Job opportunities are often advertised on the websites
of environmental companies.
Additionally, the day will feature the presentation
of the Environmental Company Awards sponsored by World Travel Market's Global Media Network, and two educational seminars run by Green Globe 21.
Not exact matches
«Our
environmental and social stewardship increases my pride
of working for such a successful
company.
The state government has given New Energy Corporation
environmental approval for a $ 184 million waste - to - energy plant proposed for Port Hedland, but the
company, and other proponents
of similar plants
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.
One small business that's benefited is RCS Nuclear
of Charlotte, N.C. Back in 1997, RCS was an
environmental and engineering services
company with revenue
of $ 5 million a year.
The Boring
Company's website claims that creating bricks would reduce both the tunneling costs and the
environmental impact
of its projects (since cement production accounts for over 4 %
of global CO2 emissions).
For large
companies a large scale
environmental plan is needed, the scale and costs
of these plans almost unimaginable.
the
Company's business could be harmed because
of its potential exposure to asbestos and
environmental claims and related litigation;
Shareholders are starting to see the benefits
of employee and customer satisfaction, and with the growing concern
of environmental issues and social responsibilities, younger generations are backing
companies who align with their interests.
As chairman
of Puma, Jochen is pioneering an
environmental profit - and - loss reporting tool that helps
companies assess the impact their products are having on our planet and our communities, and lets customers know which products are sustainable.
Monsanto (mon) put on hold the launch
of a chemical designed to be applied to crop seeds on Wednesday following reports it causes rashes on people, in the latest instance
of complaints about a
company product that was approved by U.S.
environmental regulators.
Recent research published in the Journal
of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine found the performance
of workers with insomnia or sleep problems lags their well - rested colleagues, and that costs
companies between $ 2,500 and $ 3,156 annually per sleepy employee.
«Larger
companies are starting to see the benefit
of thinking about not just profit, but about societal and
environmental value as well,» says Chou.
The former general manager
of the
company's engineering and
environmental office in Auburn Hills, Michigan was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to charges
of conspiracy and violating the Clean Air Act.
No matter the size
of your
company, its industry or your budget, certain
environmental and behavioral changes are almost guaranteed to improve your team's creative output, attract the right talent and ultimately move your
company beyond what you can even imagine today.
The
company is also at the forefront
of efforts to change the oilsands» poor
environmental image, investing in the $ 1.35 - billion Quest project, which captures carbon emissions from oilsands operations and buries them beneath the surface.
An ESG investment is an investment in a portfolio
of companies that have been screened for certain criteria, such as a fossil free portfolio, or an index
of companies that seek to improve their
environmental and social performance year after year by embracing ESG as a business strategy.
Unlike «ESG investing,» which adds
environmental, social and governance aspects to the financial analysis
of a
company, impact investing must bring actual social or
environmental returns along with the financial.
And there are still others that a much smaller but growing group
of companies heeds — LEED green - building standards and B Corporation guidelines
of social and
environmental responsibility.
Of course, strong leadership also often goes hand in hand with bold ambition: Polman took a big risk by declaring his — to double the
company's size even while reducing its
environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact.
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.
Its goal is highly ambitious: to create an economic sector composed
of triple - bottom - line businesses — that is,
companies explicitly committed not just to earning financial returns but to creating social and
environmental value.
Investments should be made in «net positive»
companies or projects, where the pluses
of social or
environmental impact outweigh the minuses.
With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no
environmental responsibility, taking advantage
of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some
companies are taking the exact opposite approach.
What else gets coal
companies, some
environmental groups, and labor unions in support
of it?
The
environmental secretary
of Rio threatened to revoke Chevron's operating license over the spill, sending shivers all the way up to Houston, home to the dozens
of foreign oil
companies that feed Brazil's oil engine.
Earlier this year, researchers published an academic study examining the long - term stock performance
of companies that had won the Corporate Health Achievement Award, an annual prize that the American College
of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine has bestowed since 1996.
Bain &
Company partner Norbert Hueltenschmidt told the BBC last year that China faces major health care issues with its aging population,
environmental problems, levels
of access to health care, and sedentary living — physical activity has dropped 45 % since 1990.
But joining her Sunday were leaders
of major energy
companies,
environmental groups and First Nations.
A decision that rewards a group
of companies that manufacture roughly 5 %
of the trucks on the road today is astounding — even given president Trump's and administrator Pruitt's antipathy toward
environmental regulations.
For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to
environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the
company understands the importance
of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.
Last year, the
company agreed to pay $ 5.15 billion to the
Environmental Protection Agency as part
of a settlement in a suit against an Anadarko subsidiary called Tronox, Inc..
Conducting a carbon footprint analysis reveals the full spectrum
of your
company's
environmental impact and helps you address it.
«The best way to do this is through partnering with those
companies and, from our experience, it delivers the best results in a relatively short period
of time,» he said, adding this could also boost a
company's
environmental and social ratings.
PSC will acquire all
of Aquilex's ownership stakes, combining both PSC and HydroChem to form an industrial cleaning and
environmental services
company.
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.
It is also likely to shift over time, as affluence grows and technology evolves, and as
companies like Coke and Starbucks and a thousand anonymous start - ups find new ways to make
environmental protection efficient, in the broadest, most ethically - significant sense
of the word.
To that end, every Earth Day the
company gives its users the chance to donate a portion
of its profits to an
environmental charity
of their choice.
BP PLC, the world's third - biggest publicly traded energy
company — and fourth - biggest public
company of any kind — flirted with annihilation this year after a deadly explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20 and the
environmental disaster that spread across the Gulf
of Mexico in the four months that followed.
The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the carmaker
of illegally using hidden software to allow excess diesel emissions on Thursday but CEO Sergio Marchionne said the news would not affect the
company's financial targets, according to reports in Italy.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the
company's finances and operations posed by the
environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report
of «known and potential
environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts
of the
company's «fracturing operations»; a report
of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy
company»; and adoption
of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»
The practice
of «greenwashing,» whereby consumers are misled about the
environmental benefits
of a product or
company, proves the maxim that image is everything.
Shares in engineering and
environmental consulting group Coffey plunged today after the
company revised down its full year earnings in response to delays and cancellations
of mining and infrastructure
And if the corporation failed to measure up — because
of problems like unfair labor practices,
environmental damage, unsavory tax practices — and rehabilitation failed, the government would place the
company in «moral bankruptcy.»
Rafal, president
of OLI Systems Inc., a New Jersey software and technology business, helps industrial
companies forecast the
environmental consequences
of the way they do business.
In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion
of Vanguard's efforts to talk with
companies about social and
environmental issues, but stopped short
of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.
«With more than half
of the world's population now living in cities,
environmental health is becoming increasingly important to quality
of life,» CEO
of Aclima Davida Herzl wrote on the San Francisco - based
company's blog.
Responsible investors have for years talked about the risks
of regulatory intervention where
companies fail to address serious social or
environmental problems that arise in their operations.
It's easy for a
company to donate money to a good cause or to sponsor a charitable event, but to have true impact,
companies serious about social or
environmental change need the buy - in
of staff.