Global examples of sustainability projects, which offer a positive future for the environment, have been identified by an international group of researchers including Professor Martin Solan from the University of Southampton.
Dr Birol noted that the petrochemicals and energy cluster in the Port of Rotterdam was a leading
global example of how energy efficiency and process integration combined with technology innovation could boost competitiveness.
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama said, «Greensburg... is being rebuilt by its residents as
a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community — how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay.
Not exact matches
For
example, it is a partner
of the conference
of the 55 members
of the
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), to share its best practices and communicate its education innovation and skills development needs.
For
example, in 2008 they cut interest rates together in response to the deepening
global downturn, and in 2011 they helped prevent runaway appreciation
of the Japanese yen following a devastating earthquake.
To give one
example, Climate Mayors is a group
of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and
global - level policymaking.»
«Now more than ever, we are excited to lead our company's
global effort toward a renewable future and, partnering with Enel, set an industry
example of how major companies can help to make a difference in climate change,» he added.
She now cites Canada as a rare
example of a country trying to do something positive for the
global economy.
In the Melbourne Mercer
Global Pension Index last year, for
example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality
of our pension system among a select group
of 11 countries.
One
example of this research is a 2012 Towers - Watson study
of 50
global companies, comparing those with low regard for sustainable engagement strategies versus those with high regard for such.
And if the
global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for
example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal
of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.
For
example, a study from
Global X found that for 87 percent
of millennials, also known as Gen Y, their most important expectation
of an advisor was protecting their investments during a market downturn.
And at Ford Motor Company, for
example, they've found that learning from and taking advantage
of an array
of perspectives among their
global workforce, creates openings to actually increase their customers» satisfaction — showing how speaking with everyone and being more open and connected is good for the customer, too.
Another good
example is Johnson & Johnson, a
global organization with employees all over the world, who realized that they needed culturally relevant and appropriate content for distance learning and training that would make sense to each specific region
of the world in which they do business in order for their employees to truly feel connected.
For
example, the partner who runs my
global team invests a great amount
of time in his people; his door is open to everyone regardless
of seniority.
The Montreal - based maker
of planes and passenger trains employs more than 60,000 people around the world and is a rare
example of a Canadian company with
global reach.
I saw a great
example of this when I visited the private wealth arm
of a
global bank.
For
example, about eight percent
of all
global carbon emissions comes from brick manufacturing.
Our hope is that this model provides
examples of how collective decision - making may work in other aspects
of the
global community.
Some
examples of high - profile pages that have the blue badge include Rihanna (public figure), Fox News (media outlet) and Coca - Cola (
global brand).
Whether or not that happens — and frankly, it's an extreme
example of the worst - case scenario for US shale producers — a glut
of global oil inventories is already weighing on oil prices.
For
example, it claims that Facebook is responsible for 16 %
of global smartphone sales.
During a panel centering on issues
of privacy and user data at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay, California, last week, Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick described Facebook, Amazon, and Google as
examples of an entirely new breed
of global company that, while offering products and services users love, fill those same users with reservations about how the companies operate.
A
global survey finds
examples of operators becoming digital players without digital makeovers.
If, for
example, it turns out that 30 years from now we enter a period
of global cooling, will we then accuse climate - change activists
of greed and unethical behaviour?
Billions
of dollars over budget and years late, Boeing's newest airplane was originally supposed to be a shining
example of global efficiency.
For
example, I live in the Phoenix area, home
of Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School
of Global Management.
The incident, which took place on a Dec. 5 and ended with the flight arriving in Incheon 11 minutes late, immediately gained
global attention as an
example of privilege run amok.
One
of the most powerful
examples of eye contact is in a video done by activist Jae West and her team at Liberators International, an organization that aims «to coordinate, record and distribute monthly
global acts
of freedom,» and whose YouTube channel is filled with many daring acts
of kindness and awareness - raising.
The best
example of «For All» leadership among our list companies was demonstrated at Workday (No. 7) by co-founder & CEO Aneel Bhusri, who asked us to query our
global database to establish a benchmark based on the top 10 percent
of the best leaders in the world using our new methodology.
For
example, I was recently told by a senior business leader
of a
global technology company — with more than 10,000 staff in China — that the company must now promote the establishment
of Communist party committees inside its operations in the country.
These are just a few
examples of the slow but inexorable shift
of the
global political and economic centre, from west to east.
«The Cookie BonBite is one
of our yummiest
examples of creativity to come out
of the innovation kitchen,» said Jill Thomas, vice president
of global marketing for Cinnabon.
That some
of the forces governing capital flows and asset values are driven not by market - determined expected return but by policy measures directed at, for
example, an exchange rate objective means that at least some
of what we observe in
global capital markets may be attributed to these distortions.
Click on the links below to read
examples of opportunities from the previous two
Global Opportunity Reports:
For
example, at the time
of writing, bitcoin is trading at $ 16,950 on Bithumb and $ 16,938 on Coinone, but CoinMarketCap reports the
global price
of bitcoin as $ 16,744.
«Apollo is an
example of «China Speed», demonstrating the rapid pace
of China's innovations and development in the
global autonomous driving industry,» said Qi Lu, Group President and COO
of Baidu, on stage at CES.
For
example, Alibaba and Tencent — both on the forefront
of the e-commerce wave in China — have risen by 98 % and 111 %, respectively, so far in 2017.2 Companies such as Sina, a
global Internet media company, and Baidu, which operates an Internet search engine, have also generated returns this year that are nearly as strong or stronger than those
of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, or Google.3 As the world's second - largest economy, China is rapidly evolving from its former status as a noteworthy emerging market to an economic powerhouse on the rise.
A supply curve is an ordered list
of all the oil production opportunities globally, sorted by the cost
of extraction or, probably better for this
example, the potential free - on - board price at a
global trading hub — take every oil play in the world and ask what it would cost delivered to the US Gulf Coast as a starting point.
«This is a prime
example of a benefit that our
global network can offer,» said Scott Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer
of WTCA.
John McDonnell, Co-Founder & CEO, Bitnet, said: «Rakuten's
global marketplaces are great
examples of how digital currencies can impact
global commerce.
During the middle
of the 18th Century and well into the beginning
of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and
of better quality — than did England, but a number
of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for
example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half
of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from
global competition.
For
example, he chaired SWIFT's
global advisory body for corporates from 2010 to 2016, and most recently launched an innovation center in collaboration with the Monetary Authority
of Singapore.
«This is an
example of Verizon moving up the value - added stack,» notes Alec Ellison, former vice chairman
of Jeffries, a
global investment banking firm.
Issuers from the Corporate sector represent for
example 32 %
of the green bond universe vs 18 % in the Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate Index.
The work
of the Basel Committee on capital and liquidity standards, as well as the work
of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on cross-border resolution, are but a few
examples of the hard work that
global bodies have been undertaking to address the weaknesses identified through the crisis.
Many investors believe that China is currently under - represented in
global equity indices relative to its economic influence (for
example, China represents roughly 17 %
of global GDP, 11 %
of global trade, and 9 %
of global consumption but today comprises only a 3.5 % weight in the MSCI ACWI Index).1, 2 Given the size
of the China A-shares market, inclusion in
global indices is regarded as key to bringing China's overall representation more closely in line.
Let's look at an
example, the Templeton
Global Bond Fund Class A. To find the load, simply scroll down some and look on the right for this piece
of information:
Showcasing dozens
of practical
examples of successful companies doing well by doing good ranging from solo entrepreneurs to Fortune 100
global corporations) anyone with the responsibility for any manner
of commerce can learn how to heal the world while gaining the practical marketing savvy to turn ethical and moral values into business success.
To me, this is just another
example of Capitalism at
Global Size is not really capitalism at all but some Enterprise by Rulebook.