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    UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

    FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

    FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

    DECEMBER 2010

    PROGRAMME MSc Project Management – Levels 1& 2


    MSc Total Quality Management & Performance Excellence –
    Level 2

    MODULE NAME Environmental Management I

    DATE Wednesday
    01 December 2010 MODULE CODE CIVE 6102

    TIME 09.30 – 12.30 hrs DURATION 3 Hours

    NO. OF 4 NO. OF QUESTIONS 4


    QUESTIONS SET TO BE ATTEMPTED

    INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

    Answer all 4 questions.


    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I – CIVE 6102

    Answer all 4 questions.


    Question 1
    (a) Explain the concept of sustainable development, with a focus on business.
    [10 marks]

    (b) Individual businesses interact with a number of stakeholders. Traditionally


    the main focus of stakeholder interest has been upon the financial
    performance of the company. Increasingly, however, stakeholder pressure is
    concentrating on the environmental performance of the company. Discuss
    briefly the interactions of these various stakeholders with businesses.
    [10 marks]

    (c) List the competitive advantages of a business which has made sustainability
    a core strategy. [5 marks]

    Question 2

    (a) What is the limitation of the concept of payback period in the cost-benefit
    analysis of projects? How can this be overcome? [5 marks]

    (b) A manufacturer receives components, which go into its products, in


    cardboard boxes. The company is currently paying a fee of $16,000 per year to
    have its discarded boxes picked up and hauled away to a landfill for disposal.
    A local paperboard recycler is willing to pay the company $4000 per year for
    the cardboard but will not pick up the cardboard at the plant. The
    manufacturer estimates that it would cost $12, 000 per year to haul the
    cardboard to the recycler, which means the firm would only break even, but if
    it installed a compactor for the boxes, the hauling cost would drop to $5,000
    per year. The compactor will cost $14,000 to install and $1000 per year to
    operate.

    (i) Which option is the best investment? Assume a five-year life for the
    compactor and a 10 per cent discount rate. [10 marks]

    (ii) The manufacturer is discussing an arrangement with its parts supplier


    whereby it would ship the boxes back to the supplier for reuse, rather
    than disposing of them. The supplier would rebate the company $5000
    per year for the returned boxes. The manufacturer estimates that it will
    cost $14,000 to ship back the flattened (non compacted) boxes for reuse.
    Now, which is the best option? [10 marks]

    Aide Memoire:

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    PW =
    (1 + i ) n

    PW =
    [ n
    A x (1 + i ) − 1 ]
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    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I – CIVE 6102

    Question 3

    (a) Distinguish between Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Impact


    Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management System (EMS).
    [9 marks]

    (b) Draw a step wise process of conducting Cleaner Production Opportunity


    Assessment (CPOA) in a factory. Explain what each step means.
    [10 marks]

    (c) Can Cleaner Production be integrated with Environmental Management


    System (EMS) per ISO 14001 standard? How?
    [6 marks]

    Question 4

    Consider a hypothetical company where the manager asks you to advise him/her on
    the way to proceed such that sustainability becomes a core business strategy in the
    company. What would you advise him/her? You may wish to consider the different
    types of sustainability tools in your answer
    [25 marks]

    END OF QUESTION PAPER

    /sg

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