Sentences with phrase «of impacts to the environment»

If the bill — which will be voted on by midnight tomorrow — passes, areas as large as three times the size of Golden Gate Park could be clear cut without proper analysis of impacts to the environment or public scrutiny!

Ecotravelling.co.uk So you want to travel the world but you want to do it with the minimum of impact to the environment?

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The mission, says Reichert, is «to understand the impact of the microgravity environment on the structure, delivery method, and purification» of these types of compounds.

She was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the California Clean Energy Fund, where she explored investment opportunities to accelerate the shift to 100 % clean energy and is co-chair of the Nexus Global Energy Innovation and Environment Group and a trustee of the American Renewable Energy Institute, mobilizing the next generation of impact investors and philanthropists.

In his first earnings call as CEO, Thompson had the awkward responsibility to report a slowdown in sales growth in most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environment.

They prefer to work in an environment that is free of distractions - even background music can have a negative impact on introverts and their cognitive performance.

«It was awesome, a high - impact, high - energy, hackathon kind of environment,» says working group participant Mike Green, director of the ScaleUp Campaign, a nonprofit partnership to encourage local innovation based in Portland, Ore. «Since you were pitching multiple times, you had to have your game on.»

«1) create a material positive impact on society and the environment, 2) expand fiduciary duty to require consideration of non-financial interests when making decisions, and 3) report on its overall social and environmental performance using recognized third party standards.»

You're not supporting the manufacturing (and subsequent carbon footprint) of a brand new product or the location and transportation costs (both financial and environment - impacting) to get it to your front door.

Apple and Google are trendsetters in a lot of ways, so it's possible other tech companies will follow their lead in trying to limit the negative impact they have on the environment.

«The mine would have had a big impact on the valley, there would have been a huge cost to the environment,» says Nicole Venzin, a teenager who works in a clothes shop in the town of Chur because of a lack of jobs in the valley.

Readers are cautioned that these forward - looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due a variety of factors, including, among other things, that conditions to the closing of the transaction may not be satisfied, the potential impact on the business of Accompany due to the uncertainty about the acquisition, the retention of employees of Accompany and the ability of Cisco to successfully integrate Accompany and to achieve expected benefits, business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry, customer markets and various geographic regions, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10 - K and Form 10 - Q.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

But using the dirt - covered plants would be a food safety disaster — and turning the soil to harvest them would release carbon into the atmosphere, creating the kind of negative impact on the environment Brown is trying to offset.

Indeed, the State Department concluded that there are «no significant impacts» to the environment along the route of the pipeline.

Shel Horowitz's ebook, Painless Green: 111 Tips to Help the Environment, Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Cut Your Budget, and Improve Your Quality of Life — With No Negative Impact on Your Lifestyle, offers 111 tips to save energy, water, and other resources.

Shel is also the author of the e-book, Painless Green: 111 Tips to Help the Environment, Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Cut Your Budget, and Improve Your Quality of Life - With No Negative Impact on Your Lifestyle.

The provincial government filed a reference case Thursday in the B.C. Court of Appeal asking whether amendments it is proposing to the Environmental Management Act are valid and if they give the province the authority to control the shipment of heavy oils based on the impact spills could have on the environment, human health or communities.

He has written that while it is true that this technology «could impact farmers» ability to save seed for cultivation the next year» he argues that on the positive side «the same technologies could prevent the unwanted spread of seeds and pollen in the environment.»

It is my view that crowdfunding will be introduced in most provincial jurisdictions in Canada later this year or early next year as both regulators and government would like to ensure the environment for capital formation for seed and early stage innovation is robust and the introduction of crowdfunding will have low budgetary impact for provincial governments.

Depending on the results of these assessments, Suncor may work to incorporate the latest information and technology developments into the Meadow Creek East and West projects to minimize our impact on the environment.

Green guerrilla marketing sharpens the focus to look at the impact of a business on our environment, to shape that impact so its positive, and to tell your Green story so effectively that the world begins to seek you out.

That would only be true if investment in these economies had previously been constrained by scarce savings, but because this is clearly not the case in today's environment, the impact of higher capital inflows into developed economies could only be to reduce domestic savings.

Depending on the specific market environment, the Funds may employ hedging techniques to minimize the impact of fluctuations in the overall stock or bond markets, and may also take positions in individual securities that differ substantially from their weights in the major stock or bond market indices.

We also recognize that it is our 100 % personal commitment to safety that will have the most impact on our own safety and that of our employees, our customers, our families, the community and the environment.

«Modern waste to energy recovery facilities that are designed and operated in accordance with current stringent regulations do not adversely impact human health or the environment,» asserted Sarah Foster a founding member of Maryland based scientific research and consulting firm, CPF Associates.

The board and the talent and compensation committee, based on recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee, have determined that the deficient control environment, among other things, would impact executive compensation decisions with respect to 2015 compensation for certain members of senior management.

Further modification to the plans, involving a daylighted creek channel and wildlife access along with the creek flow under 98th ave as part of the project would allow the project to have a positive impact on the natural environment, enhance regional biodiversity, and allow for the re-establishment of an important historical attribute of the City of Edmonton.

In rising rate environments, credit spreads tend to move in the opposite direction to interest rates and can potentially generate income to help offset some of the impact of rising U.S. Treasury yields.

Our events use compelling case studies and engaging speakers to examine the impact of women as family members and managers within their business environments, their relationships with wealth, and the wider implications for the success and sustainability of family firms.

In light of the current relatively borrower - friendly environment, this paper addresses using financial leverage to increase the reach, impact, and financial feasibility of 501 (c)(6) organizations» efforts.

«Barring any big changes in the environment, we expect Chinese investment in Canadian real estate to increase in 2016, and the impacts of that investment to be spread more widely as these buyers move into new markets,» Charles Pittar, CEO of Juwai.com.

The first step in becoming a certified B Corp is to complete the B Impact Assessment which evaluates the overall impact of a company on its stakeholders in the areas of governance, environment, community and woImpact Assessment which evaluates the overall impact of a company on its stakeholders in the areas of governance, environment, community and woimpact of a company on its stakeholders in the areas of governance, environment, community and workers.

We can expect NDP cabinet ministers to boast about achieving the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain Pipeline expansion and Environment & Parks Minister Shannon Phillips to release further details of the plan to address Climate Change, including government support for communities impacted by the phase out of dirty coal - fired power plants.

According to the Federal Court's recent decision in Taseko Mines Ltd v Canada (Environment), «a project of such magnitude as the one considered in the present case [an open - pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia] will likely have impacts in areas of both provincial and federal responsibility.»

It would require restraint measures to offset the impact of automatic fiscal stabilizers, thereby further worsening the economic environment.

In this Raddon Report, we look at what has changed, who will be affected, the impact of the change on homeowners, and what institutions can do to market their mortgage and equity products in this new environment.

And with the inevitable population growth ahead of us, I want us to always be mindful and forward - thinking in terms of impact on the natural environment.

According to the Wall Street Journal, State Street Corp. is encouraging investors to «go active,» expecting it to perform better in an environment that is likely to be volatile, and where the impact of the recently passed tax law remains to be fully seen.

My own journey to political theology has been through the impact of concern for the global environment.

Shoppers at the 125 stores in East Anglia will be able to pick up the «perfectly edible» items from Monday as part of a campaign by the chain to reduce its impact on the environment.

In these cases, the ethics of justice make two demands: that the negative impact on the environment and on certain people will be offset by a clear benefit to the larger society, and that individuals and communities suffering adverse effects are offered a means of redress and are duly compensated.

Crucially, it was the Holy Spirit's impact on the leadership of HTB, including on Nicky Gumbel who was by now heading up Alpha, mediated by the prayers of John Wimber, John and Ele Mumford and others, that led to an environment in which an evangelistic course with a «Holy Spirit weekend» was invested in.

Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

As a result of this all too typical pattern of unjust land distribution, for example, 77 percent of the land in El Salvador, where fourteen families control the wealth, is suffering from erosion, according to a recent study.25 A more just distribution of land would greatly reduce the negative impact on the environment.

And, just as we have accepted the importance of monitoring and reporting on the impact of certain policies and activities on the balance of nature, we should try to do the same for endangered or fragile social environments.

Do you have ANY IDEA how many people that came out of those exact environments went on to have huge impacts on this world?

You are likely more environmentally aware than your theist friends and colleagues and unlikely to fall for claims of industry and wind - bag politicians concerning the impact of man's activities on the environment.

Still others have noted the impact of globalization on the environment and have raised in more pointed ways issues related to sustainability and ecological health.

Most Provocative: Andrew Jones with «9 Reasons NOT to Plant a Church in 2012» «The measurement criteria of the church planting project, focusing on numbers of attenders and momentum of new church launch, is too narrow, too shallow, un-holistic and ignores more vital measurable signs of a transformed society in its various spheres (economic, environmental, social, impact outside the church environment, etc).»