請教 GWD 3-12

          Ecoefficiency (measures
          to minimize environmental
          impact through the reduction
          Line or elimination of waste from
(5)       production processes) has
          become a goal for companies
          worldwide, with many realizing
          significant cost savings from
          such innovations.  Peter Senge
(10)      and Goran Carstedt see this
          development as laudable but
          suggest that simply adopting
          ecoefficiency innovations could
          actually worsen environmental
(15)      stresses in the future.  Such
          innovations reduce production
          waste but do not alter the num-
          ber of products manufactured
          nor the waste generated from
(20)      their use and discard; indeed,
          most companies invest in eco-
          efficiency improvements in
          order to increase profits and
          growth.  Moreover, there is
(25)      no guarantee that increased
          economic growth from eco-
          efficiency will come in similarly
          ecoefficient ways, since in
          today’s global markets,
(30)      greater profits may be turned
          into investment capital that
          could easily be reinvested
          in old-style eco-inefficient
          industries.  Even a vastly
(35)      more ecoefficient industrial
          system could, were it to grow
          much larger, generate more
          total waste and destroy more
          habitat and species than would
(40)      a smaller, less ecoefficient
          economy.  Senge and Carstedt
          argue that to preserve the
          global environment and sustain
          economic growth, businesses
(45)      must develop a new systemic
          approach that reduces total
          material use and total accu-
          mulated waste.  Focusing
          exclusively on ecoefficiency,
(50)      which offers a compelling
          business case according
          to established thinking, may
          distract companies from
          pursuing radically different
(55)      products and business
          models.

Q12:

The passage implies that which of the following is a possible consequence of a company’s adoption of innovations that increase its ecoefficiency?

A. Company profits resulting from such innovations may be reinvested in that company with no guarantee that the company will continue to make further improvements in ecoefficiency.
B. Company growth fostered by cost savings from such innovations may allow that company to manufacture a greater number of products that will be used and discarded, thus worsening environmental stress.
C. A company that fails to realize significant cost savings from such innovations may have little incentive to continue to minimize the environmental impact of its production processes.
D. A company that comes to depend on such innovations to increase its profits and growth may be vulnerable in the global market to competition from old-style eco-inefficient industries.
E. A company that meets its ecoefficiency goals is unlikely to invest its increased profits in the development of new and innovative ecoefficiency measures.

這題的答案是B 但是第17-18行明確的說明ecoefficiency不會增加商品的數量 反倒是第48-56行說明了因為公司已習慣了ecoefficiency帶來的利潤 於是就不會有心想要在開發更環保的product + business model 所以E才是正確答案吧

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