Environmental

Question 1

What are the impacts?

Answer 1

Weather, recycling and carbon footprint.

Question 2

Positive impact of weather?

Answer 2

A business could be impacted by spells of favourable weather, for example, during prolonged periods of snow the ski industry in Scotland will see an increase in customers.

Question 3

Negative impact of weather?

Answer 3

Prolonged spells of adverse weather, such as snow, can affect the transport networks across the UK. This will make it difficult for deliveries of materials to arrive and for staff to get to work, therefore causing production to slow down or cease entirely.

Question 4

Positive impact of recycling?

Answer 4

Organisations encourage recycling by their customers in order to impact less negatively on the environment. For example, retailers discourage the use of plastic bags and sell ‘bags for life’ which will lower the cost to the retailer of providing plastic bags and gain the company a favourable reputation for being ‘environmentally friendly’.

Question 5

Negative impact of recycling?

Answer 5

Organisations need to undertake recycling, for example, of waste paper and printer cartridges, but it takes time, effort and money to recycle rather than just disposing of waste.

Question 6

Positive impact of carbon footprint?

Answer 6

Organisations are encouraged to reduce their carbon footprint. This means to lower the amount of emissions from fossil fuels released into the atmosphere. Businesses that do this, for example by utilising renewable energy, will eventually save money on fuel bills.

Question 7

Negative impact of carbon footprint?

Answer 7

There is a financial cost associated with investing in renewable energy, for example, solar panels or wind turbines to power factories.

Question 8

What is environmental factor?

Answer 8

Environmental factors come from the ways in which the natural environment impacts on organisations OR the ways that an organisation can act in an ethical/environmentally friendly way.