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The sentences below are extracts from the introduction to an environmental report 'How Green is my Patio' written by Martin Toogood, the Managing Director of B&Q, a British Do-It-Yourself retailer.
Replace the words in brackets with an appropriate word from the box.
policy customers impact
stores programme issues
review factory estimate
goal consumption
A. Whilst our day-to-day running of the business does have an environmental
1___(the effect of one thing on another), the2___ (difficult questions or problems) with our products were, and still are, far greater.
В. Rather than just produce a 3___(an official course of action) quickly and stick a few green labels on our products, we started a fundamental 4___(examination/analysis) of the product range and the day-to-day running of the business.
C. Basic contradictions such as our5___(objective) to sell more, so contributing towards 6___ (the amount of products used or bought), however, still provide a philosophical challenge to any retailer.
D. There is considerable work to be done in the 7___ (shops) and the way we communicate with our 8___(the people who buy products).
E. B&Q's environmental 9___(a plan of action) started at the beginning of 1990.
F. A10___(a place where goods are produced) in Bolivia is expanding rapidly to make wooden garden furniture. We 11___(calculate) that we buy products from 60 countries.
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