Sentences with phrase «establish environmental goals»

DuPont — one of the first companies to publicly establish environmental goals 20 years ago — has broadened its sustainability commitments beyond internal footprint reduction to include market - driven targets for both revenue and research and development investment.

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The Rio Summit sought to build upon the past with the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among states, key sectors of societies and people, working towards international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system, recognizing the integral and interdependent nature of the Earth, our home, some excerpts will help.

To help meet these environmental goals across the company, we invest in our facilities and establish specific metrics to improve the efficiency of our operations.

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

ESA's goal is to provide reliable information that can be used to advocate and establish policies designed to improve the environment, Zehner says, adding, «We are offering the first steps needed for monitoring greenhouse gases and other environmental areas.»

My long - term goal is to be a scientist and decision maker in the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, establishing far - reaching strategies for Chinese water resources planning and management.

Every major goal that international bodies have established for global environmental policy as of 2010 has been postponed, ignored or defeated.

Among Desmond - Hellmann's most distinguishing contributions was establishing precision medicine — which aims to collect and analyze massive amounts of data (genomic, molecular, environmental and clinical) to identify the root causes of diseases and to develop targeted therapies to treat them — as a goal for UCSF and the nation.

The immediate impetus to the current frenzy apparently came from a secret meeting of veteran environmental activists with the goal of falsely «establish [ing] in [the] public's mind that Exxon is a corrupt institution that has pushed humanity (and all creation) toward climate chaos and grave harm.»

By setting modest carbon reduction goals and providing maximum compliance flexibility, including carbon reductions achieved through increased use of natural gas and nuclear, the Clean Power Plan established a balance of environmental and economic development goals.

His goal is not only to help people understand what he's learned, but to harvest that understanding for the creation of a Document of Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria of REDD, which will establish minimum social and environmental standards for REDD projecEnvironmental Principles and Criteria of REDD, which will establish minimum social and environmental standards for REDD projecenvironmental standards for REDD projects in Brazil.

The International Living Future Institute views the Living Building Challenge as an additional outlet to promote the goals set by the USGBC and CaGBC — it establishes a vision for a project's environmental and social responsibilities from a new vantage point.

Many businesses and communities establish clean energy goals to conserve energy and reduce the environmental impact of their power generation.

Jan developed recommendations to the Puget Sound Partnership on the use of innovative financial mechanisms for the recovery of the Puget Sound ecosystem, worked with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to establish a payments for services pilot for nitrogen removal by shellfish in Puget Sound, assisted BC Hydro develop performance measures for their long term environmental goal, and led studies evaluating impacts of flow alteration on aquatic ecosystems for King County.

Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, GM said: «Establishing a 100 percent renewable energy goal helps us better serve society by reducing environmental impact.

New Zealand's Grove Mill winery claims to be the first in the world to do so, from grape to table, after being established in 1988 with the goal to to produce premium quality wines with minimal environmental impact.

176.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing programs and other measures for the use of economic and financial instruments and market - based approaches, including without being limited to emissions trading, for the purposes of maintaining or improving existing environmental standards, protecting the environment and achieving environmental quality goals in a cost effective manner.