Nike
What is Nike’s well-known scandal?
Sweatshop controversy/ child labour
How many ESG pillars does EA's framework have?
4
What is the ESG rating given by MSCI to Microsoft?
AAA
What does IRR stand for?
Internal rate of return
What does Nike’s move to zero initiative focus on?
Carbon/ waste/ water chemistry
When did EA publish its first Impact Report?
2020
What year was the first AI Transparency Report Published?
2024
What is the interest rate used in TVM calculation?
Periodic interest rate
Name 2 of Nike’s efforts to address their Sweatshop controversy.
Human rights and labour standards, code of conduct
How many hours did EA's Global Green Team volunteer for environmental organisations in FY25?
18,000 hours
How much was invested into the climate innovation fund to support new sustainability technologies?
$1 billion
Which is the most superior method in a business’s capital budgeting decisions?
NPV
Explain the impact of Nike’s actions of one of their stakeholders.
Customers: shying away from buying nike products
Employees: dissatisfaction towards the company
Investors: holding off investment in nike
What were the two CSR crisis EA faced?
Loot box controversy and massive layoffs
What is the name of the fee that Microsoft uses to fund renewable energy and carbon removal?
Internal Carbon Fee
What is the CAPM formula?
ri = rRF + (rM-rRF)bi
Why are Nike’s efforts to improve social and ethical ineffective, and its reasons?
Poor working environments due to long working hours, overly hot factories, or low wages leading to formation of activists groups to fight against nike
Which capital budgeting difficulty does loot box removal best illustrate?
Profit maximisation vs ethical practices
Name ONE of the two CSR crises Microsoft faced related to AI expansion.
Trade off between AI and sustainability / High water consumption
In what situation will NPV and IRR methods give a different conclusion in mutually exclusive projects?
When discount rate < crossover rate