Multinational Agencies Have Advanced the Environmental Effort by Applying Uniform

question 56

Multiple Choice

Multinational agencies have advanced the environmental effort by applying uniform environmental standards to projects they finance. For example:

• A) the World Health Organization has guidelines for pollution controls.
• B) the World Bank has a volume of Environmental Guidelines for industrial projects.
• C) the Tokyo Stock Exchange allows no investors who do not adhere to its environmental guidelines.
• D) none of the above.

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