Week 2 Review

Question 1

What is the IIT Framework

Answer 1

Tools, issue, Industry

Question 2

What is direct/indirect impacts

Answer 2

• Direct impacts are intermediate and can be directly controlled or managed
  
  • Indirect impacts are more remote and are controlled by different actors also known as companies

Question 3

What is the Primary industry?

Answer 3

Raw material extraction

Question 4

What is the secondary industry?

Answer 4

Manufacturing and transformation

Question 5

What is Tertiary industries?

Answer 5

Service industries

Question 6

What is a management system?

Answer 6

Set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization to establish policies and objectives and processes to achieve those objectives.

Question 7

What is an environmental management system?

Answer 7

Part of the management system used to manage environmental aspects, fulfill compliance obligations, and address risks and opportunities

Question 8

What is the best way to understand the tools?

Answer 8

These perspectives are how we gage and understand the tools in the framework
1. 5-step framework used by the United Nations and the OECD
2. Auld, Cashore, Bernstein (2008) reading on the new corporate social responsibility.
3. ISO and other standards that have formalized numerous management tools.

Question 9

What is the 5-step framework used by the United Nations?

Answer 9

1. Management systems
   a. Environmental management systems (EMS)
   b. Health and safety management systems
   c. Industry codes
   
   2. Assessment
      a. Impacts and aspects (Within the EMS)
      b. Life Cycle assessment (LCA)
      c. GHG measurement
      d. Environmental site impact assessment
   3. Improvement
      a. Continual improvement (within EMS)
      b. Eco design
   4. Assurance
      a. Auditing
      b. Assurance often leads to certification or registration
   5. Reporting
      a. Sustainability reporting
      b. Eco labelling of products