Well, that and the environmental friendliness of the packaging ( read more here about the advantages of alternative packaging for wine).

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There is significant demand potential for natural gas in the consumer and industrial markets due to its cost effectiveness and environmental friendliness.

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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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Greenpeace ranks Apple in the middle of the pack of tech companies -- behind HP and Dell but ahead of Samsung, Sony and others -- in terms of its sustainability and environmental friendliness.

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But until that happens it makes little sense to keep doing things like flying a large number of short trips between SF and LA or SD that makes our quest for environmental friendliness senseless.

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Setting up a business in Indonesia and bringing financial capacity and more advanced technologies would not only provide attractive return on investment, but also help the country maximize the benefits of these resources, yet ensure environmental friendliness.

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Because of Apple's recent statements about clean energy, however, Greenpeace actually raised the company's grades for the environmental friendliness of its data centers from Ds and an F, which it gave the company in April, to Cs and Ds.

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In a market economy, firms that adopt high-cost technologies in service to the environment typically have one of three things: a set of consumers whose interest in the environment makes them willing to pay more than market prices, a set of workers willing to sacrifice wages in exchange for environmental friendliness, or a set of investors willing to take below normal returns.

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