NGO's exert both a direct and an indirect influence on supply chain issues related to
sustainability.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response 383-1
Feedback:
Direct by influencing and contacting firms and chains and
indirect by lobbying governments and influencing the public.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Both economic and non-economic actors are involved in supply chain activities and
decision making.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response 383-1
Feedback:
This is the reason why literature increasingly talks about
networks instead of chains.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
To demonstrate sustainability, a supply network has to consider on or two pillars of
the triple bottom line.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Response 383-3
Feedback:
Entire Triple bottom line: environmental, social and economic
elements.
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
In terms of sustainability, a lot needs to be done still at inter-governmental and
national levels, yet not much on company levels.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
, False
Response Feedback: 384-1
Also on company levels.
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
In order to evaluate the footprint of a product, the two aspects to focus on are how
many materials and how much energy is needed to produce that product.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: True
False
Response 384
Feedback:
One should also take into account the overall impact on
ecosystems in order to understand the real footprint of a
product.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The link between ecosystems and supply networks is that the ecosystem services
provide natural materials for the products produced by networks.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
False
Response Feedback: 384-3, 385-1
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Taking into account the ecosystem services in business planning and investments is
increasingly seen as a new source of cost- and risk reduction and reputation and
revenue improvement.
Prioritizing ecosystems in business planning and investment can reduce threats to
business continuity and harm to facilities, workers and communities.
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