The letters 'ETI' stand for:
Ethical Trading Initiative - an alliance of companies, NGOs and trade unions to promote respect for worker's rights worldwide. CIPS has published guidance in an 'ethical business practices..' paper to assist with organisations selecting and using ethical suppliers. The paper is downloadable from the CIPS website's Knowledge Summary series.
How many litres of water does it take to produce one kilogram of cotton according to estimates quoted in the Profex textbook for this subject?
Almost unbelievably, it is 20,000 (twenty thousand) litres.
Water is a scarce resource in many parts of the world, so sustainable thinking might ask: 'Is this the best use of resources?'. Are people in the developed world entitled to 'fast fashion' t-shirts?
Which two of these fuel types for cars are considered to be green?
Petrol / gasoline and diesel are definitely not green.
Hydrogen and electricity are widely regarded as being green, although a case can be made, on closer inspection, for these fuels to be not quite as green as they are painted.
'Some food items, such as XXX, might get damaged by vibrations from a truck'.
Soft fruit: peaches, raspberries, strawberries, for example.
Approximately what percentage of costs, of running heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), is accounted for by fuel costs?
The correct answer is roughly one-third, or 33%.
This means that fuel costs are very important to road haulage firms, and alternative means of either transportation or power for trucks would be desirable, both to reduce costs and to aid the environ-ment.
Using your learning and your experience, what do you think the other main costs are of running a heavy goods vehicle fleet? I'll leave you to come up with some of the key areas yourself.
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