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CSM Exam Testable Knowledge List
| I. Defining Sustainability |
| a. Brundtland Commission |
| b. Triple Bottom Line |
| c. Ceres |
| d. Internal Factors and External Factors |
| e. Social Aspects of Sustainability |
| II. Creating a Sustainability Strategy |
| a. Qualities of Sustainability Leaders |
| b. Goal Setting |
| c. Materiality Matrix |
| d. Sustainable Supply Chain Opportunities |
| III. Sustainability Reporting |
| a. Trends in Reporting and Assurance |
| b. Global Reporting Initiative - application levels, reporting framework |
| c. Boundaries, Scopes and Baselines |
| d. Dow Jones Sustainability Index - a rating and ranking |
| e. The Natural Step - a sustainability system |
| IV. Carbon Footprint and GHG |
| a. Define Carbon Footprint |
| b. Knowledge of Greenhouse Gases measured in Kyoto Protocol |
| c. Understand GWP and CO2e |
| d. Calculation: Emissions = Activity x Emissions Factors |
| e. WRI GHG Protocol |
| f. Carbon Disclosure Project |
| g. US Regional Cap and Trade |
| V. Life Cycle Assessment |
| a. Cradle to Cradle vs. Cradle to Grave |
| b. Life Cycle Assessments Goal Definition and Scoping |
| c. Life Cycle Inventory and flow diagram |
| d. Life Cycle Assessment - midpoints and endpoints |
| e. Life Cycle Interpretation |
| VI. Green Building |
| a. Intro to the USGBC and LEED rating systems |
| b. Core Concepts Sustainable Sites |
| c. Water Efficiency, Water Sense |
| d. Energy and Atmosphere, Energy Star, Montreal Protocol |
| e. Materials and Resources - reuse, recycle and regional |
| f. Indoor Environmental Quality - VOC's, ventilation |
| VII. Green Purchasing |
| a. P.O.P.'s and Stockholm Convetion |
| b. Eco Labels: Green Seal, EPEAT, BIFMA, ULE, FSC |
| c. Eco Labelers: ISO 14020 |
| d. Sustainable Supply Chain Policy |
| VIII. Governance |
| a. Role of Corporate Sustainability Manager |
| b. Sustainability Mission Statements |
| c. Organization Engagement and Change |
| IX. Glossary - all terms |
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