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«Water is posed to be the commodity of the 21st century,» said Richard Sandor, an analyst at Environmental Products, who also founded the Chicago Climate Exchange.
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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.
«But when you actually look at the total environmental impact,» he explains, «it takes three times as much energy to make that bag as we can use to make an equivalent polyethylene product.»
He talked at length about business's responsibility to be aware of its affect on the planet and shared the Patagonia mission statement to «build the best product, do no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.»
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Patagonia's statement combines both their values — high - quality products and their values of helping the environment by donating time, services, and at least 1 percent of their sales to global grassroots environmental groups.
Golfman and his team spent 14 years conducting R&D before arriving at a product, manufactured in India and made primarily of wheat - straw fibre, that achieved the trifecta of high quality, high environmental integrity and affordability.
At CES, French startup GreenMe is launching its environmental monitoring product in the North American market after successfully installing it in more than 80 offices across Europe.
Patrick O. Brown is CEO and founder of Impossible Foods, a company at the forefront of making nutritious, delicious meat and dairy products from plants to satisfy meat lovers and address the environmental impact of animal farming.
Employees volunteer their time at the display tent which showcases the mining processes, final products and the environmental and community initiatives undertaken by Talison Lithium.
Previously, he had worked at Lowry's Method Products, an environmental cleaning products Products, an environmental cleaning products products company.
A decision to calculate the water footprint of a product is a conscious decision to focus on one environmental issue at a time.
When residue testing detects prohibited substances at levels that are greater than 5 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's tolerance for the specific residue detected or unavoidable residual environmental contamination, the agricultural product must not be sold, labeled, or represented as organicaEnvironmental Protection Agency's tolerance for the specific residue detected or unavoidable residual environmental contamination, the agricultural product must not be sold, labeled, or represented as organicaenvironmental contamination, the agricultural product must not be sold, labeled, or represented as organically produced.
«Major retailers today demand that their suppliers produce products with the most stringent standards for a natural claim, particularly in the areas of sustainability and environmental stewardship,» says Neil Callahan, senior vice president at Robertet Flavors, The Robertet Group's North American Flavor Division headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Piscataway, N.J.
«Major retailers today demand that their suppliers produce products with the most stringent standards for a natural claim, particularly in the areas of sustainability and environmental stewardship,» says Neil Callahan, senior vice president at Robertet Flavors, The Robertet Group's North American Flavor Division headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Piscataway, N.J. «In addition, competition for shelf space ensures that suppliers are constantly searching for and adopting new raw material sources and enhanced production technologies that can meet this demand,» Callahan says.
«Based on these production issues and our goal to redesign and relaunch all of our packaging in a sustainable manner, with product protection and environmental concerns in mind, we decided on the new MasterBag Pyramid format and a high - barrier, paper - based outer packaging, following a lengthy development and testing phase,» confirms Thomas Holz, Managing Director and Tea Taster at TeeGschwendner.
Products in transit are at risk of damage from a range of environmental factors, including elevated humidity and condensation.
Providing considerable supply chain and environmental benefits over conventional rigid tube packaging systems, the design has generated a great deal of interest from various brands, having been one of ten shortlisted products at this year's Packaging Innovation's «Innovation Showcase» in London.
Tyvek ® for Industrial Active Packaging protects products in transit that are at risk of damage from environmental factors such as elevated humidity and condensation.
Phil Wild, CEO of James Cropper, said: «Environmental responsibility comes very high in our list of priorities at James Cropper, being a guiding principle behind our product development and at the heart of our manufacturing and corporate behaviours.
First asked by the world's leading manufacturer of high - quality cocoa and chocolate products, Barry Callebaut, to consider how their environmental responsibility and waste recovery processes could be enhanced by reviewing their packaging, experts at the 168 year old, family - run mill began a series of trials that soon lead them to their breakthrough.
Consumers apparently believed that because they had bought a product that was doing good at an environmental level this gave them permission to indulge in great - tasting chocolate.
The chairman of Puma has said that the company will at some point phase out leather from its products because of its environmental impact.
This report is the product of the first year of monitoring and evaluation at the whole of Basin - scale as part of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office's five - year Long Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) Project.
We know that many of the environmental and social impacts associated with our business are in our supply chain, and we try to reduce these impacts at all stages of our product lifecycle.
At in - cosmetics Global 2018, Lonza Consumer Product Ingredients (Stand E80) will showcase its new spectrum of bioactive functional ingredients that help protect the skin from modern lifestyle and environmental stressors, such as pollution, UV light and stress.
«At the consumer level, environmental labelling is potentially a very effective way of distinguishing between products with good and bad credibility,» says Mobium Group co-founder, Mr Andrew Baker.
Clean raw tobacco materials will not only reduce the risk for the consumer, but also ensure more efficient manufacturing of consumer products avoiding production stoppages, minimizing waste generation and at the same time contributing to environmental improvements (e.g. reduced energy consumption and CO2 emission control).
«When Planet Ark or WWF endorse a product, consumers at least recognise the organisation and can link the product with an environmental cause.
We take the health and environmental aspects of our products very seriously and the mere possibility of our product harming someone gave everyone at Klean Kanteen pause.
Look for cleaners with a seal from the Environmental Protection Agency — this indicates the product is considered effective at killing bacteria.
That story never panned out, but at some point, during my educational career the environmental impact of feminine hygiene products came up.
Back in December I told you that Bruce Smith, a former environmental health and safety officer at Beef Products Inc., filed a pro se lawsuit in Nebraska state court against me, ABC News, Jim Avila, Diane Sawyer and Jamie Oliver.
I wanted to focus on environmental issues like substituting conventional school cleaning products with more environmentally friendly options; introducing waste - free lunches; eliminating the throw - away styrofoam trays used in our lunchroom; replacing Sally Foster fundraisers with more eco-friendly options; and stopping the Cheap Plastic Crap giveaways used at school fundraisers.
The Guide discusses what is a Life Cycle Assessment, what are Environmental Product Declarations, what is the significance of the new European Standards CEN / TC 350 and the impact of the Construction Products Regulation, and looks in detail at the range of environmentaEnvironmental Product Declarations, what is the significance of the new European Standards CEN / TC 350 and the impact of the Construction Products Regulation, and looks in detail at the range of environmentalenvironmental indicators.
«During the 30 - day period from November 16th to December 16th, 2015, at least 29 towns, cities and counties in the direct path of the two proposed oil and refined products pipelines — over 85 percent of the total — objected to the Thruway Authority's proposal to act as Lead Agency for the (state Environmental Quality Review Act) process,» town officials wrote.
The Committee on Environmental Protection will meet at 1 p.m. to discuss «a Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the sale of nonwoven disposable products.»
«We have a real range of products that strike me as really concerning because of the gap between what we know and what I would like to know,» said Sonya Lunder, senior analyst at the Environmental Working Group.
To illustrate these two dimensions at work, Raz described how a functional product such as bread has its greatest environmental impact when it is manufactured rather than used or consumed.
Driven by revelations of lead in children's toys, hormone - mimicking chemicals in plastic baby bottles and controversial flame - retardants in furniture, state environmental officials drafted a set of rules aimed at products with chemicals that have been linked to illness or abnormal development
It's no surprise that they're looking at their product packaging's environmental impacts, as well
Paul DeLeo, associate vice president, environmental safety at the American Cleaning Institute, which represents cleaning product manufacturers, said the study raises «unjust concerns.»
Exposure to flame retardants once widely used in consumer products has been falling, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.
A labeling dilemma Some scientists, like Anna Sobek, an environmental scientist at Stockholm University in Sweden, believe these products are making their way into the environment and will continue to, despite the findings of scientists, because regulators don't check for them.
Lars Angenent, Humboldt Professor for Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Tübingen, studies how these large volumes of wastewater can be turned into valuable products.
«Right now, companies that make chairs or cars or lipstick don't know which of the chemicals they incorporate into their products are safe,» says Michael Wilson, an environmental health scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Beefed up He and his colleague David Cwiertny, an environmental engineer at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, decided to find out whether the breakdown products of endocrine disrupters could be boosting their environmental impact.
«Crop protection products such as fungicides help farmers grow quality crops free of disease and achieve better yields, which keeps prices low for consumers,» said Mike Leggett, senior director of environmental policy at CropLife America.
These and other thorny particulars related to «green» products are the subject of an article by Roland Geyer, an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, and Trevor Zinc, who completed his Ph.D. at the Bren School in 2014.
«Certainly it is a very good antimicrobial product,» says Zhiqiang Hu, a civil and environmental engineer at the University of Missouri — Columbia, who is studying the safety of silver nanoparticles.