UMED95-Sustainable Business

Instructions to candidates: Please answer two of three questions below.

Question 1:

Discuss the extent to which decoupling of materials and environmental impact from economic growth has occurred so far. In your view are we likely to reach absolute decoupling in the next 20 to 30 years for a range of examples?

(50 marks)

Question 2

Provide a range of definitions of value and discuss why economies often fail to take account of the value and dis-value for society and environment that occurs from their consumption and production?

(50 marks)

Question 3

i.)Write a brief explanation of any two of the following concepts and provide relevant examples for each:

Assimilative capacity, Ecosystem, entropy, materials balance. (20 Marks)

ii.)Write notes on how any two of the following techniques of analysis can assist a business to become more environmentally sustainable. Illustrate how they might be applied with examples from a business of your choice:

· Environmental life cycle analysis;

· Environmental impact assessment;

· Risk Assessment

(30 marks)