Reducing environmental impact includes reducing energy and water use, cutting back on fossil fuel used in transportation, reducing waste headed to landfill and protecting natural habitats.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook
include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy,
including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts,
including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft,
including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein,
including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals,
including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse
impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or
reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse
impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the
impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt,
including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and
environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or
impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue,
including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally,
including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
On its site, Keurig has also vowed to
reduce its other
environmental impacts,
including greenhouse - gas emissions and water use.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well,
including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the
environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential
environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the
impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for
reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»
Similarly, a leading producer of palm oil in Papua New Guinea recognized the social and
environmental impacts of production, so it altered its business model to
include a fully traceable supply chain and
reduced its use of petrochemicals as a fertilizer.
The company continues to
reduce travel and its associated
environmental impact,
including cutting its budget and strictly interpreting corporate travel policy.
Our
Environmental Policy commits us to continuous efforts to improve environmental performance and requires our facilities to be designed, operated, and managed with the goal of preventing incidents and reducing adverse impacts, including impacts associated with the development of unconventional
Environmental Policy commits us to continuous efforts to improve
environmental performance and requires our facilities to be designed, operated, and managed with the goal of preventing incidents and reducing adverse impacts, including impacts associated with the development of unconventional
environmental performance and requires our facilities to be designed, operated, and managed with the goal of preventing incidents and
reducing adverse
impacts,
including impacts associated with the development of unconventional natural gas.
There are plenty of other sustainable forms of food production that still need to be explored, he says,
including integrated farming, conservation agriculture and mixed crop and livestock farming, each of which aim to
reduce environmental impacts, enhance soil quality and keep nutrient cycles balanced.
Even if 60 % of agriculture would convert to organic farming, concentrated feed were
reduced by 50 % and food waste by 50 %, it would result in a food system with significantly decreased
environmental impacts,
including lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, and only a marginal increase in agricultural land area.
We are committed to
reducing the
environmental impact of our operations and to enhancing the
environmental performance of our products and solutions,
including the continued development of environmentally efficient packages that protect food and prevent it from being wasted.
We recognize the challenges faced within the supply chain,
including ethical sourcing, compliance, advancing human rights and
reducing environmental impacts.
The Food Recovery Challenge is part of the EPA's Sustainable Materials Management Program, which seeks to
reduce the
environmental impact of food and other widely - used everyday items through their entire life cycle,
including how they are extracted, manufactured, distributed, used, reused, recycled, and disposed.
Sustainability Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Ga.) The University's 5,000 guest / day dining operation incorporates a comprehensive, closed - loop waste management program through a variety of efforts
including a robust organic «Farm - to - Campus - to - Farm» program, water reclamation, aerobic digestion, composting / recycling programs, oil - to - biodiesel conversion and more to significantly
reduce costs, minimize
environmental impact and qualify the facility for a gold LEED certification.
Highlights of these 2025 goals
include McCormick's commitments to: — Source 100 percent of branded iconic ingredients sustainably; — Improve the livelihoods of 90 percent of smallholder farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; — Champion equality for women and people of color in leadership, and empower women farmers across the company's supply chain; and —
Reduce the company's
environmental impact by lowering its carbon footprint, decreasing water use,
reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.
This
includes Corporate Social Investment, whereby the group promotes the development of learners through three academies which offer holistic, full - year programmes centred around sport, art and education; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and
Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that
reduce the
impact the business has on the environment.
This calculator also describes the
environmental impacts of food recovery,
including an estimate for the
impact on greenhouse gas emissions from
reducing food waste.
This action follows the release of the New York State Plastic Bags Task Force report in January, which outlined the
environmental impact of plastic bags, single - use bag reduction measures, and proposed actions that the state could take to
reduce pollution and protect New York's natural resources,
including a ban on single - use plastic bags.
Plastic makers also look forward to sharing lifecycle and other data to help inform policy suggestions,
including the recent report from Trucost («Plastics and Sustainability») which quantifies the
impacts of plastics and their alternatives in packaging and consumer goods in order to
reduce environmental impacts.»
These challenges
include increasing our nation's energy capacity;
reducing dependence on imported oil; and detecting, mitigating and preventing the
environmental impacts of legacy waste and energy generation and use.
Most large dams in the U.S. were built in the 1970s or earlier and will soon need to be relicensed — a process that
includes evaluating and often
reducing a dam's
environmental impact.
This set of resource
includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide
including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the
impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas
including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 —
Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can
reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com
The selected schools are being honored for their exemplary efforts to
reduce environmental impact and utility costs, promote better health, and ensure effective
environmental education,
including civics and green career pathways.
Honda
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a portfolio approach to reducing the environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its Earth Dreams Technology ™ lineup, which includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a portfolio approach to
reducing the
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its Earth Dreams Technology ™ lineup, which includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its Earth Dreams Technology ™ lineup, which
includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive technologies.
Honda
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a comprehensive approach to reducing the environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies, including more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a comprehensive approach to
reducing the
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies, including more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies,
including more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive technologies.
Honda
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a comprehensive approach to reducing the environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its EarthDreams ® Technology lineup, which includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
Environmental Leadership Based on its vision of «Blue Skies for our Children,» Honda is taking a comprehensive approach to
reducing the
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its EarthDreams ® Technology lineup, which includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive
environmental impact of its products, advancing fuel efficiency, low emissions and fun - to - drive performance with new powertrain technologies from its EarthDreams ® Technology lineup, which
includes more fuel - efficient engines and transmissions and advanced electromotive technologies.
Benefits of using the Boeing 787 family
includes less fuel consumption as compared to similar aircraft, and
reducing environmental impact and CO2 emission by 20 per cent.
On the other side, organizations
including the
Environmental Defense Fund, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Clean Air Task Force have argued that the new standards will offer an economic boost by encouraging investment in clean energy and efficiency, along with desperately needed action on emissions that will help address climate change and
reduce health
impacts from air pollution.
For brands looking to make a positive
environmental impact, Recyclebank rewards individuals for taking everyday green actions —
including increasing household recycling,
reducing household energy usage, and learning how to live greener lives.
Reducing fossil fuel use has many additional benefits including reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and decreasing the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel production
Reducing fossil fuel use has many additional benefits
including reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and decreasing the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel production
reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and decreasing the
environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel production and use.
concentrated on
reducing its
environmental impact through its own operations,
including «virtually paperless» internal and customer transactions, and through engaging with local communities to support urban reforestation projects, helping to plant more than 100,000 trees around the country.
-- Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, taking into consideration the public health and
environmental impacts of black carbon emissions,
including the effects on global and regional warming, the Arctic, and other snow and ice - covered surfaces, shall propose regulations under the existing authorities of this Act to
reduce emissions of black carbon or propose a finding that existing regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act adequately regulate black carbon emissions.
Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The
environmental impacts of tar sands development
include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment,
reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative
impacts on the human health in downstream communities.»
Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at
reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change
impacts into its
environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change
impacts,
including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»
That, it says, means productivity must be increased by reversing declines in yield growth and closing the gap between actual and attainable yields in the developing world, while also
reducing agriculture's
environmental impact,
including the depletion of fresh water and the increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
These
include energy efficiency,
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, planning for the
impacts of climate change,
environmental permitting, the threat to businesses and their critical infrastructure from rising sea levels and flooding and water regulations.
Attempts to significantly influence climate
impacts based on just controlling CO2 and a few other greenhouse gases emissions is an inadequate and incomplete policy for this purpose.The goal should be to seek politically and technologically practical ways (with minimal cost and maximum benefit) to
reduce the vulnerability of the environment and society to the entire spectrum of human - caused and natural risks
including those from climate, but also from all other
environmental and social threats.
Environmental impacts include acid rain, bioaccumulation of toxic metals, contamination of water bodies,
reducing visibility and degradation of buildings and monuments.
Efforts will be made to
reduce environmental impact,
including hair and makeup by Agency Vert, a sustainably designed set and runway, and organic beer and wine.
Several new initiatives —
including the ABIOVE moratorium on soy, Aliança da Terra for beef, and Pará's IDEFLOR sustainable forest program — are seeking to
reduce the
impact of operations on the Amazon in response to pressure from the
environmental lobby.
Such words gave some
environmental commentators hope that Obama would move eventually on the issue, however many have been urging Obama for years to become a «climate hawk» — not just taking swift and large - scale action to
reduce emission, but also fully communicating with the American people about the threats posed by a warming world,
including impacts on national security and the economy.
Evaluating the benefits of DG,
including avoided transmission and distribution investments, improved reliability for customers and the grid in general,
reduced environmental impacts, increased efficiency of energy use, and
reduced costs of energy services
Key focuses of the US government
include reducing regulatory requirements which
impact the United States» ability to develop its energy (
including changing the focus of the
Environmental Protection Agency), reviving the US» coal industry, and posturing the US to be independent from OPEC and other foreign nations.
Duties
include developing solutions to
environmental problems, researching the
environmental impact of proposed projects, identifying & measuring potential hazards, & developing designs to
reduce risk.
The benefits of green homes
include: • Lower operational costs than conventional homes due to greater energy and water efficiency, which can result in lower utility bills; • High quality construction, since green label requirements for building materials and techniques often go beyond standard building codes; • More comfortable and stable indoor temperatures; • Healthier indoor air quality; and • Other features that
reduce environmental impact such as proximity to parks, shops and transit.