Sustainability of Interface Inc. Organization
MNGT 3711 – Sustainable development
Thompson Rivers University
Module 3 Assignment
19/6/2020
, Sustainability of Interface Inc. Organization 2
PART A
1. Describe the ways in which the widespread adoption of clean cookstoves will address the
global environmental issues discussed in Chapter 9.
By adopting clean cookstoves, some global environmental issues can be addressed since
globally over 40% of people make use of conventional methods posing danger to their health and
environment as well. Therefore global alliances have adopted a strategic plan to make 100
families adopt clean cook methods by 2020. This initiative established a global market for clean
cooking methods by identifying and addressing any barriers that hinder the production and use of
clean cooking methods in developing countries. This will eradicate the use of cookstoves in the
open which emit lot soot that is dangerous to both humans and the environment.
The adoption of clean cookstoves does not emit any greenhouses gas or suit thus
benefiting the health of those using it and those in the surrounding(Simion,2014). Soot can travel
thousands of miles in the atmosphere, absorbs heat, and settles on glaciers, speeding up the
melting environment. By adopting these new clean methods we could see a decrease in global
warming as soot washes out within days or weeks. This would help to slow the climate change
and ozone depletion and we would be in a position to save and prolong human life. Moreover,
the adoption of the clean stoves provided better means for testing clean emissions and efficiency
standards for cookstoves. The use of clean stoves generally enhances economic, health, and d
environmental benefits (Martin & Roe, 2016).
2. Describe the ways in which the widespread adoption of clean cookstoves will address the
issues of economic development and poverty discussed in Chapter 9. (15 marks)