Whole Foods should
use good environmental practices.
Not exact matches
Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that combines
best environmental practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources, the application of high animal welfare standards and a production method in line with the preference of certain consumers for products produced
using natural substances and processes.
Using the Bloomberg BNA audit tool to measure our performance against federal, state and local regulations, as
well as gap analyses conducted by our EHS team at each of our sites every two years, we've established a consistent approach to how we allocate resources, assign responsibilities and evaluate our
practices, procedures and processes to reduce our
environmental footprint.
However, unlike conventional agricultural
practices which
use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their
use — as
well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and
environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.
It sets the standard for
best practice in sustainable design and has become the measurement
used to describe a building's
environmental performance.
Environmental best practices are taken seriously, including
use of electricity reduction devices, water conservation policies and drought tolerant landscaping.
In
practice, however, the ban — which applies to
wells using more than a certain amount of fluid — will eliminate the most attractive sites because drillers now won't «have enough water» to operate effectively, says Robert Jackson, a professor of
environmental earth system science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
In order to study the different configurations of RWH, the following methodologies were
used: exergy analysis and exergetic efficiency analysis to determine resource consumption and efficiency; life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify
environmental impacts; life cycle costing (LCC) to find economic feasibility, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to identify the frontiers of
best -
practice towards sustainability.
Chinese and IRRI partners are studying changes in rice yield and nitrogen - and water -
use efficiencies, as
well as the
environmental effects of different water -
use practices.
The mission of the foundation is to improve healthcare by integrating advances in nutritional,
environmental, and behavioral science into clinical
practice, professional training, and public education with an aim to empower consumers and healthcare professionals in the
use of integrated medicine for the effective prevention and treatment of illness, and to achieve
well - being and longevity.
They also
use 100 percent recyclable materials for their packaging, and have achieved Gold level status in LEED, or Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Design, which is a green building certification program that recognizes the
best building strategies and
practices.
Street Furniture is dedicated to
best practice in
environmental management and its products are made from premium materials, locally sourced where possible, and it
uses eco-certified timber from sustainably managed forests.
Using a
practice - based focus and a researcher lens, the contributors consider the ways in which environments for children enhance or diminish educational experiences, how social constructs about what is
good for children influence
environmental design, and what practitioners can do in their own work when creating learning environments for young children.
During the tour, federal, state and local visitors will bring attention to how school facilities, health and wellness, and
environmental education affect equity and achievement and highlight
best practices that states, districts and schools are
using to improve the overall wellness, productivity, and achievement of occupants through health, safety, and educational improvements.
Green in Action Michelle Healy Program showcases districts
using environmental best practices.
We commend Batu Karang's
environmental policies
using low impact energy, water and waste systems as
well as training and empowering locals through school programmes — it's great to see fancy resorts participating in such
practices.
Rachel Notley said her party, if elected, would work with industry to re-establish energy and
environmental standards in the province
using «research - driven»
best practices and a «science - based» approach as opposed to «the outcome of a lobbyist meeting on a golf course somewhere.»
Our firm's extensive knowledge of litigation, employment, general business, labor, finance & tax, real estate, utility & regulatory law, natural and cultural resources,
environmental law and land
use complements our
practice team's understanding of federal Indian, treaty rights and tribal law and makes us
well - qualified to meet the sophisticated legal needs of tribes, tribal businesses and Indian people and families, as
well as non-tribal companies transacting in Indian Country.
Holland, Michigan About Blog The purpose of the Holland - Hope College Sustainability Institute is to support growing efforts to encourage, engage, educate and drive sustainable culture in water and air quality, energy efficiency, land
use and
environmental innovation
using a sustainability framework evaluation process and other
best practices.
Strategies: Indigenous Land
Use Agreements (ILUAs) follow
best practice processes and guidelines; sites of
environmental significance protected from inappropriate development; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people managing their natural resources.
The primary constructs within the hypothesized framework are: (1) social position variables — characteristics that are
used within societies to hierarchically stratify groups (race, gender, socioeconomic status); (2) parenting variables — familial mechanisms that may influence African American adolescents
well - being, perceptions of competence, and attitudes towards others in various contexts (e.g., parenting
practices and racial socialization messages); (3) racial discrimination — negative racially driven experiences that may influence feelings of competence, belongingness, and self - worth; (4)
environmental / contextual factors — settings and surroundings that may impede or promote healthy identity development (e.g., academic settings); and (5) learner characteristics — individual characteristics that may promote or hinder positive psychological adjustment outcomes (e.g., racial identity, coping styles).
NAGAB's certification is backed up by thorough research and the
best environmental practices in
use in the real estate business.