Sentences with phrase «poor environmental records»

Of course on the other hand there is quite an argument to be made that large enough «green» funds should actually buy substantial positions in companies with poor environmental records and steer the company towards greener policies but that might be a hard sell to investors.

A year of hellish relations with aboriginal groups; a possibly fatal public - relations cloud over the Keystone project, based precisely on the Harper government's poor environmental record; serious opposition in Europe to any extension in Canada - EU relations at the very same time we're trying to negotiate a trade deal; and a set of controversies that still motivate NDP supporters and the NDP caucus today, another year closer to a federal election.

Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch have a vested interest in delaying climate action: they've made billions from their ownership and control of Koch Industries, an oil corporation that is the second largest privately - held company in America (which also happens to have an especially poor environmental record).

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This is why some of the poorest countries have some of the worst environmental records.

These concerns include the impact on our trade relationship, enhanced rights of investors, environmental impacts and China's poor record on labour and human rights.

Greenpeace accused Mr Gove of having a poor record on environmental issues and Sir Ed Davey, the former Liberal Democrat energy and climate change secretary, said his appointment was «like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse».

These funds may exclude companies with poor records on, say, environmental issues — this exclusion process is called negative screening — and seek out companies with exemplary records in that realm, which is called positive screening.