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Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: 75
74
annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report
76 Permanent commitment
79 Introduction
80 Corporate governance
84 Environmental
90 Social
Group
sustainability
report
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76
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Endress+Hauser
Question: What is the best title for the passage?
- Annual report 2023
- Sustainability report
- Group
sustainability
report
- Corporate governance | Sustainability report |
International recognized various
sustainability initiatives by sales representatives with
two newly created awards in 2023.
Given the context: What will the sales representatives want to do next?
Possible answers: go out to dinner, get recognized, get a new job | get recognized |
These sales
partners supplement the company’s own sales offices
and support centers in regions managed by Endress+
Hauser International.
Given the context: What is the company offering?
Possible answers: products, services, a new car | products |
The Sustainability Award was
presented for innovative ecological customer projects
and went to a project in Ghana for the detection of
toxic wastewater.
What is the Sustainability Award?
A) It is a prize for a project that detects toxic wastewater.
B) It is a prize for a project that detects toxic waste.
C) It is a prize for a project that detects toxic wastewater in Ghana.
D) It is a prize for a project that detects toxic waste. | A |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: The Corporate Social Responsibility
Award, which honors social and ecological projects
undertaken by the sales partners, recognized an initiative
in Vietnam that grants educational scholarships to
children from disadvantaged homes, as well as an
orphanage project in Myanmar.
Awards for
sales partners
Numerous people drive to work every day.
Question: What can we learn from the passage?
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to the best sales partners.
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to the best sales partners.
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to the best sales partners.
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to the best sales partners. | The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to the best sales partners. |
Endress+
Hauser uses Comovee software at several locations
in Switzerland and Germany to connect employees
who have similar commutes.
Given the context: What does Endress+ Hauser do?
Possible answers: create software, create an app, create a website | create software |
Given this review: "The app displays a map
showing the routes driven by coworkers and allows
them to get in contact."
Would you recommend this app to a friend? Not at all, No, Maybe, or Yes? | Yes |
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article.
Article: Carpooling saves fuel, reduces
greenhouse gas emissions and also fosters social
connections.
Question: What can we learn from the passage?
Options: A: We should save fuel.
B: We should reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
C: We should foster social connections.
D: We should carpool to save fuel. | D |
Commuting together
Three times
around the globe
Unconscious patterns of thought can negatively affect the
recruitment process, with managers instinctively choosing
candidates similar to themselves, for instance.
What is the best title for this passage?
A) Three times around the globe
B) Unconscious patterns of thought
C) Negatively affect the recruitment process
D) Commuting together | D |
Or they might
pigeonhole an applicant based on an external characteristic
and in the process overlook the person’s real skills.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are pigeonhole or ignore ):
Jim is interviewing a candidate for a job. The candidate has a lot of experience in the field, but has a speech impediment. Jim pigeonhole or ignore the candidate? | ignore |
Known as
unconscious bias, this causes errors in judgment and can lead to
a less diverse workforce.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ):
John was biased against women and thought they were less capable than men. This caused more or less diversity in his workforce? | less |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: To help address the issue, Endress+Hauser
conducted a special training course for 500 managers, heads of
HR and HR business partners.
Question: The training course was conducted to _ .
- make the managers and HR business partners more productive
- help the managers and HR business partners to be more effective
- help the managers and HR business partners to be more efficient
- help the managers and HR business partners to be more creative | help the managers and HR business partners to be more effective |
“We reflected on our mindsets and
scrutinized our behavior patterns,” reports Sandra Rubart,
corporate director for brand management & communication at
Endress+Hauser.
What is Sandra Rubart's job?
A. She is a corporate director for brand management & communication
B. not enough information
C. She is a corporate director for brand management & communication at Endress+Hauser
D. She is a corporate director for brand management & communication at Endress+Hauser, | C |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Seventy days around the world, on foot, by bike or by
swimming: this was the participants’ goal in the
Endress+Hauser Water Challenge on the occasion of the
company’s 70th anniversary.
Question: What is the purpose of the passage?
- To describe a long journey.
- To introduce a company.
- To introduce a sporting event.
- To describe a sporting event. | To describe a sporting event. |
The challenge involved
completing a predefined route and collecting donations
in return.
Having read the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question.
Question: What does the challenge require?
Options:
- a predefined route
- not enough information
- a predefined donation
- a predefined route and donation | a predefined route and donation |
Context: Endress+Hauser doubled the sum, which then
went to projects that provide people with access to clean
water.
Question: What will Others want to do next?
Which one of these answers best answers the question according to the context?
A: help others
B: get a job
C: donate | C |
The result of the anniversary challenge exceeded
all expectations, with 622 participants from 20 countries
in 84 teams completing a total of 133,049 kilometers –
even including sack races – in effect circumnavigating the
Earth three times.
What does the writer mean by "circumnavigating the Earth three times"?
Pick the correct answer from the following options:
- They were going around the world three times.
- They were going around the world three times.
- They were going around the world three times.
- They were going around the world three times. | They were going around the world three times. |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: The proceeds from the challenge were
used to build two additional water houses in the rural
highlands of Vietnam, thus ensuring a water supply for
more than 1,000 people.
Question: The proceeds from the challenge were used to _ .
Options: A: build two water houses
B: ensure a water supply for 1,000 people
C: help the poor people
D: A, B and C | D |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: Fairness
in recruiting
“The process industry has the potential
to be a driving force for positive change
through its efforts in the areas of energy
transformation, sustainability and
resource consumption.”
Matthias Altendorf, president of the Supervisory Board of the
Endress+Hauser Group, at the 2023 Global Forum in Basel
annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report
Customers from around the world discussed the topic of sustainability
in the process industry at the 2023 Endress+Hauser Global Forum in
Basel, Switzerland.
Question: What is the main idea of the passage?
Options: A: The process industry has the potential to be a driving force for positive change.
B: The 2023 Endress+Hauser Global Forum was held in Basel, Switzerland.
C: Matthias Altendorf is the president of the Supervisory Board of the
Endress+Hauser Group.
D: The 2023 Global Forum in Basel annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report. | A |
To ensure the event was as sustainable as possible,
typical promotional gifts or materials were not handed out.
Given the context: What will Others want to do next?
Possible answers: get a refund, praise the event organizers, get a gift | praise the event organizers |
Meals
were served using primarily regional and seasonal products and guests
received drinking bottles made out of organic rigid polyethylene that
is manufactured from sugar cane waste.
According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question.
Question: Why are the guests receiving drinking bottles made out of organic rigid polyethylene?
Options:
- They are trying to be more environmentally friendly
- They are trying to be more wasteful
- They are trying to be more wasteful
- They are trying to be more environmentally wasteful | They are trying to be more environmentally friendly |
All of the plants and furniture
were rented and individual forums were held in inflatable meeting
spaces.
Given the context: What will Others want to do next?
Possible answers: rent the plants, rent the furniture, rent the inflatable meeting space | rent the inflatable meeting space |
Where possible, any materials were either recycled or upcycled.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are decreased or increased ):
If materials were upcycled, would the amount of materials available to recycle be decreased or increased? | decreased |
After two inspiring days under the theme of insights for sustainable
decisions, a tree was planted for each of the 800-plus participating
customers.
What is the reason a tree was planted for each of the 800-plus participating customers?
- It was planted as a gift to the customers
- It was planted as a way to show the customers how to plant a tree
- It was planted as a way to show the customers how to make a decision
- It was planted as a way to show the customers how to make a sustainable decision | It was planted as a way to show the customers how to make a sustainable decision |
Given this review: "Sustainable
event
Permanent
commitment
79
annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report
78"
Would you recommend this app to a friend? Not at all, No, Maybe, Yes, or Definitely? | Definitely |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "How can the sustainable transformation of the process
industry succeed?" | ★★★★★ |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: More than 800 customers were occupied
with this question during the 2023 Endress+Hauser Global
Forum in Basel.
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Endress+Hauser Group
sustainability report
In 2023 we further integrated sustainability
into our core processes and strengthened
networking within the Group.
Question: The passage is probably taken from a _ .
Options: A: newspaper
B: magazine
C: report
D: storybook | C |
Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question.
Context: We are also
working with all our stakeholder groups to
accelerate the transformation to a sustainable
economy.
Question: What does the speaker mean?
Options:
A. They are working with their stakeholders to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable economy
B. not enough information
C. They are working with their stakeholders to transform the economy
D. They are working with their stakeholders to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable economy | D |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Introduction
As a family company our mindset extends beyond our
daily activities.
Question: What does the mindset of a family company refer to?
- The way of thinking.
- The way of doing business.
- The way of making money.
- The way of running a company. | The way of thinking. |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: We want to contribute to a sustainable world
by balancing our economic success with protection of the
environment and social responsibility.
Question: What do we want to do?
- To balance our economic success with protection of the environment and social responsibility.
- To contribute to a sustainable world.
- To protect the environment.
- To balance our economic success. | To balance our economic success with protection of the environment and social responsibility. |
For this reason, the
70th anniversary of our company was marked by the question
of how to sustainably transform the process industry.
Given the context: What will the company do to celebrate the anniversary?
Possible answers: close the company, celebrate the anniversary, go out of business | celebrate the anniversary |
null | celebrate the anniversary |
The Endress+Hauser Global Forum provided our customers and
us with a lot of impetus.
Given the context: What will happen to the customers?
Possible answers: the customers will be bored, the customers will be unimpressed, the customers will be impressed | the customers will be impressed |
Last year our path to sustainability
was highlighted along with nine other companies in the book
ESG made in Germany – sustainability as a corporate strategy
for family companies.
What is the purpose of the book?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- To highlight the path to sustainability
- To highlight the path to success
- To highlight the path to failure
- not enough information | To highlight the path to sustainability |
We were also nominated for the German
Sustainability Award in the category of measurement and control
technology and optical systems.
What will happen to the narrator if they win?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- They will get a trophy.
- They will get a medal.
- They will get a cash prize.
- They will get a certificate. | They will get a trophy. |
In the EcoVadis sustainability
rating we scored 71 out of a possible 100 points to achieve gold
status, thus placing us in the top 5 percent of companies in our
comparison group.
What does the author mean by "gold status"?
A. The author means that they won a gold medal for their efforts.
B. The author means that they won a gold trophy for their efforts.
C. The author means that they won a gold medal for their efforts.
D. The author means that they won a gold trophy for their efforts. | D |
Given this review: "After committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
in March 2023, we are preparing our Group-wide near-team
targets for scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reductions."
Would you recommend this app to a friend? Not at all, No, Maybe, or Yes? | Yes |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "These will be
submitted over the course of 2024." | ★★★★★ |
Our strong growth will
make achieving these targets an even greater challenge.
Given the context: What does this mean?
Possible answers: The targets will be harder to achieve, The targets will be easier to achieve, The targets will be a breeze to achieve | The targets will be harder to achieve |
An
important element in making good use of reduction potential
is greater data transparency.
Given the context: What does the author mean by "greater data transparency"?
Possible answers: more data, more information, less information | more information |
To further identify key sustainability issues, in 2023 we
accelerated our double materiality assessment with the support
of external experts.
Given the context: What does the company need to do before this?
Possible answers: needed to identify the experts, needed to identify the key issues, needed to identify the key sustainability issues | needed to identify the key issues |
We also conducted an extensive supplier
risk analysis last year.
Given the context: What does the speaker need to do before this?
Possible answers: review the risk analysis, review the risk analysis, review the supplier risk analysis | review the supplier risk analysis |
We continued to learn in terms of data
collection and quality and several Group companies adapted
their collection methodology with a view toward future reporting
requirements.
What is the reason several Group companies adapted their collection methodology?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- They want to be more efficient in their data collection.
- They want to be more efficient in their reporting.
- not enough information
- They want to be more efficient in their data reporting.
- They want to be more efficient in their data collection and reporting. | They want to be more efficient in their data collection and reporting. |
Beginning in 2026, we will submit reports
in accordance with the European Corporate Sustainability
Reporting Directive (CSRD) and have created the necessary IT
frameworks.
What will the narrator do in 2026?
- They will begin to submit reports.
- They will submit reports in 2025.
- They will submit reports in 2027.
- They will submit reports in 2025. | They will begin to submit reports. |
At the same time, we are preparing to comply
with other foreseeable and potential legislation such as the
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD),
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU Taxonomy
and a potential regulation covering per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS).
According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question.
Question: What is the narrator talking about?
Options:
A. They are talking about the EU.
B. They are talking about the UK.
C. They are talking about the US.
D. They are talking about the UN. | A |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: This sustainability report demonstrates how we have developed
with respect to environmental, social and corporate governance
(ESG) and outlines the approaches we are pursuing to improve
further.
Question: What is the passage mainly about?
Options: A: Sustainability report.
B: Environmental protection.
C: Corporate governance.
D: Social development. | A |
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annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report
Corporate governance
About Endress+Hauser
What is the main purpose of the document?
Pick the correct answer from the following options:
- To give information about the company
- To give information about the employees
- not enough information
- To give information about the customers | To give information about the company |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement
instrumentation and automation solutions." | ★★★★★ |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "We help customers
in the process industry to manufacture their products in
an efficient, environmentally friendly and resource-efficient
manner." | ★★★★★ |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "Our core industries are chemical, food & beverage,
water & wastewater, oil & gas, life sciences, mining, minerals &
metals, and power & energy." | ★★★★★ |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Our offering includes flow, level,
pressure and temperature measurement, as well as the analysis
of liquids, gases and solids.
Question: What does the passage mainly talk about?
- Flow measurement.
- Level measurement.
- Pressure measurement.
- Temperature measurement. | Flow measurement. |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "We provide industry expertise,
application knowledge and digital competence, and as a company
we stand for longevity and stability." | ★★★★★ |
Given this review: "This combination makes
us unique."
Would you recommend this app to a friend? Not at all, No, Maybe, or Yes? | Yes |
For our customers, this makes us a partner for the
sustainable improvement of their processes and products.
Given the context: What does the company do?
Possible answers: It is a partner for the sustainable improvement of their processes and products. , It is a partner for the sustainable improvement of their products and processes. , It is a partner for the sustainable improvement of their products. | It is a partner for the sustainable improvement of their products. |
Shareholder structure
The shareholder family’s role in the company is described in
the Family Charter.
Given the context: What is the structure of the shareholder family?
Possible answers: a company, a family, a corporation | a company |
In this charter the shareholders state that
Endress+Hauser should remain a successful family-owned
company.
Given the context: What will happen to Endress+Hauser?
Possible answers: be sold, be bought out, stay family owned | stay family owned |
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article.
Article: The aim of the charter is to strengthen cohesion within
the family over the long term and consistently isolate the
company from family issues.
Question: The charter is to _ .
Options: A: make the family stronger
B: make the company stronger
C: make the company independent
D: make the family independent | A |
Various institutions foster the
family members’ relationships with the company and introduce
younger generations in particular to the company.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increase or decrease ):
If Mary's family members are introduced to the company, what will happen to their relationships with the company increase or decrease? | increase |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: The success
of these efforts is reflected in the Family Council, which decides
on important issues regarding the relationship between the
family and the company.
Question: The Family Council is a group that _ .
- helps the company make important decisions
- helps the company make important decisions regarding the relationship between the family and the company
- helps the company make important decisions about the family
- helps the company make important decisions about the company | helps the company make important decisions regarding the relationship between the family and the company |
Here, the younger generation provides
five of the nine members.
Given the context: What will the older generation want to do next?
Possible answers: be more involved, ignore the younger generation, make the younger generation feel more included | make the younger generation feel more included |
The Family Council is made up of five
women and four men.
What is the total number of members in the Family Council?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12 | B |
Sandra Genge and Steven Endress, two
members of the third generation, have seats on the Supervisory
Board of Endress+Hauser AG.
Given the context: What is the relationship between Sandra and Steven?
Possible answers: cousins, husband and wife, friends | cousins |
The family shareholders also
exert influence on Endress+Hauser AG at the company’s annual
general meeting.
Given the context: What will the family shareholders do at the company's annual general meeting?
Possible answers: they will be the only ones in the meeting, they will exert influence, they will be the only ones at the meeting | they will exert influence |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: Corporate governance
The Endress+Hauser Group comprises a network of 131 legally
independent companies managed and coordinated by Endress+
Hauser AG.
Question: The Endress+Hauser Group has _ companies.
Options: A: 131
B: 130
C: 132
D: 133 | A |
Management is in the hands of the Executive
Board of Endress+Hauser AG, chaired by the CEO.
Given the context: What is the CEO responsible for?
Possible answers: running the company, running the office, running the board | running the company |
Given this review: "Business
and organizational regulations define the competencies
and responsibilities of the Executive Board and the independent
Supervisory Board."
Would you recommend this app to a friend? Not at all, No, Maybe, Yes, or Definitely? | Yes |
As a supervisory and advisory body, the
Supervisory Board oversees the work of the Executive Board
by providing constructive feedback.
Given the context: What does the Supervisory Board do?
Possible answers: oversees the work of the Executive Board, a supervisory and advisory body, oversees the work of the Supervisory Board | oversees the work of the Executive Board |
Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question.
Context: Fundamental and far-
reaching decisions are taken with the approval of the Supervisory
Board, whose members are appointed at the shareholders’
general meeting.
Question: What is the Supervisory Board?
Options:
A. The Supervisory Board is the group that runs the company.
B. The Supervisory Board is the group that makes decisions.
C. The Supervisory Board is the group that makes suggestions.
D. not enough information | B |
Supervisory Board president Dr Klaus Endress retired from
active involvement in the company at the end of 2023.
Given the context: What will happen to the company?
Possible answers: be better, be worse, be the same | be the same |
He was
succeeded by former CEO Matthias Altendorf.
Given the context: What will happen to the former CEO?
Possible answers: be demoted, be fired, be promoted | be promoted |
Read the article and select the best answer.
Article: Dr Peter Selders,
previously head of the product center for level and pressure
measurement in Maulburg, Germany, took over as CEO of the
Group at the beginning of 2024.
Question: Dr Peter Selders was the _ of the Group.
Options: A: head
B: vice head
C: product center
D: CEO | D |
Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question.
Context: Strategic anchoring of sustainability
Sustainability is one of Endress+Hauser’s four brand values
alongside commitment, excellence and friendliness.
Question: What is the purpose of the passage?
Options:
A. To describe a company's brand values
B. To describe a company's commitment to sustainability
C. not enough information
D. To describe a company's excellence | A |
Context: In addition,
we created further Group-wide structures for managing
sustainability issues in 2022.
Question: How would you describe the narrator?
Which one of these answers best answers the question according to the context?
A: they are creative
B: they are lazy
C: they are boring | A |
One member represents the topic
on the Executive Board.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are 1 or 2 ):
The Executive Board has 10 members, and 3 of them represent the topic. How many members represent the topic? | 3 |
A steering committee governs the
issue across the Group.
Given the context: What will happen to Others?
Possible answers: be ignored, be disregarded, be listened to | be listened to |
Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question.
Context: A corporate sustainability officer drives
the Group-wide harmonization of sustainability issues together
with the sustainability office and in close cooperation with local
sustainability managers.
Question: What does the corporate sustainability officer do?
Options:
- He drives a car
- He drives the company
- He drives the sustainability
- He drives the sustainability issues | He drives the sustainability issues |
Other cross-departmental, cross-
divisional and cross-company working groups have also been
formed.
Given the context: What does the company need to do before this?
Possible answers: break down silos, build walls, break down barriers | break down silos |
In 2023 we created the new Committee for Audits,
Risk and Sustainability (CARS) at the Supervisory Board level,
which began its activities in January 2024.
Given the context: What does the S in "CARS" stand for?
Possible answers: Sustainability, Supervisory, Sustainability Board | Sustainability |
What would be the ★-rating of this review (★ being the lowest and ★★★★★ being the highest)? "Our long-term goal
is to incorporate sustainability into every corporate process." | ★★★★★ |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Reporting mechanisms
To report our sustainability performance in a consistent and
comparable manner, in addition to future mandatory reporting
mechanisms such as the CSRD, we voluntarily participate in
reports and ratings such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
and the EcoVadis sustainability rating.
Question: The purpose of the passage is to _ .
- introduce the CSRD
- tell the readers the importance of the CDP
- tell the readers the importance of the EcoVadis sustainability rating
- introduce the reporting mechanisms | introduce the reporting mechanisms |
The latter has evaluated
our sustainability performance with respect to the environment,
labor and human rights, fair business practices and sustainable
procurement since 2015.
What will happen to the latter?
A) The latter will be evaluated.
B) The latter will be criticized.
C) The latter will be punished.
D) The latter will be praised. | D |
Double materiality assessment
In 2023 we accelerated our double materiality assessment in
line with the CSRD with the involvement of our stakeholders.
Given the context: What is the narrator talking about?
Possible answers: the CSRD, a double assessment, the CSRD assessment | the CSRD assessment |
The
analysis will be given more depth and then evaluated over the
course of 2024.
Given the context: What will Others want to do next?
Possible answers: wait for the analysis, ignore the analysis, do a poor analysis | wait for the analysis |
External experts are involved in this process in
order to identify issues for our sustainability management and
reporting.
Given the context: What will the experts do next?
Possible answers: help us improve, help us identify issues, help us sustain | help us identify issues |
We are also preparing for the EU Taxonomy as part
of the CSRD and are currently drafting our own handbook in
order to eventually categorize all of our sustainable activities in
a uniform manner and link them to our sustainability goals.
What will happen after the handbook is complete?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- We will link our sustainable activities to our goals.
- We will draft our own handbook.
- We will prepare for the EU Taxonomy.
- We will categorize our sustainable activities. | We will link our sustainable activities to our goals. |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Corporate culture
The Endress+Hauser Group’s corporate culture is still heavily
influenced by the shareholder family and their representatives
in the company.
Question: What is the main idea of the passage?
- The shareholder family is still in charge of the company.
- The company is still influenced by the shareholder family.
- The company is still influenced by the representatives.
- The company is still influenced by the shareholder family’s representatives. | The company is still influenced by the shareholder family’s representatives. |
Our culture is formulated within the “Spirit”
of Endress+Hauser and relies on numerous aspects of sustainable
corporate management.
According to the above context, choose the correct option to answer the following question.
Question: What is the purpose of this statement?
Options:
A. To describe the company's culture
B. To describe the company's mission
C. To describe the company's goals
D. not enough information | A |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: Key elements include comprehensive
responsibility for the company, a commitment to ethical behavior
and a management principle that de-emphasizes profit
maximization.
Question: The passage is probably taken from _ .
- a book review
- a company report
- a newspaper article
- a magazine | a newspaper article |
The Spirit of Endress+Hauser furthermore
contains statements regarding customer relationships, the
employees, quality culture and communications.
What is the Spirit of Endress+Hauser?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- a book
- a movie
- not enough information
- a magazine | a book |
I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article.
Article: Ethics and compliance
As an internationally successful company, we operate in many
different jurisdictions.
Question: What can we learn from the passage?
Options: A: The company is successful in many different jurisdictions.
B: The company is successful in many different jurisdictions.
C: The company is successful in different jurisdictions.
D: The company is successful in many different jurisdictions. | B |
The Endress+Hauser Code of Conduct
provides a binding, Group-wide guideline for dealing with
customers, coworkers, partners and suppliers.
What is the purpose of the Code of Conduct?
A) To provide a guideline for dealing with customers.
B) To provide a guideline for dealing with coworkers.
C) To provide a guideline for dealing with partners.
D) To provide a guideline for dealing with suppliers. | A |
Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question.
Context: It encompasses
guidance on products and services, personal integrity, corporate
integrity, personnel policies, company assets and corporate
responsibility.
Question: What does the passage say the code is?
Options:
A. not enough information
B. It is a set of rules.
C. It is a set of regulations.
D. It is a set of laws. | B |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: All employees undergo training in this area at
least once every three years.
Question: How often do employees undergo training?
- Every three years.
- Every two years.
- Every year.
- Once every three years. | Once every three years. |
Context: They also receive anti-corruption
training.
Question: What does the word "receive" mean?
Options:
- to be given
- to be bought
- to be sold
- to be taken | to be given |
Employees with online access within the EU are also
trained to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR).
Given the context: What does the GDPR do?
Possible answers: protects the right of employees, protects the right of employers, protects the right of customers | protects the right of employees |
“Our Group companies have
considerable leeway in carrying
out their activities.
What is the Group companies leeway?
Pick the best answer from the following options:
- the group companies have a lot of freedom
- the group companies have a lot of employees
- the group companies have a lot of money
- not enough information | the group companies have a lot of freedom |
This resulted
in the creation of numerous
sustainability initiatives, including
self-generated green electricity,
sustainable buildings, low-
emission vehicle fleets, energy
efficiency measures and much
more.
What will happen to the Earth after these initiatives?
- It will be destroyed
- not enough information
- It will be saved
- It will be harmed | It will be saved |
Read the following article and select the best answer.
Article: With a sustainability
manager circle, we bring together
the experience and knowledge
from our network of companies
and bundle our strengths for
sustainable success.”
Julia Schempp, corporate sustainability officer
807 companies
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2023 EcoVadis rating in comparison
Distribution of overall results
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82
annual report 2023 | Group
sustainability report
We attempt to reduce uncertainties caused by economic and
sectoral developments, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, global
political events or natural catastrophes by establishing a broad
market base in terms of industries, customer segments and
regions, as well as products, solutions and services.
Question: What is the purpose of this passage?
- To make an advertisement.
- To make an introduction.
- To make a report.
- To make an announcement. | To make an advertisement. |
The largest
customers account for less than 1.5 percent of our net sales.
Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are more or less ):
What will happen to the company's sales if they lose one of their largest customers? | more or less |
Use information from the paragraph to answer the question.
Paragraph :
Financial risks due to exchange and interest rate changes are
reduced through corresponding hedging instruments.
Question:
A business that is concerned about the effects of interest rate changes will want to use hedging instruments to increase or decrease the risk? | decrease |