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We continue to reduce our footprint and drive savings via factory energy reduction initiatives, including our EOHS energy management standard, 5% for the Planet investment, global energy reduction team, energy treasure hunt program and top 10 energy actions.

Citizenship As an organization that operates in every corner of the world, it is a business imperative to respect, support and invest in the people and communities that we serve.

In addition to activated carbon production and reactivation, the Company also provides activated carbon solutions through on-site equipment and services, including delivery systems for activated carbon injection in coal-fired utilities, mobile water filter units and carbon reactivation services.

Environment | Our Commitments Supporting Renewable Energy Renewable energy is a critical tool in the fight against climate change.

Water Use Water scarcity is an important global issue, and we recognize that water management must be shaped by factors including local water demand, impact on local watersheds and infrastructure in a given region.

In January 2010, a 0.1 percent sulfur limit on all marine fuels used by ships at berth in EU ports, with limited exceptions, entered into force, requiring the use of distillate fuels.

Each business unit and major project is responsible for understanding and managing local biodiversity risks and potential cumulative effects through the life cycle of our assets.

ABOUT THIS REPORTSTRONGER COMMUNITIES As a food company, hunger is an issue we’re especially passionate about.

The GFTN brings together companies, their suppliers, NGOs, forestproduct producers, managers of certifications, and others from around the world with a shared goal of eliminating illegal logging, improving forest management, and making the global marketplace for forest products a force for economic and environmental responsibility.

Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms meet comprehensive standards for sustainable agriculture that protect wildlands, waterways, wildlife habitat, and the rights and well-being of workers, their families, and communities.

As at December 31, 2006, we managed approximately $71 billion of assets consisting of: Physical assets, primarily property, power generation, timber and transmission assets that are owned and managed within our core operating platforms together with associated working capital for the benefit of us and our co-investors; and Securities, which frequently represent investments in physical assets such as those described in the foregoing paragraph.

In particular, the Group has significant exposure to certain individual counterparties in weakened business sectors and geographic markets and also has concentrated country exposure in the UK, the US and across the rest of Europe (principally Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland and France) (at 31 December 2013 credit risk assets in the UK were £320.0 billion, in North America £96.1 billion and in Western Europe (excluding the UK) £104.3 billion); and within certain business sectors, namely personal finance, financial institutions, shipping and commercial real estate (at 31 December 2013 personal finance lending amounted to £177.1 billion, lending to financial institutions was £91.0 billion, lending against ocean going vessels was £8.6 billion and commercial real estate lending was £52.6 billion).

It was drought and then wildfi res that ravaged Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

At a few Dow sites, wastewater goes to a third party for treatment before discharge (typically to surface water).

– Reduce the use of wood fiber sourced from natural forests* by 50% and increase use of environmentally-preferred fiber (EPF)* to 90% in our global tissue products by 2025.

What we will expect to see in coming years is that the Central Valley of California will become a location where only the highest value crops are grown because the water will become more scarce and more expensive.

In the future, our generation assets may require significant capital expenditures and operations could be exposed to unexpected increases in costs such as labour, water rents and taxes.

During the 2000 period, Core Communities received a cash payment of $8.5 million relating to a receivable from a public municipality providing water and wastewater services to St. Lucie West, resulting in a $4.3 million gain.

28 POWER FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2011 ANNuAL REPORT The Pargesa group holds significant positions in six large companies based in Europe: Imerys (industrial minerals), Lafarge (cement, aggregates and concrete), Total (oil and gas), GDF Suez (electricity and gas), Suez Environnement (water and waste management) and Pernod Ricard (wines and spirits).

The IUCN updates the Red List species classifications regularly based on new information and improved data from ongoing third-party studies, and we update our species list accordingly.

At 3M, we are focused on seeking solutions that promote energy conservation, clean energy infrastructure, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

• Periodic employee health assessments screen for a variety of diseases (including heart, lung, liver, kidney, blood, etc.).

Fitchburg’s Manufactured Gas Plant Site—Fitchburg has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to address environmental concerns with the former MGP site at Sawyer Passway, and has substantially completed remediation activities, though on site monitoring will continue and it is possible that future activities may be required.

Our Akyem operation in Ghana invited community members to observe our concurrent reclamation efforts taking place on site, which is located on 101 hectares of the Ajenua Forest Reserve.

We have a zero-tolerance policy for illegal transshipments at sea and strictly ban the practice throughout our supply chain.

In 2007, Halliburton spent approximately $350 million on technology R&D. “Green” Chemicals Halliburton’s Environmental Technical Excellence team, established in 1997, continues to develop new chemicals, chemical blends and other products that meet specifi c government regulations, and to acquire the capabilities necessary to perform all required testing and evaluation procedures in countries where we do business.

Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous peoples and actions taken a.

California is prone to earthquakes, brush and forest fires, flooding, drought and other natural disasters.

In 2012, 76 percent of the wood fi ber Kimberly-Clark used was sourced from plantation forests.

These certifications ensure that the wood pulp used to make these rolled tissue products is sourced from wellmanaged forests that adhere to responsible forestry practices.

In most of our offices worldwide, we cut paper waste and look for opportunities to utilize digital communications as an alternative to paper.

50% COGENERATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY During 2016, six of our facilities utilized cogeneration units, which are power-generating units that capture unused heat for other practical uses.

Finally, as noted above, our businesses perform an Aspects and Impacts Assessment to confirm that new construction or changes to existing operations will not adversely impact the local biodiversity.

OUR PERFORMANCE Over the years our water consumption rate has improved as we become more efficient in our water use.

MESOGEOS Group is among the leaders in environmental protection in Greece, operating in sectors such as solid and liquid waste management, water resource management, contaminated soil restoration, energy saving and RES-based power generation.

These recordings provided the first modern evidence of this endangered species off Angola since the 1970s.

Typically, the raw materials and most of the components used in our business are readily available in the United States.

All but four of our existing stations are hydroelectric facilities located on river systems in seven geographic regions, specifically Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, New York, New England, Louisiana and southern Brazil.

When it was built, the office incorporated green building design and is completely air conditioned and heated by renewable geothermal energy.

Hazardous Solid Waste Disposed Hazardous wastes are defined by regional policies and local rules, so they vary from region to region.

In ComEd’s territory, most of the 30,000 acres of transmission ROW are natural green space, including almost 300 acres of native prairie grass.

As part of that service, we enhanced, protected, promoted, and restored wildlife habitats on our plant properties and in our communities.

At our Huntley Generating Station in New York, about 2,000 milkweed seeds were planted around the north and south ponds to create a place for monarch butterflies to lay their eggs The NRG EcoCenter partners with the Galveston Bay Foundation’s Get Hip to Habitat program to provide students hands-on wetland education.

Fresh Del Monte and its fruit growing crops are valued at the lower of cost or subsidiaries source their products, bananas, pineapples, market and are deferred and charged to cost of products melons, grapes, non-tropical fruit (including citrus, sold when the related crop is harvested and sold.

Through new partnerships and a growing number of energy-efficient products and services, we’re building on our commitment to bring more innovative technology to the marketplace to help advance a new generation of renewable energy solutions.

Sherwin-Williams was the primary supplier for all paint and paint-related products used in the track’s 2013 renovation, which added luxury suites, meeting areas and premium outdoor seating. S-W Protective & Marine glass flake epoxy coating system is bringing new life to Scotland’s iconic Forth Railway Bridge.

While conflict minerals are rarely used in large volumes in any one product or by one company, 3TG metals are found in relatively small amounts in virtually all HP electronic products.

New sources of natural gas continue to be identified and developed in the U.S., including the Marcellus and the Utica shale plays, which are closer to the traditional high value markets that Boardwalk Pipeline serves than the supply basins connected to Boardwalk Pipeline’s facilities.

Elements of cost in inventories generally include raw materials, direct labor, and overhead.

In 2020, total water consumption was 54,691 m3, decreased by 28% compared to 2019 (75,973 m3).

Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization’s discharges of water and runoff.

We have assisted an international group of Arctic marine biologists and oceanographers — led by Dr. Arne Bjørge at the Norwegian Marine Research Institute in Bergen — to improve understanding of habitats and foraging traits for five seal species across Northeast Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya.

Each beekeeper keeps between 50 and 150 boxes per site and harvests an average of 60 pounds per box per year.

We focus on cultivating and sustaining a diverse work environment and workforce, which is critical to meeting the unique needs of our diverse client base and the communities in which we operate.

Although this amount of water is significant, shale gas is one of the more water-efficient sources of energy.

As we improve efficiency, decrease emissions and make better use of natural resources, we reduce the effect of our operations on the environment we all share.

This is a cradle-to-gate method of analysis, which means it examines the environmental effect of raw material extraction through production to the point of shipment from the manufacturing facility.

Long was ahead of his time in promoting the idea of sustainable forestry.

We are actively working to reduce emissions to meet those goals.

Net income for 2012 also included a $32 million gain (after tax and noncontrolling interests) on the sale of six jack-up rigs and an impairment loss of $19 million (after tax and noncontrolling interests) recognized on three mid-water floaters.

Diamond Offshore’s semisubmersible fleet also includes the Ocean Apex, a moored semisubmersible rig which is under construction and expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2014, a mid-water floater which is being modified to work in the North Sea, to be completed in the second quarter of 2014 and a dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater harsh environment semisubmersible 9 Item 1.

It encom- passes genes, species and ecosys- tems, and the processes that support them.

10.19 Agreement for Sale and Purchase of Property – Hermantown Senior Housing Assets Portfolio, dated August 26, 2016, by IRET Properties as seller and Edgewood Properties, LLLP, Edgewood Properties Managements, LLC and Edgewoodvista Senior Living, Inc. as buyers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on December 12, 2016).

In addition to the communities listed above, in states where we manage forestlands (marked with an asterisk), we selectively support social and business initiatives of interest to Weyerhaeuser that have a regional or statewide impact beyond a specific operating community.

Growing region (dairy/nuts/ fruits/vegetables), facility RISK LEVEL: EXTREMELY HIGH PHASE 3 General Mills is supporting TNC to develop risk-mapping frameworks, leading management practices and tools to help ensure that groundwater dependent ecosystems and streams in California are included in sustainable groundwater management.

This $850 million grant aligns with our commitment to improving lives through science and protecting the environment.

We continue working with communities, landowners, government agencies, conservation groups and research institutions to enhance habitats and protect species.

In addition, the company engages best-management practices to prevent unwanted pollutants from entering waterways via surface contamination and run-off.

Diamond Off shore Drilling, Inc. provides contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe and is a leader in ultra-deepwater and deepwater drilling.

Through the CTY teaching methods, children have the chance to cultivate their natural talents and aptitudes, and discover skills they never knew they had.

WHC devotes its resources to building partnerships with corporations and conservation groups to create solutions that balance the demands of economic growth with the requirements of a healthy, biodiverse, and sustainable environment.

Energy conservation is a major component of our comprehensive, multifaceted climate protection program because the release of CO2 by utility companies powering our facilities, or from the use of fuel for heating or cooling, represents the greatest potential climate impact associated with our operations.

On Sept. 10, 2004, Goldman Sachs announced that the property, along with significant financial resources, was being transferred to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the respected international conservation organization based at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.

Wastewater is run through these systems and treated prior to discharge, resulting in effluent that meets or exceeds international sewage regulations and many municipal wastewater facility standards.

Prior to discharge, wastewater is pretreated, if necessary, and monitored as required to meet municipal requirements.

This species was delisted in the spring of 2018 thanks to conservation efforts that enhanced its habitat and supported population recovery.

ensure that sustainability information is more transparent and more readily available to market participants in order to promote holistic, responsible investment strategies.

Working with and through these partners, we aim to support thriving communities and vibrant ecosystems in the regions from which we source.

The board believes that having one person serve in this dual capacity provides the company with unifi ed leadership and direction.

The insurer is required to bear all risks of an ocean transportation of corn.

Our most recent Sustainability Report illustrated the significant progress Farmer Bros. is making in sustainable practices at origin to conserve resources and encourage biodiversity; promote social, environmental and product compliance standards in our supply chain; reduce waste-to-landfill and improve energy efficiency within our roasting plants.

Fully 50 EN9 Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.

Excluding the impact of the freezing rainstorms in 1998, the claims ratio for all accident years deteriorated by 440 basis points.

If a spill or other unplanned event occurs, we have plans and processes in place to ensure we can respond e�ectively.

If the financing is granted, we then check for new deforestation-related embargoes daily.

It is unfortunate that since our first non-Native American ancestors we have been a nation clearing trees for farmland to feed ourselves and to create living space to house ourselves.

This facility joins manufacturing facility in Rye, Chase’s North American based Tapecoat� and Royston� East Sussex, England through brands to broaden the protective coatings product line and our wholly owned subsidiary, better address increasing global demand.

And we continue our work on new formulations to satisfy society’s evolving needs while delivering higher levels of safety for farmers, consumers and the environment.

Apache’s North Sea operations successfully passed the U.K.’s Secretary of State’s Representative (SOSREP) for Maritime Salvage and Intervention emergency response test, something all North Sea operators must do every three years.

It demonstrated the power and potential of its new, integrated client-centric operating model in the U.S., grew loans and deposits globally, introduced an array of industry-first digital capabilities and expanded its ecosystem of partners, one of the most powerful in the industry.

In North America, we promote responsible forestry by requiring forest landowners from whom we buy wood fiber to use best management practices and qualified loggers during harvest.

WCS has deployed park rangers trained in firefighting, the control of illegal hunting, and basic biological research and monitoring.

We manage absolute return emerging market debt, commodities and agriculture funds.

This document is printed on Splendorgel Extra White, a paper containing virgin fibre sourced from well managed, sustainable, FSC certified forests.

Condensate water from air is one of the methods being explored and useful where pure drinking water is difficult or impossible to obtain due to significant contamination of ground water.

Given our strong desire to be good environmental stewards, we have actively sought alternatives to fresh water.

Achieved our 2025 CO2 emissions reduction target eight years early EFFICIENCY, FACILITIES AND LAND Our activities and facilities have the potential to affect land use, nature and biodiversity, both directly and indirectly.

We have seen that not all industries or companies have been affected to the same degree, but all portfolio companies have been affected to some extent, either directly or indirectly, for example through the reduction in air traffic, volatility in oil and power prices, or changes in customer demand.

Through our sourcing relationships, we work to eliminate controversial sources for ingredients – such as fiber packaging or palm oil – that can contribute to deforestation, which affects climate change.

The world needs better management of all water resources, and reuse of wastewater to recover water, nutrients and energy is becoming an important part of the strategy.