Deck 4: Clean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise Movements Are an Opportunity Sea Change

Question 1

In which of the following emerging markets has NatureWorks assumed a leadership role?

A) Biofuels
B) Green cleaners
C) Greener plastics
D) Waste recycling

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is one of the 12 principles in green chemistry?

A) Using raw materials and feedstocks that are depleting rather than renewable
B) Using catalysts,and not stoichiometric reagents
C) Using chemical derivatives whenever possible
D) Using solvents,separation agents,or other auxiliary chemicals rather than innocuous chemicals

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Green chemistry is the utilization of principles that:

A) use chemical derivatives and additional reagents over innocuous chemicals.
B) use stoichiometric reagents instead of catalysts in chemical processes.
C) result in the maximization of atom economy in chemical products.
D) embrace the reduction and elimination of hazardous substances in chemical products.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Sustainability refers to:

A) the role new ventures play in supporting communities.
B) the generation of waste that exceeds the carrying capacity of the surrounding ecosystem.
C) the removal of weak ties with organizations that lie outside an entrepreneur's traditional network of relationships.
D) the principle of green chemistry that uses depleting feedstock instead of renewable feedstock.

Question 5

Building weak ties is one of the facets of looking through a sustainability lens.

Question 6

Sustainability concepts are incompatible with growth and profits.

Question 7

As a result of the communications revolution,end users now have the means and motivation to search out alternative products.

Question 8

In what mature industry did the entrepreneurial firm Method manage to change the rules?

A) Garden products
B) Consumer packaged goods
C) Home Furnishings
D) Retailing

Question 9

An organization is required to establish weak ties to individuals and organizations that lie outside the traditional network of relationships to help see and analyze issues and opportunities.

Question 10

Systems thinking refers to the practice of tracking materials through their respective life cycles.

Question 11

Applying green chemistry principles to pharmaceutical production processes has enabled pharmaceutical companies to dramatically increase their E-factors.

Question 12

Which of the following is closely tied to systems thinking?

A) Gathering data about the fluidity of the market
B) Understanding the interconnectedness in the world
C) Implementing the concept of large-scale incrementalism
D) Thinking small

Question 13

Sustainability means that resource utilization should not deplete existing capital.

Question 14

NatureWorks was the first company to deliver aesthetically appealing,ecologically friendly home cleaning products to mainstream retailers (as opposed to just natural products stores).

Question 15

Some of the most fertile clean commerce opportunities lie in the areas of greatest tension.

Question 16

Which of the following is a strategic facet of looking through a sustainability lens?

A) Adopting radical incrementalism
B) Severing weak ties
C) Increasing E-factor
D) Thinking like a molecule

Question 17

Sustainability means that resources should be used at a rate faster than the rate of replenishment.

Question 18

The E-factor relates to the _____ aspect of running a business.

A) manufacturing
B) performance
C) economic
D) purchasing

Question 19

An E-factor measurement indicates how many weight units of output one gets per weight unit of input.

Question 20

Which of the following is closely tied to molecular thinking?

A) Adhering to traditional chemical processes
B) Taking the larger perspective by looking at the entire eco-system
C) Looking at the immediate environment
D) Minimizing atom economy

Question 21

The idea of the _____ economy,included in green chemistry tools,is one in which manufacturers make as full use as possible of every input molecule in the final output product.

Question 22

Which of the following countries is setting a high bar for international manufacturing standards?

A) China
B) Japan
C) Mexico
D) Australia

Question 23

Chemical _____ use additional reagents and generate waste.

Question 24

Briefly discuss the concept of systems thinking.

Question 25

_____ is a concept of sustainability in which a product's constituent materials (understood as assets,not waste)become inputs for new products or return safely into the earth at the end of the product's useful life.

Question 26

_____ means that resources should not be used at a rate faster than the rate of replenishment.

Question 27

What is green chemistry?

Question 28

_____ feedstocks are often made from agricultural products or are the wastes of other processes.

Question 29

Which metric does the pharmaceutical industry use to measure the ratio of inputs to outputs in any given product?

A) EcoScale
B) E-factor
C) Effective mass yield
D) Carbon footprint

Question 30

Method keeps R&D inside,but the company outsources ____.

Question 31

Thinking like a _____ requires one to look at his or her immediate environment,or to think small,while not losing the perspective of the larger environment one is operating in.

Question 32

What are the three strategic facets of looking through a sustainability lens?

Question 33

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)places responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment on ____.

Question 34

How are businesses affected by the seismic shift toward clean commerce and sustainable enterprise movements?

Question 35

At a macro level,green chemistry provides the means of shifting away from a petrochemical-based economy to a _____ economy.

Question 36

_____ is a mind-set that can be used to reengineer entire systems to discover ways of meeting market needs without being limited by traditional chemical choices or processes.

Question 37

The _____ standards provide sustainable building rating systems under the U.S.Green Building Council.

Question 38

_____ are a means to gain access to fresh ideas,emergent perspectives,and new scientific insights.

Question 39

Which industry is an early adopter of green chemistry principles in industrial processing?

A) The plastics industry
B) The textile industry
C) The pulp and paper industry
D) The pharmaceutical industry

Question 40

Define sustainability.

Question 41

Briefly discuss the concept of thinking like a molecule.

Question 42

What drives Method's capacity to remain on the competitive edge?

Question 43

What are the advantages of establishing weak ties?

Question 44

Define green chemistry,and explain how it relates to molecular thinking.