TS9-9-12主题题

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.

T-9-Q9

The primary purpose of the passage is to