Safe Environment The School shall maintain a safe learning environment at all times. The School shall develop and adhere to a safety plan, which shall be provided to the Commission.
Working Environment The Parties agree that a safe and clean working environment is essential in order to carry out work assignments in a satisfactory manner. It will be the Employer's responsibility to ensure that all working areas and Employer-owned vehicles are maintained in a safe and clean condition.
Smoke Free Environment The Lessor shall make all parts of the leased premise smoke-free. "
Work Environment It is mutually agreed that the prevention of accidents and injuries to state employees will result in greater efficiency of operations of state government. Toward this end, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions and the Union shall fully cooperate by encouraging all employees to perform their assigned tasks in a safe manner.
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT In the performance of this Contract, Contractor and Operator shall conduct Petroleum Operations with due regard to health, safety and the protection of the environment (“HSE”) and the conservation of natural resources, and shall in particular:
NON-SEXIST ENVIRONMENT 1. A non-sexist environment is defined as that in which there is no discrimination against females or males by portraying them in gender stereotyped roles or by omitting their contributions.
2. The employer does not condone and will not tolerate any written or verbal expression of sexism. In September of each school year the employer and the local shall jointly notify administrative officers and staff, in writing, of their commitment to a non-sexist environment.
3. The employer and the local shall promote a non-sexist environment through the development, integration, and implementation of non-sexist educational programs, activities, and learning resources for both staff and students.
Environment Each of the Obligors:
(a) is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, foreign and international laws, regulations, conventions and agreements relating to pollution prevention or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, navigable waters, water of the contiguous zone, ocean waters and international waters), including without limitation, laws, regulations, conventions and agreements relating to:
(i) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous materials, oil, hazard substances, petroleum and petroleum products and by-products (“Materials of Environmental Concern”); or
(ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern (such laws, regulations, conventions and agreements the “Environmental Laws”);
(b) has all permits, licences, approvals, rulings, variances, exemptions, clearances, consents or other authorisations required under applicable Environmental Laws (“Environmental Approvals”) and are in compliance with all Environmental Approvals required to operate its business as presently conducted or as reasonably anticipated to be conducted;
(c) has not received any notice, claim, action, cause of action, investigation or demand by any other person, alleging potential liability for, or a requirement to incur, investigatory costs, clean-up costs, response and/or remedial costs (whether incurred by a governmental entity or otherwise), natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorney’s fees and expenses or fines or penalties, in each case arising out of, based on or resulting from:
(i) the presence or release or threat of release into the environment of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location, whether or not owned by such person; or
(ii) circumstances forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law or Environmental Approval (“Environmental Claim”); and there are no circumstances that may prevent or interfere with such full compliance in the future. There is no Environmental Claim pending or threatened against any of the Obligors. There are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that could form the basis of any Environmental Claim against any of the Obligors.
Cooperation on forestry matters and environmental protection 1. The aims of cooperation on forestry matters and environmental protection will be, but not limited to, as follows: (a) establishing bilateral cooperation relations in the forestry sector; (b) developing a training program and studies for sustainable management of forests; (c) improving the rehabilitation and sustainable management of forest with the aim of increasing carbon sinks and reduce the impact of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region; (d) cooperating on the execution of national projects, aimed at: improving the management of forest plantations for its transformation for industrial purposes and environmental protection; (e) elaborating studies on sustainable use of timber; (f) developing new technologies for the transformation and processing of timber and non-timber species; and (g) improving cooperation in agro-forestry technologies.
2. To achieve the objectives of the Article 149 (Objectives), the Parties may focus, as a means of cooperation and negotiations on concluding a bilateral agreement on forestry cooperation between the two Parties. Such collaboration will be as follows: (a) exchanges on science and technology as well as policies and laws relating the sustainable use of forest resources; (b) cooperation in training programs, internships, exchange of experts and projects advisory; (c) advice and technical assistance to public institutions and organizations of the Parties on sustainable use of forest resources and environmental protection; (d) facilitating forest policy dialogue and technical cooperation under the Network of Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Rehabilitation in Asia- Pacific Region, initiated at the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting; (e) encouraging joint studies, working visits, exchange of experiences, among others; and (f) others activities mutually agreed.
Environmental Protection (i) Except as set forth in Schedule 9 attached hereto, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Real Property or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to (A) any Environmental Law, (B) any Environmental Claim or (C) any Hazardous Materials Activity;
(ii) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any letter or written request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law;
(iii) There are no and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, have been no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect;
(iv) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, any predecessor of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present Release of Hazardous Materials on any Real Property, and neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste (other than hazardous waste generated in the ordinary course of business, and which is not reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the Real Property or have a Materially Adverse Effect), as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent; and
(v) Compliance with all current requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable possibility of giving rise to a Materially Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.1(z) to the contrary, to the knowledge of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, no event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Environment, Health, and Safety (a) To the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, except as disclosed in Disclosure Schedules 3.16(b), (d), and (e), the Acquired Companies have complied with all Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws. No action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, demand, or notice has been filed or commenced against any of the Acquired Companies alleging any failure to so comply. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the Acquired Companies, to the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, have obtained and been in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of all permits, licenses, and other authorizations that are required under, and have complied with all other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, prohibitions, requirements, obligations, schedules, and timetables that are contained in, all Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws.
(b) Except as disclosed in Disclosure Schedule 3.16(b), neither the Acquired Companies nor AIDEA with respect to the Acquired Companies, to the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, has any Liability arising out of events or circumstances occurring under any Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws for contamination of, damage to, or polluting any site, location, property, natural resources, the air, or any body of water (surface or subsurface), or for any illness of, or personal injury to, or death of, any employee or other individual related to the foregoing.
(c) To the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, all equipment and personal property owned, leased, or used in the Operations are and have been free of hydrocarbon contamination, asbestos, PCBs, dioxins, and any other hazardous, toxic, radioactive, or dangerous substances, except for the liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas the Acquired Companies produce, store, and handle, and except for the fuel, lubricants, refrigerants, and solvents that are used in the ordinary course of business in conducting the Operations. The liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas of the Acquired Companies, and the fuel, lubricants, refrigerants, and solvents used in its Operations, have all been stored, handled, transported, used, and disposed of in accordance with all Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws and consistent with all standard industry practices.
(d) Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 3.16(d), all real property the Acquired Companies owns is, to the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, free from contamination by any substance regulated under, or defined as or considered “hazardous” or “toxic” or “radioactive” or “contamination” or “pollution” under, any Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws, including but not limited to hydrocarbons, asbestos, PCBs, and dioxins. AIDEA has provided IGU with true and complete copies of all environmental assessments, studies, and reports (1) of which AIDEA and the Acquired Companies have Knowledge and (2) that reference the real property any of the Acquired Companies owns, leases, or uses. Although neither AIDEA nor the Acquired Companies has conducted any environmental assessments regarding the leased real property used by the Acquired Companies, neither AIDEA nor the Acquired Companies has Knowledge of any environmental contamination on or under the portions of any leased or used real property where any of the Operations have been conducted.
(e) Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 3.16(e), neither the Acquired Companies nor AIDEA has Knowledge of any leak, spill, release, discharge, or disposal of any substance regulated under, or defined as or considered “hazardous” or “toxic” or “radioactive” or “contamination” or “pollution” under any Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws that has occurred on, in, or under the real property any of the Acquired Companies owns, leases, or uses, or has ever owned, leased, or used, in conducting the Operations, that was reportable or should have been reported to any government or governmental agency, or that was or could have been subject to clean up or remediation, under any Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws.
(f) Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 3.16(f), to the Knowledge of AIDEA and the Acquired Companies, there is no underground storage tank present on any real property any of the Acquired Companies owns, leases, or uses or has owned, leased or used, in conducting the Operations.
