While he concedes nothing can stop Gorgon from being built, he insists environmental practices can improve.
It encourages dialogue between individuals and companies that may change poor environmental practices.
Steve Pinetti, senior vice president of the hotel group, explained how sound environmental practices are now much more commonplace than when Kimpton began its sustainability program.
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The fishing industry has family based traditions in most cultures and a business must respect, support, and sustain such traditions as long as they are ethical environmental practices.
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The LKCM Aquinas Funds do not restrict companies that offer domestic partner benefits, and instead focus on issues such as race and gender equality, environmental practices, and human rights.
It rates U.S. hotels from bronze to platinum based on their environmental practices: linen and towel reuse, recycling, composting, energy efficient appliances, solar panels, electric car charging stations, green roofing and more.
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Instead of boycotting businesses because of their poor social or environmental practices, Carrotmobbers reward them with mass purchases if they promise to use the money to improve their track record (i.e. invest in energy efficient retrofits or in better benefits for employees).
Local and indigenous knowledge systems and environmental management practices provide valuable insight and tools for tackling ecological challenges.
"The myth of environmental best practices has been shattered, " says Chapple.
That helped coal thrive even as environmental concerns over mining practices and air quality grew.
While we should all applaud big companies that are reducing the social and environmental damage of their practices and products, the article glosses over the two biggest questions and it simultaneously maligns one of the most innovative companies in the sustainable business space, Method home products.
Through its partnership with the DESC, Facebook will share best practices, the Environmental Leader reported.
The work you've done here is quite impressive, and the evolution of your work to include green building, something that we're talking more and more about as a nation, energy-saving practices, and environmental awareness, it demonstrates how YouthBuild has endured as a leading non-profit organization, keeping up with the times, making sure that the training and education that you get is current.
Irresponsible industrial practices have wrought terrible environmental abuses in forms of air, land and water pollution.
Most have no fixed nationality and find it difficult to access education and healthcare, while their fishing practices can conflict with environmental conservation laws.
Best practices, including conducting permitting and other environmental review processes concurrently instead of sequentially, are expected to shave several months off project schedules.
Meanwhile, the report by Punjab's government encourages farmers to alleviate the twin crises of environmental degradation and falling productivity by returning to traditional practices.
It said these local difficulties ranged from substandard infrastructure and weak environmental regulatory regimes, to acute talent shortages and underdeveloped governance practices.
Among the recommendations formulated at the conference, the participants stressed the practical application of environmental ethics and urged UNESCO to develop an inventory of best practices and ethical tools.
"As moderates in the gas industry and in the environmental community work together more in coming years to improve drilling practices, I think you will see the extremes in both camps become increasingly marginal and isolated, and I think that's a good thing, " environmentalist Michael Shellenberger wrote in an email.
She has led negotiating teams of investors, NGOs and Fortune 500 company CEOs who have taken far-reaching positions on corporate practices to minimize carbon emissions, water use and other environmental impacts.
While a number of responsible companies are pursuing best practices, it would have been relatively easy to put environmental concerns to rest if the industry had acted in concert and taken a more proactive stance sooner.
Many films and TV shows have gone green, adopting eco-friendly practices on set that get them recognized at star-studded events like the Environmental Media Awards.
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Enron became a by-word for corporate irresponsibility, all of its community and environmental work undermined by the fact that it was carried out by a company with dishonest business practices.
Practices, we confirmed that coffee farms enrolled in the program are making valuable contributions to environmental stewardship in globally important areas for conservation.
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The Department of Transportation has recently issued an Emerging Trends and Best Practices Guidebook to promote a deeper understanding of the responsibilities, opportunities and benefits of addressing environmental justice in transportation planning.
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The United Nations Decade for Sustainable Development (2004-2014), for which UNESCO is the lead coordinator, seeks to integrate the values, principles, and practices of ESD into all aspects of education and learning in order to address the social, cultural and environmental challenges we face today.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Education for Sustainable Development
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