Sentences with phrase «sustainable use group»
Ashley Frisch, Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use Group, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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«This used to be a market that was driven by investor demand for sustainable products,» says Navindu Katugampola, an executive director spearheading green bond origination in Morgan Stanley's global capital markets group.
The Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities were developed in 2017 by Robin Chase, Zipcar co-Founder, and a consortium of leading city and transport organizations including: the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), Transportation for America (T4America), Rocky Mountain Institute, Shared - Use Mobility Center, and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
When Epicurean Group opened its doors more than a decade ago as a foodservice management company, it broke new ground for the industry by using local farms and ranches as suppliers and focusing on sustainable practices.
The Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard is used to certify farms and producer groups involved in crop and cattle production.
Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on Marcsustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on MarcSustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.
At Real Food Farm, education coordinator Aliza Sollins led the group through a tour of the 6 acre property and explained how its production staff and AmeriCorps service members use organic and sustainable farming practices to grow fresh produce for the community.
Striving to make ARYZTA the most relevant, responsive, innovative convenience food group using ethical and sustainable natural raw material sourced ingredients.
«CKE Restaurants, Inc. supports the humane treatment of animals, having requested its pork suppliers to develop practical and sustainable alternatives to the use of gestation stalls and to transition to a group housing environment for sows,» wrote CKE in a statement sent to The HSUS.
In June, Reinvent Albany joined a coalition of environmental and sustainable transportation advocacy groups who oppose using $ 511m in state and federal clean water loans for construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
The groups said the United States should make the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of forests in developing nations a central goal of federal climate legislation, as tropical deforestation and other land - use decisions account for about 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
A group of researchers led by Felix Kienast from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has investigated this issue as part of the National Research Programme «Sustainable use of soil as a resource» (NRP 68).
The group's mission is to support communities» use of grassroots action to create informed, sustainable neighborhoods free from industrial pollution.
The CO2 utilisation group uses CO2, water and green electricity to generate a sustainable ethylene at room temperature.
The group led by Martín Olazar, researcher in the UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country's Department of Chemical Engineering, is studying the development of sustainable refineries where it is possible to produce fuels and raw materials providing an alternative to petroleum by using biomass and other waste materials like plastics, tires, etc..
Using photosynthetically active microorganisms, researchers at the Ruhr - Universität Bochum (RUB) have succeeded in manufacturing several biocatalysts suitable for industrial application: a crucial step towards sustainable chemical processes, according to Dr Marc Nowaczyk from the Chair for Plant Biochemistry and Jun. - Prof Dr Robert Kourist, Junior Research Group Microbial Biochemistry.
Through his collaboration with the MalariaGEN Anopheles 1000 Genomes (Ag1000g) Project, Martin and his group are using next - generation sequencing technologies to address aspects of the biology of Anopheles gambiae that impact upon the sustainable control of malaria.
About Nutiva: «Nutiva is dedicated to a healthy and sustainable world, demonstrating its mission to nourish people and planet by using delicious organic ingredients, enriching the soil, and donating 1 percent of sales to sustainable - agriculture groups.
This amazing group is using the money they receive to provide small business loans and trade / business education to women in Guatamala as a sustainable solution to the poverty in that region.
If you're interested in pushing for sustainable community schools in your city or state, here are some sample action ideas and demands that groups across the country used during the November Week of Action.
It's essentially the same blueprint that General Motors, Daimler, Toyota Motor, BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, and other major automakers are using in order to remain sustainable and have a future in the 2020s and beyond.
If the BMW Group is to enter the American market with a diesel product, it will be with one that offers a truly sustainable solution such as the exhaust treatment by SCR technology — which is the drastic reduction of NOx content by use of urea.
Clariant, a leading global specialty chemicals company, together with Mercedes - Benz and Haltermann Carless, a well - established HCS Group brand, tested the use of sustainable cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues in a fleet test with Mercedes - Benz series vehicles over a period of 12 months for the first time in Germany.
«The acquisition of FibreCycle illustrates Kent Pet Group's commitment for meeting the increasing demand for using sustainable ingredients for innovative litter products that deliver superior performance,» said Gage Kent, CEO and chairman for Kent Corporation.
The acquisition of FibreCycle is consistent with Kent Pet Group's manufacturing operations; capitalizing on highly efficient, small - footprint facilities that are in close proximity to the sustainable ingredients that are used to make its products.
All Kent Pet Group products use proprietary technologies to harness the absorbency, clumping and odor control of renewable and sustainable ingredients.
This Fair Trade - certified plantation is owned and operated by ASOPROLA, a group of women dedicated to the use of sustainable, environmentally friendly growing and business practices.
A group discussion on how love works in art, including the idea of «pursuing one's passion»; some best practices of sustainable collaboration; and ways to reshape institutions by using levers of power.
Since he began using the texts in class, nearly 300 students have participated in the Choices for Sustainable Living small group discussion process developed by the Northwest Earth Institute.
Positiveflow is a design and research group, aiming to encourage a more conscious use of energy for more sustainable living.
Using the Menu for the Future discussion course books, the groups are exploring the confusing number of food choices and contradicting information around health, fair trade, industrial agriculture, organics, family farms, sustainable food systems, GMOs and more.
Using the Menu for the Future discussion course book (created by the Northwest Earth Institute), these groups of diverse citizens explored the confusing number of food choices and contradicting information around health, fair trade, industrial agriculture, organics, family farms, sustainable food systems, GMOs and other juicy topics related to the food system.
And while this isn't the first urban farming project of its kind — it's actually based on a project developed by Curtis Stone in British Columbia, Canada — Grove says that the Orlando group has «tweaked Stone's design a bit to make Fleet Farming even more sustainable, adding the bicycle brigade and using more permaculture techniques.»
It is themed Sustainable and inclusive urban communities through urban agriculture and aims to bring together scientists from different disciplinary perspectives, studying motivations and barriers for individual and group practitioners, social, economic and environmental benefits of urban agriculture for the local communities and cities as a whole, as well as enabling and disabling factors for successful interaction between the local stakeholders in planning, accessing and using urban resources especially land and water.
British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group, will establish Europe's first plant for sustainable jet - fuel and plans to use the low - carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014.
Purnomowidi works to implement the sustainable land - use practices established by the Sustainable Agriculture Network in each farming community that he visits and has facilitated the formation of the first Rainforest Alliance Certified group insustainable land - use practices established by the Sustainable Agriculture Network in each farming community that he visits and has facilitated the formation of the first Rainforest Alliance Certified group inSustainable Agriculture Network in each farming community that he visits and has facilitated the formation of the first Rainforest Alliance Certified group in Indonesia.
The report furthermore provides lessons learned from the case studies for sustainable development of CRFS and offers a large number of strategies and tools that can be applied by city regions around the world, including the promotion of (peri) urban agriculture, preservation of agricultural land areas and watersheds through land use planning and zoning, development of food distribution and social protection programmes for vulnerable groups, support for short supply chains and local procurement of food, and promotion of food waste prevention, reduction and management, as well as the recovery and redistribution of safe and nutritious food for human consumption.
«We would prefer they didn't use the word sustainable,» says Gerry Leape, an oceans specialist at the Pew Environment Group, one of the major foundations working on oceans policies.
Under the deal, Arch Coal agreed to install new equipment to control discharges, and agreed to pay the citizen groups» legal expenses, pay a $ 200,000 fine to the federal government, and contribute $ 1.8 million to the Land Use and Sustainable Development Clinic at West Virginia University's College of Law.
«NCSEA established a Biogas Working Group, recognizing the need to develop strategies for removing the barriers that exist to the sustainable use of waste - derived biogas to fuel North Carolina's growing energy needs.
My UQ research group (Risk and Sustainable Management Group) did the economic modelling that translated the climatic projections into predicted changes in land and watergroup (Risk and Sustainable Management Group) did the economic modelling that translated the climatic projections into predicted changes in land and waterGroup) did the economic modelling that translated the climatic projections into predicted changes in land and water use.
The grid austerity that green groups are preaching under the guise of «efficiency» is a false economy and a wrong turn; encouraging more electricity use will help revive depressed markets and speed the transition to sustainable energy.
Children across the world can join the LEGO Planet Crew on LEGO.com (www.lego.com/planetcrew/), where they can learn through play about important environmental and social issues, and share their views on the responsibility issues they feel most passionate about.LEGO Life, the Group's social media platform (https://www.lego.com/life), which has more than one million users, is hosting a series of challenges during June and July to encourage children to build their vision of a sustainable future using LEGO bricks.
The LEGO Group marked the occasion with a building event that involved hundreds of children creating their vision of a sustainable future using LEGO ® bricks.
Although Ginza, which is located in the middle of Tokyo, has some small green areas, these groups are trying to learn more about how a sustainable society and the local environment operates by working with honeybees and using the honey they produce.
We work with our members and local groups to protect the province's last remaining wild spaces, encourage responsible use of our forest and marine resources, educate the next generation, and promote sustainable communities.
For the Environment Group of UNEP2 sustainable consumption and production practices are «the use of services and related products, which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimising the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the service or product so as not to jeopardise the needs of future generations.»
Via:: Ad Hoc Open - ended Informal Working Group of the General Assembly to study issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, United Nations, New York, 28 April — 2 May 2008, Agenda Item 4: General remarks
Witnessing this and hearing the other stories of individuals, groups, and organizations that are using NWEI's courses to do amazing things — to make sustainable magic — in this world where change is sometimes challenging, my inspiration is renewed.
Everything needed to get going on sustainable farming practices is included, and the program is proving to be successful - she and a group of farmers in the Mau Forest, successfully planted12 Hectares using a new distributed production model and supplies from the eco-friendly back pack farming kits.