When a Company Such as Patagonia Makes Sustainability a Critical

question 18

Multiple Choice

When a company such as Patagonia makes sustainability a critical development and embeds it visibility in advertising or in its activities, we see an example of sustainability operating at which of the following levels?

• A)Sustainability as Public Relations.
• B)Sustainability as cost minimization.
• C)Sustainability as business model.
• D)Sustainability as company mantra.

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