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Which company was one of the first firms to adopt the concept of environmental profit-and-loss accounting?


A) Adidas
B) Nike
C) PUMA
D) Reebok

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In our current economy, the more that is ______, the ______ the economy is.


A) wasted; stronger
B) recycled; stronger
C) wasted; weaker
D) recycled; weaker

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The United Nation's Basel Convention is an important government-level initiative.What does it regulate?


A) carbon emissions
B) e-waste
C) recycling efforts
D) water conservation

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According to the textbook, the success of COP21 relies on which of the following?


A) Countries continually assessing their progress toward reducing carbon emissions and adjusting their targets accordingly.
B) A worldwide conversion to a combination of nuclear, solar, and wind power by 2050.
C) The United States taking the lead in the reduction of carbon emissions.
D) COP21 has no chance of success.

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Global warming is a prediction.

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Which famous business leader is known for his belief that unless companies changed their approach to sustainability, business leaders like him would be judged by future generations as "thieves and plunderers of the planet?"


A) Ray Anderson, founder of Interface Carpets
B) Jack Welch, former chair and CEO of GE
C) Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
D) Howard Schultz, chair and CEO of Starbucks

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When ______ announced it would start charging for plastic bags, within 6 months, the policy cut bag consumption in the United States by more than 50%.


A) Whole Foods
B) IKEA
C) Apple
D) Nike

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Companies, such as Disney and Microsoft, which are attaching a "shadow price" to their carbon emissions, are beginning to account for the impact on ______ of their activities.


A) natural capital
B) stakeholder values
C) shareholder values
D) environmental growth

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Describe each of the reasons that firms should care about sustainability.Which is the most important to you, and why is it most important?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four main reasons businesses should care about sustainability?


A) climate change
B) natural capital
C) profit optimization
D) stakeholders

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The concept of natural capital fits in the rational argument for CSR.

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______ represents the recognition that a changing climate will affect business operations and that managing risk and adapting to the new environment will increasingly be important to business success.


A) Natural capital
B) COP21
C) Global sustainability
D) Resilience

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Marks & Spencer, the UK retailer, describes its sustainability program as Plan A because ______.


A) any environmental action plan must be affordable
B) A stands for action
C) there is no Plan B
D) all of these reasons

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Which country accounts for two-thirds of the world's increase in the carbon dioxide emitted since 2000?


A) the United States
B) India
C) China
D) Brazil

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Much of the West's e-waste is outsourced to ______, where it is often dismantled by hand by poorly paid women and children with little or no protective clothing or equipment.


A) Africa
B) China
C) India
D) Indonesia

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From a company's perspective, ______ is made up of clean air, reliable availability of freshwater, and productive topsoil.


A) natural capital
B) environmental accounting
C) environmental profit and loss
D) renewable capital

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To illustrate the problem of the collective rate of consumption on sustainability, if everyone on Earth lived the lifestyle of a traditional Indian villager, it is arguable that even 12 billion would be a sustainable world population.If everyone lives like an upper-middle-class North American, the level of population above which it would be unsustainable is ______.


A) 2 billion
B) 4 billion
C) 6 billion
D) 8 billion

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In the United States alone, it is estimated that ______ tons of e-waste are discarded annually.


A) 1.5 million
B) 2.4 million
C) 5 million
D) more than 10 million

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China accounts for ______ of the world's increase in the carbon dioxide emitted since 2000.


A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds

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Pepsi's efforts to measure the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice revealed that the majority of carbon emissions occur during ______ of the juice.


A) packaging
B) production
C) distribution
D) use and disposal

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