Exam 11: Environmental Management

Walmart has attempted to ensure that its supplier operations meet high environmental standards by implementing a Supplier Sustainability Index - a universal rating system for assessing sustainability records.

Wisconsin's innovative __________,created in 2006,provides numerous benefits including regulatory flexibility,permit streamlining,and other incentives for businesses that implement an Environmental Management System.

Becoming an eco-friendly organization requires leadership from the CEO or president and a values-based organizational culture that emphasizes focusing only on compliance with regulations.

The 1980s,under the Reagan administration,was characterized by which of the following approaches to environmental management?

Discuss the competitive advantages to an organization for becoming eco-friendly.

Buying bottled water,if you plan to recycle,is as environmentally-friendly as using reusable water bottles made from materials such as stainless steel or aluminum.

A useful framework,used by communities and business around the world,emphasizing environmental analysis and action plan development is known as:

Which company is now the nation's largest seller of organic products?

Environmental management is best implemented within one dedicated department or business unit that can devote time to becoming eco-friendly.

Hitchcock and Willard have developed a(n)____________ that organizations can use for comparative evaluation purposes when deciding which product to purchase.

The program called the ________________,created in 2003 as a national market to manage a voluntary,yet legally binding program for greenhouse gas emissions,closed in 2010 when participants withdrew their support because Congress failed to pass anticipated regulation.

ISO 14001 certification,a competitive advantage in a marketplace in which more organizations are using a green "screen" to choose suppliers,is a self-regulatory system and includes an Energy Management System (EMS)as its basic component.

All organizations are in compliance with environmental laws in the United States

The ______________,which has more than 100 members,is now the leading emissions trading market in the world.

The European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive of 1994 mandates that all businesses operating within the EU are now responsible for:

Products can be certified as ___________ products,which ensures that they are energy efficient.

Managers must "practice what they preach" and adopt eco-friendly behaviors in their own lifestyles if they would like to inspire subordinates to engage in eco-friendly activities at work.

LEED certification ensures that a building exceeds all recommendations for seven levels of new construction and major renovations.

The United States consumes more oil than all other industrialized nations in the world.

Some organizations create a(n)______________ that clearly articulates its relationship with the natural environment.