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100

The concept of a business measuring its success not only by profit, but also by its positive effects on people and the planet, is known by this three-word framework.

What is the Triple Bottom Line?

100

Where is CP30 hosted this year? (30th United Nations Climate Change Conference)

Brazil

100

This term describes the most liquid asset a business can hold and is essential for daily operations.

What is cash?

100

Net Impact at the Ross School of Business was awarded this for the past 6 years for club excellence 

Gold Status!

100

What is the largest event the club holds each year?

The symposium!

200

Companies increasingly track this in their supply chains to reduce labor and reputational risk

What is Ethical Sourcing

200

The largest source of renewable energy worldwide comes from this natural resource

Hydropower

200

This term refers to the ratio that measures a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations with its most liquid assets, excluding inventory.

What is the quick ratio (or acid-test ratio)?

200

How many Net Impact chapters exist around the world, spanning universities and professional networks. 

400+

200

Who sends the weekly newsletters?

Cassidy!

300

This global organization focuses on addressing issues like poverty and inequality through goals like "Zero Hunger" and "Quality Education."

What is the United Nations (or the UN Sustainable Development Goals)?

300

Approximately 8 million metric tons of this waste enter oceans annually. Roughly one garbage truck every minute.

Plastic

300

Often seen in mergers and acquisitions, this term represents an intangible asset that arises when a company is purchased for more than the fair value of its net identifiable assets.

What is goodwill?

300

Net Impact was founded in 1993 at this top U.S. business school.

What is Stanford Graduate School of Business?

300

Taylor and Carlie both held this leadership position prior to becoming Co-Presidents

What is VP of Social Impact?

400

This tool helps organizations quantify the social, environmental, and economic value created by their projects

What is Social Return on Investment (SROI)

400

Skyscrapers are experimenting with these green installations to improve air quality and reduce energy use.

Vertical Gardens

400

This principle underlies financial reporting and dictates that expenses be recognized in the same period as the revenues they help to generate.

What is the matching principle?

400

Net Impact expanded internationally in the early 2000s with its first chapter outside the U.S. established in this country.

What is the United Kingdom?

400

This is the amount of positions we will have on our 2026 Executive Board

11

500

In social entrepreneurship, this type of business model seeks to address a societal problem while generating sustainable revenue, often blending non-profit and for-profit practices.

What is a hybrid business model (or social enterprise model)?

500

This type of textile waste is being recycled into building insulation in innovative sustainability projects.

Denim

500

Used in financial modeling, this term describes the process of forecasting a company’s future financial results by analyzing historical data and making industry-based assumptions.

What is pro forma analysis?

500

Net Impact changed its name from “Students for Responsible Business” to its current name in what year?

1999

500

In what year was the club founded?

2004

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