GMAT阅读“Ecoefficiency”文章深度解析

2022-06-03 15:52:30

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  (Line)Ecoefficiency (measures to minimize

  environmental impact through the reduction or through

  elimination of waste from production processes) has

  become a goal for companies worldwide, with many

  (5) realizing significant cost savings from such

  innovations. Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see

  this development as laudable but suggest that

  simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could

  actually worsen environmental stresses in the future.

  (10) Such innovations reduce production waste but do

  not alter the number of products manufactured nor

  the waste generated from their use and discard;

  indeed, most companies invest in ecoefficiency

  improvements in order to increase profits and

  (15) growth. Moreover, there is no guarantee that

  increased economic growth from ecoefficiency will

  come in similarly ecoefficient ways, since in today’s

  global markets, greater profits may be turned into

  investment capital that could easily be reinvested in

  (20) old-style eco-inefficient industries. Even a vastly

  more ecoefficient industrial system could, were it to

  grow much larger, generate more total waste and

  destroy more habitat and species than would a

  smaller, less ecoefficient economy. Senge and

  (25) Carstedt argue that to preserve the global

  environment and sustain economic growth,

  businesses must develop a new systemic approach

  that reduces total material use and total

  accumulated waste. Focusing exclusively on

  (30) ecoefficiency, which offers a compelling business

  case according to established thinking, may distract

  companies from pursuing radically different products

  and business models.