Exam 1: Introduction to Sustainable Business

Natural capital is the ______ of natural resources upon which human life and economic activity depends.

Five stages of sustainable business maturation, from basic to advanced, are defined by the following motives: profit, philanthropy, _______, _______, and _______.

Globally, human population levels and aggregate consumption levels are ______.

A negative externality is created when an organization's activities generate a risk that is shifted to a third-party without that party's _______ or _______.

Evaluate Ray Anderson's "Mission Zero" plan for Interface, Inc. Provide specific examples of the success and/or failure of the Mission Zero plan.

The Global Living Planet Index is a(n) ______ assessment of the vitality of the planet given the impact of _____.

The "gearing up" metaphor describes organizational _______.

The triple bottom line consists of ______, _______, and _______ metrics of organizational success.

According to the Global Living Planet Index, the available biocapacity of Earth is ______, and at the same time, humanity's ecological footprint is ______.

Between 2005 and 2011, ______ building construction grew by 1700% despite a 17% contraction in the overall construction market.

The "gearing up" metaphor represents these four successive attitudes toward the business case for sustainability:

The general trend in sustainable business practices is to ________.

The human population's ______ now surpasses the available biocapacity of the planet.

Water resources are _______ because of pressure from ______ and ______.

According to the 2012 WWF Living Planet Report, humanity's projected resource consumption levels "______ our planet's capacity to sustain us."