AKZO

Responding enviromental concerns in europe

Axeus enviromental concerns

What is distincte of the company what it makes succesful in the world

Combine many business concepts

Global market and local
Business unites
Product get to market faster
Red tape coporate burocracie

When Akzo become enviromental aware

Enviromental concerns
Back in the 70s
Enviromental movement
European communities adopts policies
The enviromental awareness middle lates 70s
Makes good economic sense
Not to have clean something that you cause

Sustainable business development

Basically to find a way of resources those are not infinite

Economic pace for people to live without jeopardize the environment

How sustainable business affects Akzo

Tractability extreme situations

If you have caused a hazard situations you
Dispose of chemicals in a way illegal
Responsible for environmental complaints efforts
And pays for all not compliances.
They will sell a product
They are not volunteers.
They just follows the laws and a little more
Go a little ahead on the game
Because this is the trend of the world

You have to
Make money
Provide jobs
Stay on business
ing to the listening, the best definition of a conglomerate is:
Choose one answer.
a. a group of things gathered together
b. a rock consisting of different sizes of stones held together by clay
c. a large business organization consisting of several different companies that have joined
together
Question 2
Marks: 1
According to the speaker, the best definition of 'red tape' would be:
Choose one answer.
a. official rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and
easily
b. a type of sticky paper, red in color, used to join things
c. obstacles put in place to stop business growth
Question 3
Marks: 1
In this listening excerpt, 'corporate bureaucracy' has a ______________ meaning:
Choose one answer.
a. positive
b. neutral
c. negative
Question 4
Marks: 1
According to the speaker, Akzo has been environmentally aware since:
Choose one answer.
a. the late 1970's
b. the establishment of the company
c. the early 1970's
Question 5
Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT an example of a sustainable business practice mentioned by the
speaker:
Choose one answer.
a. dealing with buried hazardous waste
b. dealing with buried nuclear waste
c. dealing with buried sanitary waste
Question 6
Marks: 1
Select the meaning of 'liability' the speaker uses:
Choose one answer.
a. the amount of debt that must be paid
b. egal responsibility for something, especially for paying money that is owed, or for
damage or injury
 c. the amount that something is likely to be affected by a particular kind of problem, illness
etc
Question 7
Marks: 1
According to the speaker, under strict liability, a chemical company that pollutes a river would
only have to pay damages to:
Choose one answer.
a. people who can no longer drink this water
b. people who can no longer use this water in farming
c. people who have become ill from using this water
d. All of these choices
Question 8
Marks: 1
According to the speaker, each business manager at Akzo is NOT responsible for:
Choose one answer.
a. paying fines when his/her sector violates an environmental law
b. creating environmental laws for his/her business division
c. maintaining his/her business division in compliance with these laws
d. knowing the environmental laws of his/her area