Green-belt land is not chosen for its beauty or environmental value.
Sales agent Tim Barter of property surveyors Carter Jonas said it was a "tremendous opportunity to acquire a substantial working hill farm, of tremendous scenic and environmental value".
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He also stressed that the merger will ensure a more effective delivery of environmental aims and greater value for money for Wales.
Perhaps this shock will give rise to a new economic model in the West in which liberty and environmental sustainability have measurable value, to counteract our current infatuation with material wealth.
As long as a proper cap is in place that creates a value for environmental scarcity, carbon trading can be very effective in redirecting investments towards lower-carbon activities and in making human behavior more environmentally sustainable.
He has helped raise awareness among people and Governments of the immense value of our environmental resources.
The environmental result is that the value chain sucks ever more raw materials through as fast as possible, swallowing up huge volumes of timber, steel, plastic and energy in the process.
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Consumers care most about safety, quality, value, performance and environmental kindness, in that order, according to Consumer Reports.
In this context, sustainable investments are expected to deliver risk-adjusted returns in line with the market over a reasonably long investment period, and EFP in the form of environmental, social and other added value.
The most important characteristic of a sustainable investment strategy is that it explicitly aims to create value that is either social or environmental.
Section 206 provides a juicy capital-gains tax exemption for contributions of property for conservation, meaning wealthy environmentalists with extra acreage will be able to take a tax deduction for the appreciated property and have the environmental organization preserve it, adding to the value of the primary property.
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The evaluation was based on a random sampling of American opinion toward car brands in seven areas: quality, safety, value, performance, design, technology and environmental friendliness.
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In the agriculture sector alone, Monsanto and its competitors are spending billions of dollars annually on agricultural biotechnology research, pursuing traits that make crops higher yielding and more resistant to various environmental stresses, and to make grains with increased nutritional value.
Holdren and I have testified before Congress, there is a growing awareness of the value of integrated Earth observations for meeting a variety of environmental and other public policy objectives.
With ever-stricter environmental laws in combination with state-set green energy rules, the value of biomass facilities is expected to rise.
Marginal value, however, is a tricky concept to bring into environmental analysis.
But the oil-service firms will get only the book value of their assets, paid in government bonds and with deductions for any labour or environmental liabilities the government adduces.
When a company innovates in, say, lowering environmental impact, enhancing the health of its customers, or enabling personal financial security, it creates shared value.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a formula to convert PM 2.5 readings into an AQI value that can help guide health-related decisions.
Add to this the realities of changing regulations and potential environmental tracking requirements, and you need information systems that provide the flexibility to evolve, deliver fast time to value, and that can integrate with our suppliers and customers.
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