautionary polluter principle
C) The risk prevention principle
D) The proximity principle

Answer 3

The risk prevention principle

Question 4

Which tool is mainly used in market-based regulation?

A) Incentives
B) Standards
C) Bans
D) Technologies

Question 5

Which one of these is not part of environmental impact assessments?

A) Risk analysis
B) Natural step
C) Life cycle analysis
D) Cost-benefit analysis

Question 6

How many phases are there in Dunphy's model of sustainability?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 6
D) 7

Question 7

Which of these is not part of Laszlo and Zhexembayeva's embedded sustainability approach?

A) Blue Ocean strategy
B) Generic strategies
C) Resource-based view
D) Disruptive innovation

Question 8

Which of these is a dedicated sustainability strategy framework?

A) Resource-based view
B) Disruptive innovation
C) Natural Step
D) Blue Ocean

Question 9

Which company did Ray Anderson lead towards mission zero?

A) IKEA
B) Dow Chemicals
C) Intel
D) Interface

Question 10

Which tensions and decisions do companies need to address? [More than one answer possible]

A) Growth or no growth
B) Transformational or incremental change
C) Cost or differentiation
D) Stopping the bad or creating the good