CH40 Sustainable Development

Question 1

What is sustainable development?

Answer 1

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 2

What is the total/product lifecycle approach? xxxxx

Answer 2

It examines the environmental cost of the product across all stages of production.

Question 3

What does stage 1 of total/product lifecycle approach so? xxx

Answer 3

Examines the sourcing of raw materials
- Are they sourced in an ethical way?

Question 4

What does stage 2 of the product/total lifecycle approach do? xxxx

Answer 4

Examines product manufacturing process
- Are they considering the social and environmental costs?

Question 5

What does stage 3 of product/total lifecycle approach do? xxxx

Answer 5

Examines the impact of product distribution
- Production should be close, to reduce transport pollution

Question 6

What does stage 4 of total/product lifestyle approach do? xxxx

Answer 6

Examines the impact of product usage
-Companies should design products to reduce social/environmental costs,
e.g. make electrical goods have to display energy rating

Question 7

What does stage 5 in total/product lifecycle approach do? xxx

Answer 7

Examines the impact of packaging
-Businesses should try to recycle packaging to cause less damage to the environment.

Question 8

What is WEEE :0 zxxxx

Answer 8

WASTE
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRONIC
EQUPIMENT
(idk what this is for)

Question 9

What are the benefits of the lifecycle approach? xxxx

Answer 9

-Taking a longer-term view- promotes long-term sustainability e.g. fishing quotas

-Promotes positive behavior - encourages people/businesses to behave in an ethical way, e.g. fair trade

-Encourages stakeholders to play their part in sustainability

Question 10

What is CSR? xxx

Answer 10

Corporate Social Responsibility
-sets out how organisations should act to benefit the society and environment.

Question 11

Benefits of a business following CSR? xxx

Answer 11

-Reputation improves
-Environment friendly customers are more likely to buy from that business
-Attract staff who share their aims.

Question 12

What are business ethics? xxxx

Answer 12

Moral principles that influence the way a business behaves to all stakeholders
(consumers, employees, shareholders, govt. and society)

Question 13

What are the 3 pillars of sustainability?`

Answer 13

Financial
Social
Environmental

Question 14

What is financial sustainability?

Answer 14

This means that economic development will be financially affordable

Question 15

What is Social sustainability?

Answer 15

Economic development won’t damage society.
e.g. increasing poverty, effect health system

Question 16

What is environmental sustainability?

Answer 16

Using our resources efficiently e.g. solar panels

Question 17

What are social costs?

Answer 17

The costs to society of business activity
e.g. cutting down on rainforest pollution

Question 18

What does fair trade do?

Answer 18

Promotes better working conditions and pay

Question 19

What are the stages of the product life cycle approach? (keywords)
xxx

Answer 19

1. Sourcing the raw materials
2. Manufacturing process
3. Product distribution
4. Product usage
5. Packaging