GEB3375 Module 4 Question and
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Environmental sustainability calls on businesses to develop new approaches
to the way they _______. (Check all that apply.) - correct answer ✔ensure
the health and well-being of all living creatures
establish market prices for goods and services
provide and consume energy
design, produce, distribute, and consume goods and services
The life cycle ____________ is the approach used to evaluate the
environmental impact aspects of a product or service throughout its life cycle.
This same process is sometimes called cradle-to-grave analysis. - correct
answer ✔assessment
Which sustainability approach suggests that products and services should be
designed to completely close the production loop, so that all resources
needed to produce them are recycled and reused rather than discarded or left
to pollute? - correct answer ✔cradle-to-cradle design
Carbon footprinting is a way to _____ sustainability. - correct answer
✔measure
Which of the following areas are addressed by the United Nations Global
Compact? (Check all that apply.) - correct answer ✔human rights
labor
, anti-corruption
environment
Environmental ____________ is defined as a state in which the demands
placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without
reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations. -
correct answer ✔sustainability
Roberto's company produces computer hardware and is holding off the
release of its newest memory chips until it receives a report on how the
disposal of the new chips could affect landfills and run-off in the future.
Roberto's company is using _____ to evaluate the product. - correct answer
✔life cycle assessment
The Global Reporting Initiative is a network made up mostly of ________ that
have collaborated to develop a sustainability reporting framework. - correct
answer ✔businesses
Which sustainability approach is most closely in sync with nature? - correct
answer ✔cradle-to-cradle design
The Carbon Disclosure Project is a nonprofit organization that provides
reporting frameworks for _______. (Check all that apply.) - correct answer
✔reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
sustainable water use
Which of the following are frameworks for measuring sustainability? (Check all
that apply.) - correct answer ✔Carbon Disclosure Project
answers verified to pass
Environmental sustainability calls on businesses to develop new approaches
to the way they _______. (Check all that apply.) - correct answer ✔ensure
the health and well-being of all living creatures
establish market prices for goods and services
provide and consume energy
design, produce, distribute, and consume goods and services
The life cycle ____________ is the approach used to evaluate the
environmental impact aspects of a product or service throughout its life cycle.
This same process is sometimes called cradle-to-grave analysis. - correct
answer ✔assessment
Which sustainability approach suggests that products and services should be
designed to completely close the production loop, so that all resources
needed to produce them are recycled and reused rather than discarded or left
to pollute? - correct answer ✔cradle-to-cradle design
Carbon footprinting is a way to _____ sustainability. - correct answer
✔measure
Which of the following areas are addressed by the United Nations Global
Compact? (Check all that apply.) - correct answer ✔human rights
labor
, anti-corruption
environment
Environmental ____________ is defined as a state in which the demands
placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without
reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations. -
correct answer ✔sustainability
Roberto's company produces computer hardware and is holding off the
release of its newest memory chips until it receives a report on how the
disposal of the new chips could affect landfills and run-off in the future.
Roberto's company is using _____ to evaluate the product. - correct answer
✔life cycle assessment
The Global Reporting Initiative is a network made up mostly of ________ that
have collaborated to develop a sustainability reporting framework. - correct
answer ✔businesses
Which sustainability approach is most closely in sync with nature? - correct
answer ✔cradle-to-cradle design
The Carbon Disclosure Project is a nonprofit organization that provides
reporting frameworks for _______. (Check all that apply.) - correct answer
✔reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
sustainable water use
Which of the following are frameworks for measuring sustainability? (Check all
that apply.) - correct answer ✔Carbon Disclosure Project
