Skiing a sport whose very existence is in some places threatened by global warming can produce substantial environmental impacts.
He says a ban on e-waste intended for reuse could increase the market for even worse substitutes: brand-new but possibly low-quality equipment with a short lifetime, which brings along its own substantial environmental impacts.
Achieving high yield gains might, however, result in substantial detrimental environmental impacts such as soil degradation, air and water pollution, biodiversity loss and others [64].
"In the current environment, investors are looking for an edge to drive excess returns - and many investors are increasingly seeing conservation impact investing as a way to achieve substantial environmental and social impact alongside market-rate financial returns," Credit Suisse's CEO, Tidjane Thiam, writes in the introduction to the report.
The substantial reduction in environmental impact of replacing general Portland cement by alternative binders such as FA, along with economic advantages of utilization of FA in construction activities tackles the negative landfilling impacts and carbon footprint of stabilization activities at the same time.
The sector of food service provision generates substantial environmental and societal impacts.
Production processes, as used for discrete part manufacturing, are responsible for a substantial part of the environmental impact of products, but are still poorly documented in terms of environmental impact.
Manufacturing processes, as used for discrete part manufacturing, are responsible for a substantial part of the environmental impact of products, but are still poorly documented in terms of their environmental footprint.
Throughout the product life cycle, medical devices would significantly consume renewable as well as non-renewable resources and as a result exert a substantial social, economic and environmental impact(s).
