GRI 2020 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
What is area protected? - Answer-Area that is protected from any harm during operational activities, and where the environment remains in its original state with a healthy and functioning ecosystem.
What is area restored? - Answer-Area that ...
What is area protected? - Answer-Area that is protected from any harm during
operational activities, and where the environment remains in its original state with a
healthy and functioning ecosystem.
What is area restored? - Answer-Area that was used during or affected by operational
activities, and where remediation measures have either restored the environment to its
original state, or to a state where it has a healthy and functioning ecosystem.
What is base year? - Answer-Historical datum (such as year) against which a
measurement is tracked over time.
What is baseline? - Answer-Starting point for comparisons
Note: in the context of energy and emissions reporting, the baseline is the projected
energy consumption or emissions in the absence of any reduction activity.
What is basic salary? - Answer-Fixed, minimum amount paid to an employee for
performing his or her duties, excluding any additional remuneration, such as payments
for overtime working or bonuses.
What is benefit? - Answer-Direct benefit provided in the form of financial contributions,
care paid for by the organisation, or the reimbursement of expenses borne by the
employee.
Note: Redundancy payments over and above legal minimums, lay-off pay, extra
employment injury benefit, survivors' benefits, and extra paid holiday entitlements can
also be included as a benefit.
What is biogenic CO2 eq? - Answer-Measure used to compare the emissions from
various types of greenhouse gas (GHG) based on their global warming potential.
What is breach of consumer privacy? - Answer-Non-compliance with existing legal
regulations and (voluntary) standards regarding the protection of customer privacy.
What is CO2 eq? - Answer-Measure used to compare the emissions from various types
of greenhouse gas (GHG) based on their global warming potential (GWP).
, Note: The CO2 equivalent for a gas is determined by multiplying the metric tons of the
gas by the associated GWP.
What is catchment? - Answer-Area of land from which all surface runoff and subsurface
water, flows through a sequence of streams, rivers, aquifiers, and lakes into the sea or
another outlet at a single river mouth, estuary or delta.
Note 1: includes groundwater areas and may include portions of waterbodies such as
lakes or rivers.
Note 2: based on the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), AWS International Water
Stewardship Standard, Version 1.0, 2014.
What is CFC11 (trichlorofluoromethane) eq? - Answer-Measure used to compare
various substances based on their relative ozone depletion potential (ODP).
Note: The reference level of 1 is the potential of CFC-11 (trichlorofluromethane) and
CFC-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane.
What is child? - Answer-Person under the age of 15 years, or under the age of
completion of compulsory schooling, whichever is higher.
Note 1: exceptions can occur in certain countries where economies and educational
facilities are insufficiently developed and a minimum age of 14 years applies. As per
International Labour Org (ILO).
Note 2:
Child labor does not refer to youth employment or
to children working. It refers to a universally-recognized
human rights abuse. The internationally-agreed
understanding of the meaning of child labor is set
out in the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Convention 138 'Minimum Age Convention'.
What is clawback? - Answer-Repayment of previously received compensation required
to be made by an executive to his or her employer in the event certain conditions of
employment or goals are not met
What is close call? - Answer-Work-related incident where no injury or ill health occurs,
but which has the potential to cause these.
Note 1: A 'close call' might also be referred to as a 'near-miss' or 'near-hit'.
Note 2: This definition is based on ISO 45001:2018
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