Exercises Market Leader book page 99

A.    David Hillyard, Director of Programmes at EarthWatch, is describing his organisation. Listen to the first part of the interview and complete the gaps.

EarthWatch is an international research and and conservation and education organization, and we have over one hundred field research projects around the world. That involves, er, scientist looking at how animals and plants are coping in their natural environment.

                        B.    Listen again and answer the questions.

    1 Where does EarthWatch have offices?

    EarthWatch have offices in UK, US, India, Melbourne, China and Japan.

    2 How are EarthWatch’s field research projects designed?

    All research projects are designed in a way that members of  the public, company employees, teachers, youth, as field assistants and they can collect real data to contribute to understand what is happening.

C.    Listen to the second part of the interview and answer the questions.

1 Why do businesses need to change the way they operate?

Businesses could be working to reduce the environmental impact of his operation, and they can innovate and find new solutions to reduce it.

2 What opportunity do companies have with respect to the environment?

Educate and engage their employees and get his inspiration and motivation to  do something in their communities and workplace  with respect to environment care.

D.    Listen to the final part and write three sentences about the collaboration with HSBC. Compare your sentences with a partner’s.

-       HSBC brings learning opportunity to their employees around the world to understand about the impact for the climate change can affect forests and animals.

-       This is an important program to get employees involved about issues of an environmental change.

-       Is a very important program for HSBC and a demonstration of how a company can should make a difference in terms of these issues.

E.     In what other ways could businesses involve their employees in environmental issues?

Organizations can engage their employees through space recovery campaigns near their workplaces, also in company of their families teaching their neighbors about climate change and impact of our acts with environment.