Not exact matches
Tim Berners - Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, recently laid out a
scenario in which A.I. that's
used in business settings eventually becomes so smart, it runs entire
companies and financial institutions on its own — and thus controls entire economies.
Throughout this press release or accompanying materials, the
Company may
use the term «projection» or similar terms or expressions, or indicate that it has «modeled» certain future
scenarios.
The Hub is an online platform with peer - to - peer resources to assist organizations in implementing TCFD's recommendations to public
companies on the
use of
scenario analysis to disclose climate - related risks and opportunities.
The Conference Board and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, in partnership with The SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University, developed a
scenario model that
companies can
use to enhance the gender diversity of their boards.
Following the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, many
companies are
using climate
scenarios to assess the risks that climate change poses to their operations and value chains.
Morningstar, like most fin - tech
companies building their own risk assessment products, are
using proprietary algorithms to provide advisors with more clarity on key risk and portfolio suitability
scenarios.
The benefits wouldn't be quite as expansive as for full - time employees, but in the
scenario he imagines, «each
company puts in a little bit, the drivers put in a little bit, and they can
use it for heath care or their pension or whatever they want.»
The
scenario we
used for our example was a successful startup
company with a proven business that needed $ 10 million to $ 20 million to fund growth.
Answering specific issues means managing a huge amount of information from different sources, merging market figures,
company results and world
scenarios with the
use of technology, research, analysis, CRM and marketing.
The SENSE tool can be
used for (i) environmental impact assessment of the product, (ii) food chain hot spot identification, (iii) comparison of hypothetical or real improvement
scenarios, (iv) assessment of the environmental impact development over the years, (v) benchmarking opportunity for the
companies, and (vi) a business to business communication strategy.
Using «
Scenario Planning», a structure that now seems like an obvious strategic policy, the
company identified the most...
Imagine a
scenario in which Buffalo won one the most competitive and largest development projects in the history of the country... then the project was submarined because the Industrial Development Agency wouldn't approve the very tax breaks
used to lure the
company to Western New York.
Using research about genetically modified foods and trans fats, study participants were randomly assigned to evaluate one of 15 different partnership
scenarios that included varying combinations of scientists from a university, a government agency, a non-governmental organization and a large food
company.
Immersive elearning: Minneapolis - based elearning
company w /
uses avatars and 3D environments to create immersive learning courses that help businesses simulate real - world
scenarios in which employees can practice selling techniques and master social situations.
Alas for this same reason many
companies do not
use branching
scenarios in their training and settle for standard linear eLearning courses that are less effective and less engaging.
Companies that back the competition in this way help to challenge apprentices to work efficiently under pressure; support common inspection framework standards by
using competition activity to deliver a high quality skills set; and assess apprentices» functional skills against real life work
scenarios.»
That being said, I invite you to try BranchTrack — a very powerful yet simple eLearning authoring tool — that is
used for building
scenario - based eLearning by Instructional Designers and Learning and Development managers at some of the Forbes» World's Largest
Companies of 2016.
The
company has created activities — check out their different learning
scenarios — that
use large projected environments as experimental playgrounds of movement connected to learning targets.
The
company explained the iBooster and ESP - hev technology balance the
use of the CT6 electric motors to act as generators to slow the vehicle and capture as much kinetic energy as possible during low - demand
scenarios, while blending the traditional hydraulic brakes with the motors in high - demand
scenarios.
Not to say that these devices have been or will be smash hits, but these
companies are experimenting and innovating, and producing devices that are all stepping stones toward more productive and useful devices that can be
used in
scenarios where the iPad (and the Grid 10 for that matter) can not.
I'm not saying that it can't be if Apple doesn't explicitly say that it is so, but obviously the
use - case
scenarios that have Apple's blessings are where the most support from the
company are going to be seen (ebook reading, internet consumption, apps, etc.).
Using our
scenario above, you could contribute $ 2500 per month to your 401k through July and receive $ 1250 per month as a
company match from your employer into July maximizing your employer's contribution payments at around $ 8500.
VALIC, an AIG
company, and RetireUp have partnered to create Retirement Pathfinder, a tool that VALIC's advisers can
use to show various investment
scenarios to participants.
At an average price of around $ 11 a share, if the
company used all of that cash (not a completely plausible
scenario, but perhaps by adding a bit more leverage...) they could have repurchased 8 % of shares outstanding and increased EPS by 9 %.
The worst - case
scenario is a «
company» that offers a free report, but then
uses your personal information for deceitful purposes.
These net liabilities are calculated with an internal model
using many
scenarios to determine the fair value of amounts estimated to be paid, less the fair value of net future premiums estimated to be received, adjusted for risk and profit charges that the
Company anticipates a hypothetical market participant would require to assume this business.
Beyond that, it turns out a three - and - a-half minute ad from a games
company told almost 100 % truths, showed us a product it actually intended to release as it was shown, and suggested actual realistic
scenarios in which its console would be
used.
Regulators are also doing more thinking, with the FSB taskforce currently reviewing how emissions
scenarios may be
used to stress test the business models of
companies.
Global average temperature rise is limited to between 2.4 °C (50 % probability) and 2.7 °C (66 % probability) by 2100 in this
scenario — far below the BAU trajectory towards 4 °C and beyond
used by fossil fuel
companies.
In the face of uncertainty about future policies to address climate change,
companies are
using internal carbon pricing in their strategic planning to manage regulatory risk and explore future
scenarios for potential investments.
In his
scenario, REDD + finance would be
used to promote sustainable agriculture, and private
companies would be expected to step up by making long - term commitments to purchase products that are harvested sustainably.
New York / London, April 23 — The Carbon Tracker Initiative and Energy Transition Advisors today jointly publish a «blueprint» showing the benefit of fossil fuel
companies stress testing their businesses
using a set of low carbon, low price
scenarios.
As
scenario analysis is mooted as a useful tool to understand the risks of the energy transition, it is clear that
using a
scenario with no changes in technology and policy (the CPS) or the new policy
scenario (NPS)(AKA the «no new policies
scenario»), which includes what is already known about and set to come into force does not help
companies or their shareholders understand risk and opportunity.
Technical Supplement: The
Use of
Scenario Analysis in Disclosure of Climate - Related Risks and Opportunities Provides a further level of detail that can be helpful for companies in considering scenario a
Scenario Analysis in Disclosure of Climate - Related Risks and Opportunities Provides a further level of detail that can be helpful for
companies in considering
scenario a
scenario analysis.
The
scenario which Exxon
uses is more generous in terms of future oil and gas demand than some other
scenarios, so investors will want to satisfy themselves it is a genuine stress test of the
company's business.»
Moreover, the recommended
use of
scenario analysis, including against a 2 °C target, is a step forward in helping
companies assess their resilience over the longer term.
Between training sessions with us, they would return to their villages, with specific tasks: To teach village members about the regulations that applied to the timber
companies; to map their communities» traditional land
use and boundaries; to learn about their village's indigenous knowledge and management of wildlife; to help organize a system for monitoring the timber
companies; to develop a series of wildlife management
scenarios acceptable to their communities; etc..
MaRIUS will
use scenario modelling and case studies across a number of scales, from household to national, in order to understand both the drought impacts at a local level right as well as the institutional decision making by governments and water
companies.
Even in a best - case
scenario — where aviation
companies choose to buy only UNFCCC credits, and the UNFCCC chooses not to include forest and land
use credits — there's still another way that airlines could be offsetting emissions on paper and increasing emissions in practice: double counting.
While most
companies stop short of disclosing details of the «planning
scenarios that inform their investment decisions, one can gain insights into their thinking with each annual «Energy Outlook» and the shifts in model input assumptions
used.
Moreover, investors seeking to differentiate
companies based on transition risk exposure will find it difficult to compare
company outlooks if each
company uses its own
scenario.
However, analogous to the U.S. SEC's
use of the 12 - month rolling average spot price for the SMOG measure of quantities of proven reserves, a reference 2 °C
scenario can assist in market appreciation of
companies» relative exposure to plausible future risks.
While
company - produced
scenarios could yield insights into how management views the
company's prospects (a valuable disclosure of management's views if accompanied by proper disclosure of assumptions) the
use of different assumptions and models will not yield comparable outputs.
We believe that the most important component of the TCFD's recommendations is the
use of
scenario analysis by
companies as a tool to understand climate - related risks and seize opportunities.
It is therefore critical that
companies discuss how their capital expenditure strategies are impacted by a
scenario consistent with 2 °C and that at least one
scenario is
used as a reference point to allow for comparability of disclosure across a sector.
Under TCFD,
companies report against governance, strategy, risk management metrics and targets related to climate risks
using a 2 degrees C
scenario and disclose information related to water consumption, energy
use and efficiency, land
use and development or
use of products and services designed for a low - carbon economy.
Practical
use of
scenario planning in a business context is most famously advocated by the Royal Dutch Shell group of
companies who have integrated
scenario planning techniques into their planning process since the 1970's.
Here's how Wikipedia describes it: Eating your own dog food, also called dogfooding, is a slang term
used to reference a
scenario in which a
company uses its own product to validate the quality and capabilities of the product.
Best for: Predicting multiple retirement saving
scenarios and most in - person time One of three calculators offered by Edward Jones, the investing
company recommends
using its retirement savings calculator to garner a realistic estimate of your savings plan as a starting point; then, it recommends that you work with a financial advisor to develop an actionable plan going forward.
Companies were asked to provide rates for their standard personal automobile program for each of the five
scenarios shown
using assumptions listed below.