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Leaving Cert Business: The environment

How often The environment comes up on the Business papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 3 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026.

OL Asked on 4 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

June 2027 is the first exam on the new Business course. These come from the 2016–2026 papers, so read them as a guide.

The environment, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on The environment.

(a)A tax on fossil fuels to reduce emissions is a…
  1. Tariff
  2. Carbon tax
  3. Stamp duty
(b)Meeting today's needs without harming future generations is…
  1. Globalisation
  2. Sustained economic growth
  3. Sustainable development
(c)Ireland's plastic bag levy was introduced in…
  1. 2002
  2. 2012
  3. 1992
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(a) Carbon tax

(b) Sustainable development

(c) 2002

Your turn: Higher Level questions on The environment.

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Section 3 Q2
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Section 3 Q2
2022Not asked
2021Not asked
2019Section 3 Q2
2018Not asked
2017Not asked
2016Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Section 2 Q2
2024Section 1 Q5
2023Not asked
2022Section 2 Q2
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Not asked
2016Section 1 Q9

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More The environment questions

The environment, 2 marks

The three Rs of waste management are reduce, reuse and…

  1. Remove
  2. Rebuild
  3. Recycle
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Recycle

Reduce what you use, reuse what you can, and recycle the rest so it becomes a raw material again instead of landfill.

The environment, 3 marks

Meeting needs today without damaging the ability of future generations to meet theirs is…

  1. Free trade agreements
  2. Sustainable development
  3. Mass production methods
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Sustainable development

A sustainable firm uses renewable energy and cuts waste, so growth today does not use up what the next generation needs.

The environment, 2 marks

A firm fitting solar panels and cutting its energy use is reducing its…

  1. Carbon footprint
  2. Market share
  3. Share capital
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Carbon footprint

The carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas a firm activities give off. Cutting it also cuts energy bills.

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