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Improved rating elevates Hikma to global leadership position
LONDON, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma, Group), the multinational generic pharmaceutical company, has received an A- rating from the CDP 2020 Global Climate Change Report, improving on the Group s previous score and elevating Hikma to CDP s Leadership Band of companies implementing current best practices.
CDP is an independent, not-for-profit organisation aimed at enabling companies to progress towards environmental stewardship through benchmarking and comparison with peers.
In the 2020 report, Hikma received an A rating in five separate categories ranked by CDP, including for its emission reduction initiatives, its scope 1 and 2 emissions (greenhouse gas emissions from direct fuel usage and electricity consumption), its governance and risk management processes, and its business strategy and financial planning. Hikma s performance - with at or above average marks in every category
Citizen photography exhibit opens at arboretum
A new photography exhibit will open at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville on Jan. 16.
“The Enveloping Landscape: A Contemplative Photographic Journey,” started in 2016 as a project from documentary photographer Susan Patrice. Using contemplative photography practices and hand-built cameras designed to produce round images, Patrice captured the same 3 square miles of forest for two years, both in and around the Arboretum.
In 2020, Patrice was slated to offer a year-round workshop at the Arboretum in tandem with her own documentary photography project. Unfortunately, the pandemic forced that in-person, on-site program to morph into a virtual citizen photography workshop in which participants joined Patrice online, turning their cameras toward their most familiar surroundings. The resulting photographs were so moving in their honesty, vulnerability and subtle beauty that Exhibit Curator Ashlee Lanier designed an exhibition
Staff Writer
The opening salvo in what figures to be a long engagement between owners of a gold mine, nearby residents and county officials arrived on a cordial note Tuesday.
The San Juan Ridge Mining Corp., led by CEO Tim Calloway, is attempting to reopen a gold mining operation, located near North Columbia, which last operated between 1993 and 1997.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a contract with Rancho Cordova-based environmental consultant PMC for about $180,000 to conduct a comprehensive environmental analysis of the proposed mining project.
Gary Parsons, president of the San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association, attended Tuesday’s meeting with about 25 residents to express concerns about the impact the mining project will have on the local community.