In terms of sustainability, why might he have made this choice?

Ruben is a new Procurement Manager at XYZ Company. He has been charged with buying a new piece of machinery for a factory. Having looked at several options, and considered sustainability, he has opted to buy the more expensive piece of machinery.

In terms of sustainability, why might he have made this choice?
A . The higher priced item will be of better quality
B. The higher priced item is from a more reputable company
C. In terms of life-cycle costing the more expensive item may be cheaper in the long term
D. The more expensive piece of equipment will be more environmentally friendly

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Answer: C

Explanation:

3 is the correct answer. This question is testing if you know about Whole Life Cycle Costing. You’ll have come across this already at level 4 (module 7). It’s a big part of sustainability. See p.14 for a quick recap on this. In terms of this question, even if you don’t remember life-cycle costing, options 1 2 and 4 can’t be right- we don’t have information in the question that tells us that the higher priced item is better quality, from a reputable company or environmentally friendly- we just don’t know based on the information we’ve been given so these answers can’t be right.