Sentences with phrase «environmental markets group»

The Environmental Markets Group, which resides within the Executive Office, is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Environmental Policy Framework as well as furthering, coordinating and communicating the firm's global environmental initiatives.

Environmental Markets Group (EMG).

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Similar legislation failed last year, after it pitted environmental scientists against businesses and trade groups that benefit from the $ 2 billion market for sun care products in the U.S.

That's because nearly three - quarters of all sunscreens on the market don't work as well as they claim to, or they contain potentially harmful ingredients, according to a recent study from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG).

TMX Group will contribute funding, resources and leading capital markets expertise to the Centre, and will also work to strengthen programs initiated by the Centre to mobilize private capital to tackle social and environmental problems.

Buyers Protection Group provides home warranties, home inspections, commercial and multi-family inspections, natural hazard disclosures, and environmental services in more than 30 major metropolitan markets.

I would have to say that the people here with a corner on the market of «hate speech, legalism, and self - righteousness» would have to be the secular groups here: the politicians (any flavour), local environmental groups, the local anti-religious groups, public servants who want to squeeze Christians out of community life, and the local media.

I like to choose organic when buying capsicum as they unfortunately feature on the infamous «Dirty Dozen» — the Environmental Working Group's list of the most pesticide ridden produce on the market.

• Best New Ready - to - Drink Beverage: Dr Pepper Snapple Group - Mott's Medleys • Best New Functional Drink: Bai Brands - Bai • Best New Water: Patagonia Mineral S.A. - AONNI • Best Newcomer Brand or Business: Beveragette Ventures - GEM • Best New Beverage Ingredient: Bai Brands - Bai • Best Health, Wellness, Hydration or Nutrition Initiative: BlastMax - Blast Cap Technologies • Best New Bottling, Manufacturing or Distribution Innovation: Trustwater - Trustwater • Best New Packaging Innovation: Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East - Full Aperture Can End • Best Environmental Sustainability Initiative: Coca - Cola Enterprises - Commitment 2020 • Best Marketing Campaign: Miller High Life - 1 Second Advertisement • Best Exhibit Under 200 Square Feet: Honest Tea • Best Exhibit Over 200 Square Feet: Imbera S.A. de C.V.

Our participation in Origin Green is one important element of Kerry's Group - wide sustainability program «Towards 2020,» which outlines our commitment to responsibly source raw materials; reduce the environmental impact of our manufacturing processes and support community initiatives within the international markets in which we operate.

These groups were less concerned about market fluctuations and more concerned with issues of social equity, environmental health and having fun, which meant they unwittingly epitomised the goals of political ecology, by challenging the dominant agricultural methods of production and marketing.

In ingredient safety assessments conducted by The Environmental Working Group, CRYSTAL ranked as the safest deodorant on the market.

Environmental groups from four states have formed a coalition to oppose Spectra's proposed Algonquin Incremental Market pipeline.

Local governments and environmental groups have united to blast an executive state budget proposal to use payment - in - lieu - of - taxes agreements instead of market value to calculate taxes on the vast Forest Preserve holdings in the Adirondack Park and the Catskills.

«Consumers will not have to make a choice between environmental preservation and their pocketbooks,» says senior attorney Dale Bryk of the New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, which supports such market - based mechanisms for pollution control.

«Smart companies that are marketing to children are in a footrace to phase out chemicals of concern,» said Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group, an environmental group that presented the signatures to theEnvironmental Working Group, an environmental group that presented the signatures to the corporaGroup, an environmental group that presented the signatures to theenvironmental group that presented the signatures to the corporagroup that presented the signatures to the corporation.

Some of the more popular brands that the Environmental Working Group found were completely BPA - free were Amy's Kitchen, Annie's Homegrown and Sprouts Farmers Market, while BPA users included Target's Market Pantry, Bush's, Carnation, Dinty Moore and Eagle Brand.

Industry and environmental groups are also eager to find out whether the revised Green Guides will weigh in on the largely unregulated markets for carbon offsets, renewable energy credits and environmental certifications, all of which were addressed during public workshops in 2008.

The release yesterday came at the request of state Delegate Robert G. Marshall and the American Tradition Institute (ATI), a market - oriented environmental policy research group with offices in Washington, D.C., and Denver, Colorado.

The following sunscreens have a 1 Environmental Working Group Skin Deep Database Ranking, meaning they are amongst the least toxic options on the market.

According to the Environmental Working Group's 2013 report, non-organic hot peppers are among the most toxic (pesticide sprayed) items on the market.

Beauty and hair products marketed to black women are more likely to contain potentially harmful chemicals and ingredients, according to a new report from a nonprofit environmental research group.

Researchers at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed 1,177 beauty and personal care products marketed to black women and compared the ingredients to a scoring system used for the EWG's Skin Deep database of over 64,000 personal care products.

Being first to market with a true SUV hybrid is important to Ford, which has come under fire from environmental groups for its reliance on gas - guzzling large pickups and sport utilities.

Environmental groups can be effective partners for invasive species legislation, free - market advocates can help put a halt to tax and fee increases, and animal activist groups share our interest in improving animal well being across the board, as was the case on a bill establishing greater oversight of shelters and rescues in Connecticut.

Hanna works in the non-profit world as a communications and events director a local environmental group and has been working in marketing on the side for over 10 years.

Propaganda: 101 — see page 3 I. Russia works to disrupt U.S. energy markets and Fracking Threatens the Kremlin's Agenda and pg 5 I. Republicans and Democrats agree (quoting Clinton) the Kremlin is manipulating environmental groups in an attempt to carry out their agenda

Beyond Pesticides works regularly with the Center for Food Safety; Environmental Working Group; Pesticide Action Network North America; Xerces Society; EarthShare; Combined Federal Campaign; American Bird Conservancy, Beyond Toxics, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, Institute for Fisheries Resources, the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Organic Farmers Marketing Association; Bio-Logical Pest Management; Roseland Farms; Kids for Saving Earth Worldwide; PEST Education Project; Pesticide Watch; Children's Health Environmental Coalition; Horizon Organic Dairy, Inc.; Donaldson - McMahon Family Farms; Lideres Campesinas en California; Kansas Chapter, Sierra Club; Farmworker Justice Fund; Maryland Pesticide Network and others.

More recently, the IPA has been the driving force behind the establishment of a number of new non-profit front groups, including the Australian Environment Foundation - which campaigns for weaker environmental laws - Independent Contractors of Australia - which campaigns for an end to workplace safety laws and a general deregulation of the labour market, and the ironically named Owner Drivers Australia, which campaigns against safety and work standard for truck drivers.

He previously researched carbon markets at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and consulted for the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group on CO2 emissions.

In a letter to EU Ministers, a group of 11 organisations, including the London - based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Greenpeace and WWF, called for Ministers to back a faster reduction in the amount of chemicals placed on the market and bans on their use in areas where alternatives are available.

Environmental groups also wanted a high floor on the price of carbon and were wary of a ceiling that, if met, would result in more allowances than the agreed cap to be added to the market.

It was sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a group that explores free - market solutions to environmental problems.

High Volume Fly Ash cement is currently considered «novel» with a relatively small share of the market (CEMBUREAU, 2013); however, blended cements account for over 70 % of market share because of cost savings and environmental benefits (Freedonia Group, 2011).

China's anticipated entry into the global renewable energy market is expected to have a profound impact on the global industry,» said Li Junfeng, Secretary General of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association, in a release from environmental group, Greenpeace.

The term dirty oil has clearly resonated with environmental groups both in the US and in Europe and will continue to be used by those who seek to limit our access to important markets.

Local and international environmental groups are furious at this risky gamble with sensitive marine ecosystems spurred by the profit - making incentive of market - based carbon trading.

Our programs and services provide a vehicle for the State to work collaboratively with businesses, academia, industry, the federal government, the environmental community, public interest groups, and energy market participants.

This libertarian group focuses on free - market capitalism and is generally opposed to environmental regulations (as well as most other regulations).

On March 21, 2012, right before these most recent studies were released, 27 beekeepers and four environmental groups who were frustrated with the lack of action on CCD filed a petitionwith the EPA asking the agency to take clothianidin off the market until a complete, scientifically - sound review of the pesticide is conducted.

In its short report, the working group proposes a deal that would focus on environmental and other regulations alleged to interfere with free market efficiency, rather than traditional trade issues such as lowering tariffs.

«For this to happen, we have to create new marketplaces; we bring together environmental groups, businesses, the governments, the local communities, the financial institutions — everybody that needs to be together to build this new economic system, this new market.»

Now, environmental and free - market groups have yet again joined to request a hearing on the renewable fuel standard:

The groups pointed out that because REDD credits lack environmental integrity and pose unacceptably high social risks, «to date no regulatory carbon market in the world has allowed the use of sub-national forest offsets for compliance.»

Despite the historic nature of the new standards, they earned criticism from environmental groups, who argued that they require less progress from plane manufacturers than market forces would produce anyway.

Not only environmental groups, but the businesses, the governments, the local communities, the financial institutions — everybody that needs to be together to build this new economic system, this new market.»

If it was «too expensive» to cleanup this trash, environmental groups would likely be clamoring for investments in science, technology, policy, and markets for landfills — not saying that the problem is un-fixable so we should focus only on proven technology to reduce the amount of new litter.

In fact, once you filter out the noise generated by special - interest groups, you discover that there is widespread agreement among environmental economists that a market - based program to deal with the threat of climate change — one that limits carbon emissions by putting a price on them — can achieve large results at modest, though not trivial, cost.

All the blogs and newspapers are in a tizzy about a new study from the The National Work Group for Safe Markets, a coalition of public health and environmental health groups, that shows that BPA is in canned food.

Along with numerous organizations eager to promote market — based mechanisms like carbon trading, there also are conservation groups at the congress who are working closely with businesses to help them avoid grave environmental errors, such as encroaching on the most vulnerable parts of the planet.