GARP SCR EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

GARP SCR EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)

GARP SCR EXAM 2026-2027

300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)

What are the 4 types of Ecosystem Services?

Supporting, Provisioning, Regulating & Cultural

What are supporting services?

Fundamental conditions that enable the existence of all other services,

such as species habitat and genetic diversity.

What are provisioning services?

They generate resources, such as freshwater & food, for society that can

often be traded in markets

What are regulating services?

Natural ecosystems help to regulate and balance environmental

conditions, such as mangrove forests that lessen the impact of hurricanes

or wetlands that can purify water.

What are cultural services?

The non-material benefits and enjoyment humans derive from

ecosystems.

Who said: "There is one and only one social responsibility of business--

to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its

profits?"

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman

T/F: The term "corporate social responsibility (CSR) was coined in the

1950's, but wasn't regularized until the 1990s.

True

What was the name of Royal Dutch Shell's first standalone sustainability

report, issued in 1998?

Profits & Principles--Does there have to be a choice?

What are the two main types of greenwashing?

Decoupling & Attention Deflection

What is Decoupling?

When organizations claim to fulfill stakeholders expectations for action

on sustainability, without ly making any changes in what they do

in practice.

Includes firms joining voluntary sustainability initiatives established

by NGOs to gain credibility by association, the promotion of empty

green claims and policies when such commitments are unable to be

implemented & the "sin of fibbing," which is making false claims &

statements.

What is Attention Deflection?

When organizations hide unsustainable practices from stakeholder

attention, prepare selective and inaccurate disclosures, make incomplete

comparisons with other products & services & use vague & irrelevant

statements. Also includes the deployment of misleading texts and/or

imagery. At the extreme, companies can also undertake falsifications to

gain accreditations.

What is Green-Wishing?

Well-intended efforts to tackle sustainability challenges, which may not

make enough of a difference or encourage superficial changes when

more structural ones are required. This can make consumers &

companies think they are doing their bit or making a significant

difference to sustainability changes when they're not.

What are some examples of green-wishing?

Buying an electric vehicle when the grid electricity used to power the

car comes from coal-fired power stations.

Buying soy milk for environmental reasons when the soya is sourced

from suppliers causing deforestation in the Amazon.

What are the 4 phases of a Life Cycle Assessment, as laid out in ISO

14040?

1. Goal & Scope Definition

2. Inventory Analysis

3. Impact Assessment

4. Interpretation

What occurs in the Goal & Scope Definition phase of a Life Cycle

Assessment?

-Determine why an LCA is necessary & to whom the results are

relevant.

-Identify the product & associated functions.