Deck 4: Clean Commerce Is an Opportunity Sea Change

Question 1

As a result of the communications revolution,end users are now searching on their own for product information and alternative products.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Since they add costs,environmental performance standards are typically not supported by investor groups.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following is closely tied to molecular thinking?

A) Product functionality
B) Raw materials
C) Degradability
D) All of the above

Question 5

Government procurement and business buyers increasingly use environmental performance measures when making their purchasing decisions.

Question 6

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 7

Weak ties lie outside the traditional network of relationships.

Question 8

Manufacturing businesses hoping to increase efficiency will seek to raise their E-factor ratio.

Question 9

Building weak-ties is an aspect of looking through a sustainability lens.

Question 10

NatureWorks has assumed a leadership role in what emerging market?

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

Question 11

Sustainability concepts are incompatible with growth and profits.

Question 12

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

Question 13

What parallel cannot be drawn between molecular thinking and the way entrepreneurs seek solutions?

A) Hero making
B) Attention to detail
C) Small,solvable pieces
D) Radical incrementalism

Question 14

Which is not a strategic facet of looking through a sustainability lens?

A) Radical incrementalism
B) Weak ties
C) Molecular thinking
D) All are strategic facets

Question 15

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 16

Sustainability embraces all but the following

A) Improving human health
B) Protecting ecological systems
C) Growth and profits
D) Sustainability embraces all of the above

Question 17

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

Question 18

The E-factor relates to what aspect of running a business?

A) Manufacturing
B) Performance
C) Economics
D) Purchasing

Question 19

Which of the following is closely tied to systems thinking?

A) The market
B) Interconnectedness
C) Incrementalism
D) All of the above

Question 20

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

A) Plastics
B) Textiles
C) Paper
D) Pharmaceuticals

Question 21

Thinking like a molecule is a mind-set that can be used to reengineer entire systems to discover ways of meeting market needs without being limited by what?

Question 22

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

Question 23

Define sustainability.

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

Which two are setting a high bar for international manufacturing standards?

A) China and India
B) Japan and Europe
C) The United States and Mexico
D) Australia and Taiwan

Question 28

Included in green chemistry tools is the idea of the ________,which would have manufacturers make as full use as possible of every input molecule in the final output product.

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

What critical changes that have already occurred are driving a move towards clean commerce?

Question 32

Increasingly business strategy and viability demand that we think of and look at our immediate environment in the context of the larger ________.

Question 33

________ is a strategic approach to greening the inherent nature of new venture processes and products.

Question 34

What are some of the factors that are driving a greening of corporations?

Question 35

Taking a strategic approach to greening the inherent nature of new venture products and processes can bring ________ and profits.

Question 36

Conditions for global competition have changed,and ________ are now a primary source of new business growth and opportunity.

Question 37

What are the advantages of establishing weak ties?

Question 38

________ is a concept of sustainability that stays;at the end of a product's useful life,its constituent materials (understood as assets,not waste)become inputs for new products or return safely to the earth.

Question 39

In the US,buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)certification realize which of the following benefits?

A) Cost reductions
B) Productivity gains
C) Employee retention
D) All of the above

Question 40

What is green chemistry?

Question 41

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