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Women and Sustainability

According to professor McElhaney, founder of the Centre for Responsible
Business at the University of California, companies that empower women are
more likely to act sustainably. It has been found that businesses with more
women on their board of directors are more likely to manage and improve their
energy efficiency, invest in renewable power, measure and reduce their carbon
emissions, improve access to healthcare in developing countries and have anticorruption
policies. What is more important, women have strong partnerships
with local communities.

But why is this? Do men have by nature unsustainable ways of acting in the
world? Does testosterone fuel the exploitation of our planet and its people? Are
women our best hope for creating a sustainable future?

Elle Carberry, co-founder of China G. Initiative, believes that women may be
drawn to sustainability because of its social angle. “From all my 20 years in
business, I have met more women working in this area than in others,” she says.
In China, women appear to be playing an increasingly important role in
sustainability and for one Chinese woman in particular, it turned her into the
wealthiest self-made woman in the world. Zhang Yin is the founder of a
recycling company that buys scrap paper from the US, imports it into China, and
turns it mainly into cardboard for use in boxes to export Chinese goods.

However, despite this and many other role models, millions of women are still
under-represented, but the hope is that more will be empowered to join the
sustainability revolution.

QUESTIONS


4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when
given.

a) Nick: How _____ do top executives attend conferences on recycling?
Sue: Once a year.

b) Zhang Yin's recycling company invested in _____ (buy) new equipment for special
services. In 2006, she topped the list of the wealthiest people _____ China and by 2010
her fortune was _____ (great) than that of J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter.

c) A few years ago, I _____ (invite) to speak to an organisation in Shanghai called
“Women in Sustainability Action”, _____ was set up in 2000.

d) Albert studied at a very prestigious university. If he _____ (not obtain) good marks, he
_____ (not get) such a good job.
(Puntuación máxima: 2 puntos)


Prueba de selectividad para la comunidad de Madrid. Convocatoria Jun 2012-2013. Inglés.

Answer 1

4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in brackets when given.

a) Nick: How __often___ do top executives attend conferences on recycling? Sue: Once a year.


b) Zhang Yin's recycling company invested in ___buying__ (buy) new equipment for special services. In 2006, she topped the list of the wealthiest people _ in ____ China and by 2010 her fortune was _greater__ (great) than that of J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter.


c) A few years ago, I _was invited____ (invite) to speak to an organisation in Shanghai called “Women in Sustainability Action”, __it___ was set up in 2000.


d) Albert studied at a very prestigious university. If he __hadn’t obtained___ (not obtain) good marks, he __ wouldn’t have gotten___ (not get) such a good job.



Prueba de selectividad para la comunidad de Madrid. Convocatoria Jun 2012-2013. Inglés.