One out of every nine investor dollars is screened for social and environmental concerns.
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After the Kremlin maintained for months that environmental concerns precluded necessary approvals from being issued to Shell and its Japanese partners, the moment Gazprom secured its controlling majority, such concerns miraculously disappeared.
Laundry is not high on the list of environmental concerns for most people.
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Taken literally, the agenda poses no risk that rich countries could misuse environmental concerns for protectionist ends (which is the poor countries' greatest concern).
They are, predictably, running into resistance from others in Congress who are exceedingly sensitive to government watchdog groups, public employee unions and environmental activists for whom concerns about national security come second (if that) to their respective special interests.
The expansion of land for livestock has created acute environmental concerns.
Objectors say the project is not financially viable, and there are environmental concerns, particularly for birds and wildlife.
Now to the underlying reasons for the Chilean court action: local environmental concerns and resource scarcity.
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Hero234702216 also had environmental concerns, asking leaders for a date when Chinese people will be able to "eat safely, live safely with clean air".
Environmental concerns have become important for most businesses but in the high tech world they have become de rigeur because of the staggering amount of power and computing resources that are used.
The project breached environmental protection acts and raised concerns for the rights of local tribes, the authorities said.
But it could also serve as a model for finding a responsible balance between energy and environmental concerns.
That and environmental concerns make the Arctic more problematic for Americans, he told BBC News.
Investors further promised to pay for road and any other improvements required to satisfy environmental concerns.
But local environmental concerns were merely the public pretext for a decision that is much more troubling.
Jonathan Moylan from Frontline Action for Coal, which issued the hoax statement, said environmental concerns had prompted the press release.
Laos is not the first poor country to be caught between the need for development on the one hand, and environmental or diplomatic concerns on the other.
One big concern is that businesses might adopt the term "benefit corporation" for marketing purposes without taking meaningful steps to address social and environmental concerns.
The movie argues for economic reforms to bring about a long-term solution to environmental concerns in Britain and Europe.
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Earlier this month, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern called for the Sellafield plant to close amid concerns about terrorist threats and environmental damage.
It said people should contact their local environmental health officer if they had concerns about living conditions for themselves or a vulnerable friend, neighbour or relative.
In the U.S. BASF is lobbying for adoption of internationally standardized regulations on environmental issues while trying to transform concerns about efficiency into an opportunity to sell products.
For Hunter, the wisdom of the marketplace is that today's environmental concerns may seem like foolish handwringing a generation or two from now.
BEIJING Tensions were running high on Saturday in at least two Chinese cities as opposition grew against planned industrial facilities, the latest examples of growing public environmental concerns over large industrial projects that officials say are needed for economic growth.
As environmental concerns grow worldwide, investors have been steadily investing in the sector for the past decade, says Ron Pernick, author of The Cleantech Revolution.
Rising oil and gas prices, environmental concerns and the possibility of domestic gas shortages have drastically increased demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) within the United States.
Branson insists environmental issues are just as important to him as any financial concerns and called for the sport to clean up its act.
If history is any teacher, most will not, and often for uniquely personal reasons (distance, cost, health, family, lack of housing, environmental concerns, public showers).
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Environmental concerns shaped his eventual decision, drawing criticism from those backing the pipeline and calling for greater US energy independence.
Beijing sees its problem of unsafe food and other exports as part of the costs of rapid economic growth, and which plays on concerns about public health, environmental pollution and tsocial unrest---a proxy for the legitimacy of the Communist Party's rule, which is being questioned by the emerging urban middle class.
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