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Louis Redshaw, who is now the head of environmental markets at Barclays Capital, spent four years working for Enron in London and set up its renewable energies desk.

But a major pick - up in projects which safeguard carbon - sucking forests will not take place unless they are «investable,» said Kyung - Ah Park, head of environmental markets at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank.

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.

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.

Even if the FDA puts its foot down, «companies are always going to be able to find a new synonym or creative marketing term» that doesn't run afoul of regulations, says Margaret Pollan, an assistant professor of environmental food law at Pace Law School.

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.

** GuerrillaMarketing Goes Green (published by John Wiley & Sons as part of the enormously popular Guerrilla Marketing series) was on Amazon.com's Environmental category best - seller list at least 32 different months — at least twice as # 1 in category

After finishing Antioch College at age 19, Shel had to come to terms with his own work history: career paths not only in writing and marketing / PR, but also in radio, teaching, arts, food service, office systems, community organizing, and environmental issues.

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

The AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Reports provide an in - depth look at the U.S. wind industry each year, including market rankings of major players, state - by - state details, economic and environmental impact, assessment of power offtake and wind capacity ownership, manufacturing and supply chain, project finance, offshore wind, transmission, andMarket Reports provide an in - depth look at the U.S. wind industry each year, including market rankings of major players, state - by - state details, economic and environmental impact, assessment of power offtake and wind capacity ownership, manufacturing and supply chain, project finance, offshore wind, transmission, andmarket rankings of major players, state - by - state details, economic and environmental impact, assessment of power offtake and wind capacity ownership, manufacturing and supply chain, project finance, offshore wind, transmission, and more.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Considering environmental impact and clean nutrition are two major consumer concerns these days, we think Ripple came onto the market at the perfect time.

«Rainforest Alliance Certified farms implement better farm practices that result in environmental, social and economic benefits, and those methods tend to result in better conditions for growing coffee,» said Sabrina Vigilante, director of markets at the Rainforest Alliance.

At the same time that the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder conducted this trade, more than 320 additional Victorian Goulburn and Murray regulated river allocation trades were recorded, totalling 26 GL at a VWAP of $ 281 per ML, indicating that other sellers in the market were not impacted negatively by the sale of Commonwealth allocationAt the same time that the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder conducted this trade, more than 320 additional Victorian Goulburn and Murray regulated river allocation trades were recorded, totalling 26 GL at a VWAP of $ 281 per ML, indicating that other sellers in the market were not impacted negatively by the sale of Commonwealth allocationat a VWAP of $ 281 per ML, indicating that other sellers in the market were not impacted negatively by the sale of Commonwealth allocations.

Tjard Westbroek, global sector head of supply chains at Rabobank, said: «As market trends, such as environmental footprint, sustainability, access to recycled material and food safety make it more difficult for smaller players to cope with growing investment necessities, it is inevitable that further market consolidation will happen.

It is important to note that at this time no decisions have been taken by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office as to whether they will or will not engage the services of water market exchanges and / or intermediaries.

Emma Johansson, Global Marketing Manager at Bombay Sapphire, says: «This rating, from the world's most highly respected environmental assessment method, is a testament to all the care, skill and imagination that has ensured this distillery is built with sustainability at its very core.

Similarly, Rapeseed imports are forecasted at 4.70 million tonnes next year, in part due to environmental conditions, market trends, and external pressure.

Tesco will be joining The Recycling Panel, led by Prismm Environmental, to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovations facing the packaging market as it moves to become better at recycling.

Cik, an environmental engineer and hazardous material expert, was appalled at what he found on the market — crib mattresses made of petro - chemical foam, chemical fire retardants and more.

EMR is vital to attracting low - carbon technologies, as there's little doubt that if left alone, the market would veer towards a short - term approach — building more gas generation — at the expense of our long - term environmental and energy security responsibilities.

The Open Space Institute is applying for a million dollars in grants from three state sources — Empire State development, Market NY and the Environmental Protection Fund — to build a single - story, 6000 - square - foot, $ 3.642 - million visitor center at the main visitor entrance to the Minnewaska State Park.

Firstly, the financing of large individual projects is difficult in a market economy in which CO2 is still not priced at its true environmental cost.

The findings suggest that as the U.S. energy market continues to shift from coal to natural gas, the overall «toxicity burden» of the electricity sector will decrease, said study corresponding author Shelie Miller, an environmental engineer and an associate professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability's Center for Sustainable Systems.

While environmental advocacy organizations have taken credit for prompting these changes at some of the world's top banks, the shift coincides with crashing commodity prices in oil, coal and natural gas markets worldwide.

«Researchers will be able to make meaningful comparisons between large - scale and small - scale fisheries, nearshore and offshore fisheries, operations in industrialized countries compared to ones in developing countries, seafood aimed at export markets versus seafood primarily consumed locally, and a host of other possibilities,» said co-author Martin Smith, a professor of environmental economics at Duke University.

«Everyone needs to readjust their expectation on China's national carbon market,» said Junjie Zhang, director of the Environmental Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, a joint venture of Duke University and China's Wuhan University.

Christine Real de Azua, assistant director of communications at the Washington, D.C. - based American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), says that more wind - energy investment will mean more jobs in a variety of areas, including manufacturing and engineering, environmental and consulting services, and even marketing.

Dr Duan Biggs from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) said the ivory burns and stockpile destruction had increased by more than 600 per cent since 2011, with Kenya burning a record - breaking 105 tons of ivory on 30 April, valued at up to US$ 220 million on the black market.

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 paper, «Turning Off the Lights: Consumers» Environmental Efforts Depend on Visible Efforts of Firms,» was co-authored by Brent McFerran, associate professor at SFU's Beedie School of Business; University of Michigan marketing professor Aradhna Krishna; and Wenbo Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Yet at this forum, an on - campus debate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over whether the university should divest the fossil fuel holdings within its $ 11 billion endowment, might not have happened if market forces properly priced the economic and environmental costs of climate change, a theme that Anthony Cortese, the event moderator, alluded to at the outset.

Using current conservation program and environmental market value, these beneficial environmental outcomes in the study area are valued at a mere $ 3 million, which is much lower than the $ 30 million opportunity cost to farmers for switching their land to perennial production.

Proof - of - concept studies at NC State University in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demonstrated that EbNPs clearly outperform one of the most widely applied antimicrobial nanoparticles on the market — the silver nanoparticles.

Changing environmental influences is also important, labelling the dietary risks on animal products, policies to enforce marketing and advertisements, not marketing to children, and educational strategies could be highly effective (but difficult at first to change within policy).

While the licensing of suspicious pesticides is reviewed by The Environmental Protection Agency, the process of removing them from the market is slow at best.

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.

«The new marketing campaign for the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell is the next step in our effort to advance fuel cell vehicles to the mainstream market,» said Steve Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «This fully integrated marketing campaign also demonstrates our commitment to growing electrified vehicles into a volume pillar for the Honda brand.»

The later 1.5 liter American - market CRX HF (high fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably achieve very good gas mileage, more than a decade before gas - electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.5 liter is rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(under the new rating system) at 42 miles per U.S. gallon (5.6 l / 100 km; 50 mpg ‑ imp) city and 51 miles per U.S. gallon (4.6 l / 100 km; 61 mpg ‑ imp) highway.

Great time to be an Indie author, especially because they can make, market and sell ebooks at no cost, bypass a publisher, sell an ebook for $ 1.99, have a decent royalty and a very happy consumer in the reader, plus it's environmental.

The Governance, Environment and Markets (GEM) Initiative at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies will be co-hosting the 2016 Nairobi Conference.

Environmental responsibility is now firmly on the agenda at major tourism conferences like World Travel Market.

Wednesday 14 November is the 7th dedicated Environmental Awareness Day at World Travel Market and is set to tackle an issue that is fundamental to the future of worldwide travel and tourism.

London, 02 November 2015 — Four tourism ventures, which support environmental, social and cultural preservation in the Thai tourism sector, were conferred «Thailand Green Excellence Awards» at a ceremony to be presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana at the World Travel Market 2015, London on 2 November, 2015.

This oil they want to drill for represents at most 2 years of America's oil needs, will go on the international oil market when and if it is finally extracted, and so only benefit oil companies, and, as these environmental impact statements clearly state, has a 50 - 50 chance of causing spills harmful to the environment.

Western capitalist free markets are efficient and productive, but poor at fixing environmental problems.

But under the system I'm proposing, it will be as cost effective as it should be, given that the true scarcity of the environmental resources at issue will be reasonably well reflected by the pricing in the market.

At TransCanada's recommendation, the department hired Cardno Entrix, an environmental contractor based in Houston, even though it had previously worked on projects with TransCanada and describes the pipeline company as a «major client» in its marketing materials.

Because environmental goods lack a property right and are therefore unable to hold a price in the marketplace, so far as the market is concerned, their «pricing» is effectively pegged at zero value.

To the extent that there is model validity in saying relative profitability can be expressed as a comparison of profit / cost, then as environmental costs are pegged at or near zero, the relative profitability of environmental goods is perceived in the market as «very high», if not infinite.