Deck 11: Section 5: Is Sustainability Just a Buzzword

Question 1

The triple bottom line approach is an accounting framework to measure an organization's economic, social equity and environmental performance.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A measurement of a society's economic and social well-being can be measured by the Living Planet Index.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An ecosystem involves animals, bodies of water and tress but excludes people.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Sustainability is mainly focused on current generations.

Question 5

Sustainability measures can be applied to all industries in the same way to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Question 6

Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by using wind power, geothermal power and coal-based forms of energy.

Question 7

Sustainable manufacturing involves reducing waste only.

Question 8

A measurement of biological diversity would best be measured by the Living Planet Index.

Question 9

Reducing operational risk by increasing safety standards can also help to reduce risks to the environment.

Question 10

A limit of the TBL approach is that it requires too many specialists in different fields (eg. engineering, accounting, environmentalists, etc)