Sustainability involves more than just the impact of actions on the environment.

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Sustainability involves more than just the impact of actions on the environment. The triple bottom line recognizes that a company has to measure its impact on people, planet, and profit for its long-term economic and social viability. To follow are examples of green initiatives recently undertaken at a large U.S. company. For each example, indicate whether the impact of this initiative would be primarily economic, environmental, or societal.

A. Societal
B. Enviornmental
C. Economic

-Total shareholder return has increased in the past fiscal year.

-Provides disaster relief to Haiti, donating various hygiene products.

-Working to improve and preserve the quality of water within regions and communities where operations take place to avoid contributing to water scarcity.

-Partners with Feeding America to help fight hunger.

-Partners with UNICEF to provide vaccinations to women and children at risk for maternal and neonatal tetanus.

-Plans to eliminate manufacturing waste that is currently sent to landfills.

-Planning to create products and packaging in such a way that consumer waste goes to recyling, compost, or wasteto-energy rather than landfills.

-Moving toward 100% renewable energy to power plants to completely eliminate petroleum-based CO2 emissions.

-Shareholder's equity decreased from 2013 to 2014.

-Funds nongovernmental organizations' efforts to educate children in India.

Explanation / Answer

1. Economic

2. Societal

3. Environmental

4. Societal

5. Societal

6. Environmental

7. Environmental

8. Environmental

9. Economic

10. Societal

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