Why Would a Company Purchase Carbon Offsets

question 59

Multiple Choice

Why would a company purchase carbon offsets?

• A) It is unable to reduce its carbon footprint as much as it would like.
• B) It wants to acquire another company's governmental carbon allowances.
• C) It is unable to develop an environmental management system.
• D) It is uninterested in trying to protect the environment.

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Definitions:

Surviving Offspring

The number of offspring that live to reproductive age, serving as a measure of an individual's fitness in evolutionary biology.

Hamilton's Rule

A principle stating that an act of altruism is favored by natural selection if the genetic gain of the recipient, discounted by the relatedness between the altruist and the recipient, exceeds the cost to the altruist.

Adaptive

Traits or behaviors that enhance an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

Multilevel Selection

A concept in evolutionary biology that argues selection operates not just on individuals, but also on groups, genes, or traits at different biological hierarchy levels.