The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and
environmental development of the country.
The SDGs will help to guide the economic, social, and
environmental development of the world for the next fourteen years.
Not exact matches
Joe Hinrichs, head
of the Americas since December 2012, will manage global product
development, manufacturing and labor affairs, purchasing, and
environmental and safety engineering, while Marcy Klevorn, vice president
of information technology and chief technical officer since January, will oversee Hackett's Ford Smart Mobility.
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.
And, again, this is the core example
of the evolution
of environmental bullshit: a long history
of industry creation
of lies; conservative funding
of think - tanks, front groups and the echo chamber; the
development of an ideological imperative
of denialism; and then the necessity
of completely groundless bullshit to shore up the lies.
The project — which was funded by the American Samoa Economic
Development Authority, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department
of Interior — was implemented within one year and commenced operations this week.
It's really the thorough work done on the climate denial machine that lays out the methodology
of the
development of environmental distortions, lies and post-truth discourse.
I was an
environmental studies professor at Dartmouth and I worked on a ton
of issues around sustainable
development.
Then,
of course, there's also the
development planning, taking into account everything from zoning to transportation to
environmental protection.
Within a framework
of sustainable
development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough
environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation
of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.
B.C.'s Natural Gas
Development Ministry called Exxon's submission
of its project description to the
Environmental Assessment Office a major step forward.
The Panel excluded any discussion
of the
environmental impacts
of oil sands
development, although they did allow the consideration
of increased oil prices generated by the pipeline on the taxes and royalties associated with forecast future oil sands production.
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.
Over 2,500 initiatives and innovations have been honoured by the AEF since its inception in 1992 (they receive over 100 nominations every year), raising public awareness
of environmental preservation as a necessary goal alongside economic growth and natural resource
development.
The State's
environmental assessment is the last in a series
of rapid
developments that have kept the Keystone in the news since the start
of Obama's second term.
The battery is still in the early stages
of development, with a recent paper describing it published in the journal Energy &
Environmental Science.
But with its capital often choked by smog and its people angry about the
environmental degradation that rapid
development has wrought across the country, Beijing has become a strong proponent
of efforts to halt global warming.
During
development of the project, «there were multiple reroutes
of the pipeline corridor for various reasons - cultural,
environmental, landowner concerns - 140, 150 reroutes,» he said.
The Orange County Small Business
Development Center helps thousands
of businesses procure funding and meet the legal and
environmental regulations
of the area.
«Each purchase
of a white Coca - Cola can supports: false testimony on global warming; perpetration
of the myth about endangered polar bears... activism to fight the
development of affordable coal, oil and natural gas; hypocrites who won't follow their own recommendations; and expansion
of already excessive
environmental regulations.
In March the budget featured, for the first time, a chapter on natural - resource
development and included language about reducing
environmental protection, penalizing
environmental groups that tried to meddle in resource extraction, and speeding the approval
of big resource projects.
BOEM seeks a wide array
of input, including information on the economic, social, and
environmental values
of all OCS resources, as well as the potential impact
of oil and gas exploration and
development on other resource values
of the OCS and the marine, coastal, and human environments.
The Alberta government's revision
of the Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP) continues down a wrong - headed path where the province is willing to take on
environmental risk to enable oil sands
development.
Many
of the metrics that drive CEO pay are short - term and provoke decisions with negative long - term impact; underinvestment in research and
development and choices that have long - term negative
environmental impact.
To financially empower and support entrepreneurs
of the BVI so that they can contribute to the region's social, cultural,
environmental and economic
development.
Her chapter on the early history
of South Korea's nuclear energy industry has been also published in an edited volume, Economic
Development and
Environmental History in the Anthropocene: Perspective on Asia and Africa.
Irving Oil said it expects engineering and design work would begin in 2015 to coincide with
developments of the west - to - east pipeline, which still requires
environmental approval.
Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor's Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing
of Shale Plays explores in detail the
environmental and social impacts
of shale gas
development in the United States, identifying key questions for investors and also broader issues about shale gas
development's implications for extending the era
of fossil fuel dominance.
Employees work in approximately eight branches
of the OCE, including Sustainable
Development, Agricultural Labor Affairs, World Agricultural Outlook Board, Climate Change Program Office, and the Offices
of the Chief Meteorologist,
Environmental Markets, Energy Policy and New Uses, and Risk Assessment and Cost - Benefit Analysis.
Jim Lopez, President and CEO, Tembec John Lounds, President and CEO, Nature Conservancy
of Canada David Miller, President and CEO, WWF — Canada; Former Mayor, City
of Toronto Lorraine Mitchelmore, co-Chair, Smart Prosperity; former President, Canada Country Chair, Shell Canada Ken Neumann, Canadian National Director, United Steelworkers Merrell - Ann Phare, Founding Executive Director, Centre for Indigenous
Environmental Resources Vicky Sharpe, Founding President and CEO, Sustainable
Development Technology Canada Jean Simard, President, Aluminum Association
of Canada; co-Founder and Director, SWITCH Merran Smith, Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada Rick Smith, Executive Director, Broadbent Institute John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, Office
of the CEO, Royal Bank
of Canada Kali Taylor, Founding Executive Director, Student Energy Annette Verschuren, Chair and CEO, NRStor; co-Chair, Smart Prosperity Robert Wesseling, President and CEO, The Co-operators Galen Weston, President and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd..
«Indigenous peoples are being forced into long and costly court battles to defend their traditions and ways
of life because governments in Canada still refuse to accept the need to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples on important decisions about
environmental protection and resource
development,» said Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union
of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.
The aim
of the dialogue was to exchange ideas on the topic
of low - carbon city
development as well as share research conducted on climate change, renewable energy, and
environmental governance in both Canada and China.
Talison Lithium is committed to sustainable
development and regards the
environmental management and rehabilitation
of mining sites as among its highest priorities.
Nevermind that B.C.'s Minister
of Natural Gas
Development, Rich Coleman, who was responsible for reviewing the
environmental and social impacts
of Woodfibre LNG, also has a mandate to develop an LNG export industry — and he's one
of the BC Liberals» largest fundraisers.
From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands
development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms
of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production
of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «
environmental effect»
of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms
of Reference, which defines «
environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»
Evan Solomon: They have argued that they want to make sure that
environmental assessment, though they argue it needs to be rigorous, is getting in the way
of development of big energy projects and specifically around the oil sands and pipelines.
I have used a fall in exports to show how constrained Beijing's policy choices are, but I could just have easily done the same using as an example any change in the currency regime, the reform
of the hukou system, the de-industrialization
of the bankrupt northeast provinces, the
development of the OBOR and Silk Road projects, changes in interest rates or minimum reserves, protecting the stock market from crashing, the provincial bond swaps, changes in the tax regime, improving energy and
environmental policies, and so on.
Many not for profit groups and associations have been deprived
of the financial resources they need to contribute to the
development of the economic, social, scientific,
environmental, and cultural well - being
of the country.
And the Premier
of Alberta, Alison Redford, left jaws dropped across the continent this week when she proudly described Keystone XL as «responsible energy
development» despite her province's skyrocketing emissions and record
of environmental destruction.
While an assessment
of the NGP record with respect to ecosystem services will have to await a future post, the least that can be said is that their debut here is a positive
development that is bound to alter the way EA is done in Canada going forward (for another potential application
of the ecosystem services concept in Canadian
environmental law, see here).
The EEZ Act was enacted in 2013 to provide a regulatory framework to manage the
environmental effects
of offshore resource
development such as oil exploration and seabed mining.
She co-founded, grew and profitably sold a full - service renewable energy company, Clean Energy
Developments, and leverages over 20 years
of experience in the
environmental finance, cleantech and sustainability sectors to help build businesses that matter.
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of Independent States, CMP Computational Economics, CNA China, COM Industrial Competition, CSE Economics
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Oil sands
development is a matter
of provincial government policy: in a government policy paper (the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area
of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible
environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization
of the significant economic benefits such
development promised.
ACC Accounting & Auditing, AFR Africa, AGE Economics
of Ageing, AGR Agricultural Economics, ARA Arab World, BAN Banking, BEC Business Economics, CBA Central Banking, CBE Cognitive & Behavioural Economics, CDM Collective Decision - Making, CFN Corporate Finance, CIS Confederation
of Independent States, CMP Computational Economics, CNA China, COM Industrial Competition, CSE Economics
of Strategic Management, CTA Contract Theory & Applications, CUL Cultural Economics, CWA Central & Western Asia, DCM Discrete Choice Models, DEM Demographic Economics, DEV
Development, DGE Dynamic General Equilibrium, ECM Econometrics, EDU Education, EEC European Economics, EFF Efficiency & Productivity, ENE Energy Economics, ENT Entrepreneurship, ENV
Environmental Economics, ETS Econometric Time Series, EUR Microeconomic European Issues, EVO Evolutionary Economics, EXP Experimental Economics, FDG Financial
Development & Growth, FIN Finance, FMK Financial Markets, FOR Forecasting, GEO Economic Geography, GRO Economic Growth, GTH Game Theory, HAP Economics
of Happiness, HEA Health Economics, HIS Business, Economic & Financial History, HME Heterodox Microeconomics, HPE History & Philosophy
of Economics, HRM Human Capital & Human Resource Management, IAS Insurance Economics, ICT Information & Communication Technologies, IFN International Finance, IND Industrial Organization, INO Innovation, INT International Trade, IPR Intellectual Property Rights, IUE Informal & Underground Economics, KNM Knowledge Management & Knowledge Economy, LAB Labour Economics, LAM Central & South America, LAW Law & Economics, LMA Labor Markets - Supply, Demand & Wages, LTV Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty, MAC Macroeconomics, MFD Microfinance, MIC Microeconomics, MIG Economics
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of Economics, SPO Sports & Economics, TID Technology & Industrial Dynamics, TRA Transition Economics, TRE Transport Economics, TUR Tourism Economics, UPT Utility Models & Prospect Theory, URE Urban & Real Estate Economics.
August 22, 2012: Department
of the Interior, Bureau
of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, «Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf — Increased Safety Measures for Energy
Development on the Outer Continental Shelf»
To further fast - track
development, Holland said the company had begun
environmental baseline work that he hoped to submit in parallel with the completion
of the prefeasibility study.
Over the past few years, green bonds have raised billions
of dollars to help fund
environmental and other sustainable
development projects: rapidly growing from $ 1 billion issued in 2012 to more than $ 30 billion in 2014 globally.1
The government and the oil and gas industry have spent lavishly to promote fossil fuel
development, but a poll for the Canadian Association
of Petroleum Producers found that only 51 %
of us think tar sands / oil sands
development is worth the
environmental risk; 49 % think it isn't.
The John Molson School
of Business at Concordia University placed third, allowing students to specialize in numerous categories: corporate governance and business ethics; business sustainability and
environmental management; or community
development.