L3M5 Practice Questions

Solar, tidal and wind are all renewables.

Nuclear although 'clean' is not renewable, and has significant end-of-life disposal challenges.

N2O - nitrous oxide - a greenhouse gas.

Soft fruit: peaches, raspberries, strawberries, for example.

ISO 20400.

Pre-contracting a supplier, the term 'supplier appraisal' is favoured by CIPS; whereas once the sup-

plier is in use, 'vendor rating' is the preferred term for monitoring actual performance.

True.

EIAs can be direct, indirect or cumulative.

True.

Environmental issues are part of CSR, but only part of it. There are other parts eg social / people as-

pects.

The most appropriate answer is: A socially responsible buying approach would require not only minimum wage, but in some circum- stances greater than minimum wage as this may not be sufficient to support an employee to live de- cently. This question is inspired by a recent visit to a country where there is a statutory minimum wage, but it is so low that most people would be unable to provide shelter and food based on that income. The wage to which I refer is less than $1 per hour.

All of these ideas shown would work, except buying from local and environmentally-friendly sup-

pliers - that would reduce the environmental footprint overall, but the QUESTION

NO : was

specifically about on-road efficiency of commercial vehicles.

(L3M6)

Recriminations continue to fly regarding the annual fires in California, which often result in destruc-

tion of woodland, homes and often with loss of life. These seasonal fires have become significantly

larger, although less numerous, in the past few decades, with dramatic and devastating effect.