He is proud that they are doing heavy lifting on the environment, that they design products with the environment in mind.
First of all, it ignores the fact that the value chain is connected to the environment, that resources are being extracted at the upstream end and that consumers are dumping their used products back into the environment at the downstream end.
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From this foundation, we are developing a broader non-engagement jewelry mix of compelling products in an inspirational environment.
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How can companies that produce products that are polluting the environment have a strong reputation for social responsibility?
This can give a clear market advantage as supermarkets and producers of processed fish are keen to offer their customers the assurance that their products are not damaging the environment.
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And it's very difficult for, I think, scientists and engineers who are trying to develop new products to work in this environment where the patents and their innovation may not be so respected.
Never mind that numerous professional medical and scientific societies around the world had concluded as early as the 1980s that the new molecular techniques of genetic engineering posed no greater risks to health or environment than other products.
Palm blames reduced demand for its maturing legacy smart phone products, the challenging economic environment and later than expected shipments of the Treo Pro smart phone in the U.S. The company expects the trend to continue through the fourth quarter.
It is a paradox that, in spite of dramatic increases in life expectancy and improvements in health in the developed world over recent decades, as a society we are obsessively preoccupied with the specter of hazards lurking in our environment and consumer products.
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What that means is not only is the regulatory environment more favorable and more likely to approve these products even if they have some side-effects, but also the payer environment is more willing to pay for these drugs.
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According to a recent report from the McKinsey Quarterly, Method, a maker of household cleaning products that is widely praised for its environmentally-friendly practices, refuses to compromise for the environment when it comes to the aesthetics of its products.
Economics studies how man interacts with the environment transforming scarce resources into products that enrich life.
But should products which are inherently bad for the environment be allowed to promote their improving green status?
Corporate contract gains and revenues from new products and services combined with solid demand environment have driven revenue momentum in Q3 2011 for Delta.
The majority of the decline was from weaker results in Credit Products and Securitized Products, which reflected a difficult market environment and limited client activity.
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Firms must make sure that the goods they produce are safe for consumers, that their workers are healthy and that their factories and products do not cause damage to the environment.
Unfortunately, in our present low interest rate environment the demand for income producing products is high.
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Many developers originally resisted building products for the demanding 64-bit computing environment.
Providing an environment that allowed people to see products, get help and even take computer courses has been a big driver in growing sales of its brand in recent years, Dunn said.
We believe that with an improving macro environment, a gamut of new products and platforms, participation across a range compute devices and its manufacturing leadership can help Intel achieve financial growth in 2013.
Tricky financial products with confusing pricing options lead to short-term gains for companies, but such gains are not sustainable in a competitive environment where everyone is offering similar products and customer loyalty makes the difference.
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The guide, released Monday, analyzes technology companies on operational efficiency and commitment to the environment based on factors including green products and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said Casey Harrell, IT analyst at Greenpeace.
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Over time a favourable global environment encourages more firms to launch new products or enter new markets abroad.
An adverse macroeconomic environment could lower the demand for industrial products, which will lower the demand for raw steel plates and bars.
The Starbucks experience underscores the fact that America can successfully compete even in utterly un-high-tech products and services as long as we have an environment that encourages Starbucks-like innovation.
The most inconvenient truth of all is that these activists' obstructionist lawsuits prevent the marketing of products that offer palpable, demonstrated benefits to the environment and to the welfare of farmers.
Throughout the next decade major trends through an intermix of the life sciences and information technology will involve increasing use of biotechnological processes in understanding life, eradicating hereditary diseases, developing novel bio-industries, and furthering the uses of biomedical products in conserving the quality of life and the environment through the promotion of clean technologies.
His push comes as investors of all stripes have hungered for higher-yielding investments in a low-interest-rate environment and have pursued creative variations of financial products that can generate yield.
The larger Walgreen could also eventually take advantage of the lower-cost environment to make and develop private-label products in emerging markets for both its pharmacy and its health and beauty businesses .
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