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Which of the following is an example of a business acting to support social sustainability?
Investing in fair pay, health and safety and training for employees and suppliers' workers supports social sustainability because it concerns people and communities. Solar panels, reduced packaging and recycled paper are environmental actions rather than social ones.
- AInstalling solar panels to cut carbon emissions
- BInvesting in fair pay, health and safety and training for employees and suppliers' workersCorrect
- CReducing packaging to lower waste sent to landfill
- DSwitching to recycled paper in offices
Explanation
Social sustainability concerns people: fair pay, safety, training and community wellbeing. The other options (solar panels, less packaging, recycled paper) are environmental measures, which is why they are wrong here.
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