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The idea that companies have a continuing responsibility for
the environmental impact of their products or services, even after they are
sold is called:
Question 2
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A thin layer of gas that protects the earth from excessive
ultraviolet radiation from the sun is:
Question 3
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A shared resource, such as land, air, or water, that a group
of people uses collectively is a(n):
Question 4
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Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable
resource?
Question 5
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The Sustainability Consortium organized to advance
life-cycle analysis for thousands of products includes all of the following
companies except:
Question 6
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The commitments of the Convention on Biological Diversity
include:
Answer
Question 7
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In which year was the first World Summit on Sustainable
Development held?
Question 8
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Rapid economic development is often accompanied by:
Question 9
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Which of the following countries has not ratified the Kyoto
Protocol?
Question 10
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Which of the following is an example of industrial ecology
in practice?
Question 11
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Scientists believe that if the Montreal Protocol is honored
the ozone layer will recover by:
Question 12
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Depletion of the ozone layer, destruction of the rain
forests, and species extinctions all have an impact on:
Question 13
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The most successful global businesses in coming years will
be those companies that:
Question 14
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This company called its plan to tackle climate change “Plan
A” because there is no “Plan B”:
Question 15
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By promoting the use of clean cookstoves in developing
nations, a global alliance hopes to reduce:
Question 16
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Subaru Automotive of America’s effort to minimize waste is
an example of:
Question 17
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created:
Question 18
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Being able to continue their activities indefinitely,
without altering the carrying capacity of the earth’s ecosystem, is a
characteristic of:
Question 19
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Environmental justice is a movement to:
Question 20
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Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has the following
benefit:
Question 21
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Which of the following is indicative of a firm in the
pollution prevention stage of the corporate environmental responsibility model?
Question 22
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When environmentally proactive companies seek out
imaginative, innovative new methods for reducing pollution and increasing
efficiency, they are adopting which strategy?
Question 23
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Which of the following is the most advanced stage of
corporate environmental responsibility?
Question 24
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When companies develop a reputation for environmental
excellence, and they produce and deliver products and services designed to
attract environmentally aware customers, this is called:
Question 25
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Some researchers believe that business firms moving towards
ecological sustainability results in:
Question 26
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Which of the following is not true about the guidelines for
sentencing environmental wrongdoers set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission?
Question 27
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In 2011 how many of the world’s top 250 companies issued an
integrated sustainability report?
Question 28
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Companies that reduce pollution and hazardous waste, reuse
or recycle materials, and operate with greater energy efficiency achieve a
competitive advantage due to:
Question 29
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Which country has made the greatest progress in reducing its
solid waste stream?
Question 30
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When businesses form voluntary, collaborative partnerships
with environmental organizations and regulators to achieve specific objectives
this is called:
