Sentences with phrase «olam gabon»

Our clinical work prepares people to be active shapers of their personal lives and also, if they choose, to join with others — in the Hebrew phrase, tikkun olam — to repair the world.

(Olam v. Congress Mortgage Company)

McDermott Will & Emery, Sidley Austin and Jenner & Block are leading on Singapore - based agricultural business Olam's $ 1.3 bn (# 830m) acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) global cocoa operations.

McDermott Will & Emery, Sidley Austin and Jenner & Block have taken the lead advisory roles on Singapore - based agricultural business Olam's $ 1.3 bn (# 830m) acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) global cocoa operations.

The deal, which is set for regulatory approval and clearances, will make Olam one of the largest suppliers of sustainable cocoa, and the third largest cocoa processer.

Tikkun olam [fixing the world] must be done by adding more light and not by adding more darkness.»

While educated in the Christian tradition, Maathai draws inspiration from many faiths, celebrating the Jewish mandate tikkun olam («repair the world» and renewing the Japanese term mottainai («don't waste»).

You are not a unique, special snowflake, you were not invited here to educate us or lead us into tikkun olam.

Olam has saved 9.7 billion liters of water since 2009 through its water stewardship program in California.

Today, Ona's fight to expose Olam's environmentally destructive rubber tree plantation projects continues: «Development strategies can not be imposed on a people without their advice.

With California's water levels beginning to hit record lows this spring, Singapore - based Olam International, Australia's largest almond producer, signed a deal to develop 1,480 acres of orchards in New South Wales.

First Climate has been involved in the development and implementation of the standard since 2011 with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Gold Standard Foundation and more than 20 partners, including major international companies and organizations such as WWF, Carlsberg, Bayer, Munich Re, Nestlé, Olam and the International Red Cross.

Special thanks to our sponsor organizations: Balzac Brothers, Café de Colombia, Dunkin Brands, InterAmerican Coffee, Intercontinental Coffee Trading, La Minita Coffee, N.J. Douek / Uniglobe Coffee, Olam Specialty Coffee, Reunion Island Coffee, S&D Coffee and Tea, and Sustainable Harvest.

The defamation charge was filed after Ona allegedly spoke out against possible government corruption involving Soleman Liban, a senior advisor to Gabonese President Ali Bongo, and Olam Gabon, a foreign agricultural company that operates in Gabon.

A group of scientists won the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security for applying advanced breeding techniques to strains of primitive and modern wheat to develop a set of durum wheat varieties that can not only withstand constant 35 to 40 degree Celsius (95 to 104 degree Fahrenheit) heat,

The Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam translates from Hebrew to «Repairing the World.»

Olam is very focused on health and offers detox programs, and healthy cooking classes from time to time, such as how to make organic, raw chocolate from basic ingredients.

Definitely pul Olam on your itinerary.

If you think because you are on vacation you can not eat healthy you are mistaking, actually there's no better place to enjoy fresh, organic and natural products than Olam Resturant in beautiful Santa Teresa.

At the hotel restaurant «Olam», you can treat yourself with healthy and divine foods.

There is an onsite health food restaurant called Olam Pure Food.

The food at Olam Pure Foods looks delicious - I wouldn't mind eating there every meal!

Yoga Vacation Rental — Nautilus» in - house restaurant includes accommodations in a luxurious one bedroom villa with one king or two single beds, daily detox shake of greens and cacao, daily wellness breakfast at Olam, one massage session per person, one complimentary healthy power shake per person and a daily yoga instruction by one of our experienced instructors.

I've never actually been to Olam but I have to write about it here because I have heard so many glowing reviews about it from our vegetarian guests that frequent the Blue Surf Sanctuary Hotel in Santa Teresa.

We envision our Campus for Compassionate Living in Israel as a living embodiment of the Jewish values of empathy, responsibility, and tikkun olam (repairing the world), and of the mandate not to cause tsa'ar ba'alei hayim (the suffering of animals).

While educated in the Christian tradition, Maathai draws inspiration from many faiths, celebrating the Jewish mandate tikkun olam («repair the world» and renewing the Japanese term mottainai («don't waste»).

She was the recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Investigator Award, the Medical Achievement Award from Bonei Olam, and a career development award from Doris Duke.

Olam, however, denies the claim, insisting it will only put the plantation on «land that is classed as savannah mosaic, woody pioneer areas, logged or degraded forest that does not support significant conservation priorities,» and it is working with authorities to develop an ape management plan that aims to «safeguard ape populations wherever they are found.»

Another Asia - based firm, Olam International, is developing a 250,000 - acre plantation on about 741,000 acres of land with the government of Gabon that Earthsight claims is on high - value forest that includes great ape habitat.

The contract awarded to Olam Nigeria Ltd for 2.4 billion naira and the 600million to 3 Brothers Rice Ltd for supply of rice for the emergency food intervention programme in the North East, he stated, was made at the presidential level and the contractors were selected because they had the capacity to deliver in the huge quantity that was needed.

Tuesday's fire explosion at a factory near Olam Oil Depot on the Sekondi - Takoradi highway left several workers injured.

The activities also included an industry tour of Olam, producers of Milky Magic biscuits and various milk products.

«A similar scenario unfolded on 12th September 2017 when he visited the state for the commissioning of a feeds milling plant called OLAM along Kaduna - Abuja Road.

The committee members also sought to know where a quotation allegedly made by Olam Nigeria Ltd for supply of eight metric tonnes of rice which was presented by NEMA to the committee emanated from since Olam duly informed the committee that it did not give any quote to NEMA prior to his engagement for the contract.

Raising strictly observant Jews, learned in their own traditions, who will work toward Tikun Olam, the repair of the world, that is the school's purpose.

Sunny Verghese, Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Olam International speaking at the Global Food Forum at Sydney's Westin Hotel sponsored by The Australian Newspaper.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Announced at the Building Sustainable Futures Forum sponsored by Olam International, the newly - formed GAA is a CEO - led private sector initiative seeking to contribute significantly to the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, most notably SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture [1].

Sunny Verghese is co founder and group CEO of commodity trader Olam International Ltd, a member of the Champions 12.3 campaign group advocating for the reduction of food loss and waste.

Alistair Davis from Olam International gave an overview of sustainability certification schemes for agricultural commodities.

Olam International has launched the Olam Living Landscapes Policy (OLLP) which supports a Net - Positive approach to agricultural supply chains and landscape management.

In August 2010, Singapore - based Olam International announced its plans to construct a greenfield cocoa processing plant.

But Wednesday's joint venture deal between Noble and China's Cofco suggests the NOW crew — Olam and Wilmar as well as Noble — could be in China's sights.

Bakers using Olam Cocoa's nib - alkalized black cocoa powder will significantly reduce sodium in their final products.

The panel members included: Makara Ouk, Director, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute; Paul Nicholson, Vice President and Head of Rice Research and Risk, Olam International; Dechen Tsering, Director and Representative, Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment, and Wyn Ellis, SRP Coordinator.

In Bakersfield, California, Olam Farming, part of Singapore - based Olam International, recently bought George Borba & Son's 1550 - acre mega-dairy and 8000 cows were auctioned off in favour of almonds and pistachios.

The acquisitions will be funded via a $ 61 million capital raising, which will also provide funding for the development of further 1000 hectares of almond orchards leased to Singapore's Olam at Darlington Point in the NSW Riverina and an earlier acquisition of 259 hectares of macadamia orchards near Bundaberg.

To contribute to this effort in Ghana, the Rainforest Alliance and global agri - business Olam Ghana have joined forces to start manifesting this vision on the ground.

He continued, «In partnership with Olam Ghana, the Rainforest Alliance will work not only with governments and companies, but also with forest communities and cocoa farmers, giving them the tools they need to diversify their income and improve their yields — and therefore their livelihoods — while protecting forests and landscapes.»

The joint initiative, called the Rainforest Alliance - Olam Partnership for Livelihoods & Landscapes in Western Ghana, aims to conserve the cocoa forest landscape and sustain the agricultural livelihoods of communities around the Sui River, Suhuma, Tano Ehuro and Santomang Forest Reserves — a region where forests are particularly threatened by cooca production.