Free CIPS Socially Responsible Procurement L3M5 Exam Questions

It is unlikely that health and safety legislation will itself create meaningful environmental costs. Probably the opposite.

However, the siting / location of the warehouse itself can be significant: is it near customers / suppli-er thus reducing distances travelled? Do employees need to use vehicles to get to work, or is public transport readily available?

Modern warehouses should be designed in a relatively environmentally-friendly way. For example, well-insulated, using modern materials technology.

And then the materials-handling equipment: again, latest technology can help. A battery-powered forklift creates fewer emissions (potentially including a 'green' power source) than a smoky noisy spluttering old diesel forklift.

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International Organisation for Standardization, sometimes known as 'International Standards Or-ganization'.

The answer is 34%, so around one-third of all energy use on the planet is used for transportation.

(Source: IEA, 2017 quoted by Profex Publishing Ltd)

So, say, a European firm sourcing products from, say, China, uses a large amount of energy just to get goods from manufacturer to market. Or a US retailer buying from a supplier across the country, using road transport, is soaking up a large amount of energy.

I read something yesterday (Feb 2022) which I thought was interesting. Imagine someone drives a modern large 4 x 4 'car'. It might weigh, say, 1,500 kilos. The driver might weigh 100 kilos, say. Most such vehicles on the road have no passengers - they are transporting the driver from A to B. Thus to take something weighing 100 kilos from A to B, sufficient energy to transport (1,500 + 100 kilos) must be used.

Compare this to the same person going from A to B on a bicycle, even an electric bicycle.

Solar, tidal and wind are all renewables.

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

The correct answer is 'The Earth'.

In other words, we should stop plundering the Earth's resources carelessly.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply published this guide.

Whole life cost = total cost of ownership (TCO).

This is in contrast to the 'buy cheapest' approach to procurement - all the costs of owning an asset should be considered.

The combination of environmental and social concerns, with business, immediately implies CSR.

The Earth's oceans absorb most of the heat which is retained.

Transport.

Think about it: vehicle engine noise, sirens, rail, overhead aircraft. With engine noise often being a constant buzz.