ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Environmental and sustainability factors
Which of the following is an example of the social dimension of sustainability rather than the environmental or economic dimension?
Providing fair wages and safe working conditions throughout the supply chain is the social dimension of sustainability, because it concerns the wellbeing of people. Cutting emissions and energy use are environmental measures, and dividends are an economic one.
- AProviding fair wages and safe working conditions throughout the supply chainCorrect
- BReducing carbon emissions from delivery vehicles
- CIncreasing annual dividend payments
- DReducing energy use in head office buildings
Explanation
Fair pay and safe conditions concern people and communities, which is the social dimension. Emissions and energy use are environmental, and dividends are an economic matter.
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