Which of the following should be given consideration as part of a ‘whole life approach’ to sustaina-ble procurement decisions? Select all that apply.
Select all of the following which would pose a health and safety risk within a warehouse environ-ment.
One of the learning outcomes (also called ‘assessment criteria’ or ‘indicative content’) for this course is ‘Defining organisational value for money to include social outcomes – such as the use of local labour and participation of XXX and / or YYY groups’. Replace XXX and YYY with which words?
Which one of the following would not be likely to represent a technologically-advanced solution in warehousing management development?
Learning Outcome 2.2 of your course syllabus (for both L3M5 and L3M6) is 'Explain the environ-mental impact of transportation and storage'.
Which of the following are included as assessment criteria under that heading? Select all that apply.
OECD has written about the concept of a 'pyramid of CSR responsibilities'.
‘Being a good corporate citizen’ is described as being at the highest level of the pyramid, and falls within which of the following sets of responsibilities?
In other words, which of these options shown, is at the highest level of the CSR pyramid?
One organisation has published a guide, as part of its Knowledge Summary series, which sets out requirements for ethical behaviour from suppliers. The guide is entitled ‘Ethical business practices in purchasing and supply’. Which organisation published the guide?
Some environmentally-conscious individuals feel that the clearing of rain forest, particularly in In-donesia, has had a catastrophic effect on the local environment. The forest is being cleared to enable a particular oil crop to grow and be harvested. What is this crop which has attracted so much atten-tion?
XXX are side effects of an activity which affect other people. They can be either positive or nega-tive. Negative XXX include activities by organisations that cause environmental damage, for exam-ple, emission of harmful gases from vehicles, or dumping of chemical waste into the sea. The cost of remedying, where remedies are undertaken, does not fall on the original polluter, but rest with socie-ty at large. What word replaces XXX?
UNFCCC negotiations led to which agreement in 2015, on the subject of limiting the extent of global warming? Countries agreed, in those discussions, to limit their emissions by 2030.
‘XXX occurs when productive land is made economically unproductive, for example by large scale deforestation. XXX is caused largely by pressures for subsistence food production, growing com-mercial crops, and meat production in arid and semi-arid areas’
‘Hiring XXX labour is one aspect of acting as a good corporate citizen, because employing XXX people helps to create a successful XXX community’. To be a good corporate citizen, which word fits best to replace XXX?
‘XXX inclines can be used to move items from an upper floor to a lower floor’. What is XXX?
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Which colour is commonly associated with anything seen to be environmentally-friendly?
Herman E Daly, an ecological economist, wrote that ‘there is something fundamentally wrong in treating XXXX as if it were a business in liquidation’. What is XXXX?
‘Many XXX of creatures are becoming extinct, or are suffering steep decline in numbers. The diver-sity of XXX is necessary for the functioning of ecosystems, and in some cases endangered XXX contribute to the human food chain (eg honey bees)…’
Select all of the methods shown which would contribute to improved on-road environmental effi-ciency of commercial vehicles.
Which organisation was established in 1992 as a forum for international action on climate change?
UNFCCC negotiations led to which protocol in 1997, on the subject of climate change and the re-duction of emissions globally?