Sentences with phrase «policy incentives include»

Policy incentives include modifications per state as each state presents drivers with a variety of different insurance needs.

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He cited other reasons Americans are enthusiastic about Canada's startup scene, including strong tax incentives and immigration policies that «allow talented people globally to come to Canada.»
Such policies might include providing more incentives for companies (both large and small) to invest in R&D and capital infrastructure, encouraging post-secondary institutions to better tailor their programming to meet market demand in terms of subjects and skills, and making Canada a more attractive country for foreign or start - up companies to invest in by deregulating industries that have no business being as regulated or as protected as they are, such as telecommunications, airlines, and broadcasting.
Because the CNGC already regularly analyzes whether our incentive compensation programs provide proper incentives to our NEOs to achieve our Company's strategic priorities (including ROI) and because our shareholders already receive annual reports on those matters in the CD&A s in our annual proxy statements, we believe the adoption of the policy requested by the proposal is unnecessary, duplicative of practices already followed by the CNGC and our Company, and would result in an expenditure of Walmart's resources and our management's and directors» time that ultimately would not be in our shareholders» best interests.
Specifically, benefits subject to the HP Severance Policy include: (a) separation payments based on a multiplier of salary plus target bonus, or cash amounts payable for the uncompleted portion of employment agreements; (b) any gross - up payments made in connection with severance, retirement or similar payments, including any gross - up payments with respect to excess parachute payments under Section 280G of the Code; (c) the value of any service period credited to a Section 16 officer in excess of the period of service actually provided by such Section 16 officer for purposes of any employee benefit plan; (d) the value of benefits and perquisites that are inconsistent with HP Co.'s practices applicable to one or more groups of HP Co. employees in addition to, or other than, the Section 16 officers («Company Practices»); and (e) the value of any accelerated vesting of any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock or long - term cash incentives that is inconsistent with Company Practices.
Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.
A report by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute noted that European nations included offshore wind in national energy policies and established feed - in tariffs to provide incentives for deployment.
B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.
Although it is not entirely clear how this will work in Scotland, there is precedent for including such incentives in migration policy, particularly in Canada.
The IET makes a number of recommendations in its policy paper, including that the government encourages greater use of the SBRI via financial incentives for public bodies and that a similar scheme should be explored at the EU level.
In the past, the group's responsibilities included recommending policies to the Town Board and educating the public about energy incentive programs.
They discuss the implications of their findings for policy and research, including the need for further studies to modify the risks associated with increased BMI and studies helping to support the risk stratification for reimbursement, providing financial incentives for surgeons treating more complex and high - risk patients.
For example, the researchers found many instances where the comprehensive plans included tax incentive policies to stimulate economic development in hazardous areas even though the local hazard mitigation plans identified the same areas as experiencing severe repetitive losses from hazard events and qualifying for federal funds for buyouts.
Such policy changes could include regulations, financial incentives for farmers to adopt conservation practices, and technical assistance to help farmers incorporate the changes.
To date, major reforms of teacher policy include changes in performance evaluation, professional development, incentives, and pre-service teacher training.
Rewards in the form of a waiver, or incentives in the form of a state innovation grant or site - based merit pay, could be included in a public academy contract with a host school district; so must corrective action policies for academic or fiscal malfeasance.
Common reform policies included the use of objective student data to evaluate teacher performance, more frequent classroom observations, and the rollout of performance - based incentives (or disciplinary action).
Such policies include instituting external, curriculum - based exams linked to real - world consequences for kids; maintaining high standards for earning good grades; and experimenting with well - designed cash - incentive programs.
Thoughtful and effective policies for developing a professional workforce will have to include a mix of incentives for pre-K teachers that may be different from those designed for teachers in K — 12; provide training that is focused on classroom practices and the specific challenges of teaching young children; and improve the alignment of early childhood education with K — 12.
Recent policy debate has centered on defining measures of teacher quality, including student outcomes, and structuring incentives for teachers based on performance.
Prominent policies include some number of days of paid leave for illness or personal reasons, and incentives discouraging frivolous use of paid leave.
Oklahoma also supports differential pay for those teaching at high - need schools but leaves it up to the school district to determine the specifics: «Districts shall be encouraged to provide completed schedules to reflect district policies and circumstances, including... special incentives for teachers in districts with specific geographical attributes.»
2010 The $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top grants create incentives for states to adopt new education policies, including linking test scores to teacher evaluations.
Solid facts about your pay system, retirement, life insurance, health insurance, survivor benefits, flexible spending account options, overtime pay, recruiting, retention and relocation incentives, annual leave and sick leave policies, holidays, long - term care insurance, the government's own 401k - styled Thrift Savings Plan program (including loans), job protections and appeals, and how procedures can help you when your agency is downsizing.
To keep the Social Security system financially solvent, several policy reforms have been proposed, including reducing retirement benefits, increasing the retirement age, raising taxes, offering incentives to delay retirement, and encouraging individual retirement savings.
5) policy, to help with incentives, regulations, taxes, including leadership at all levels, national, state and city
Under President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the United States has acted under existing laws to cut emissions with sector - specific policies, including: emissions regulations; tax incentives for clean energy technologies; standards for energy - efficient appliances, buildings, and vehicles; and voluntary partnership programs to address market barriers to low - carbon strategies.
The UCS rounded out the report with a number of policy recommendations that could help accelerate the electric vehicle transition, including advocating for «federal and state purchase incentives that are vital to making EVs an affordable and competitive option.»
California also created incentives, including rebates and net - metering policies, to encourage rooftop and other small - scale solar capacity, whose generation is not captured in the above figure.
The next steps for Chiapas are to continue to work on better alignment of its policies and incentives, draft a climate change plan that includes REDD and improve its communications on REDD to dispel any negative perceptions about the program and distinguish it from the failed and now cancelled program, says Josefina Braña - Varela.
Major energy efficiency provisions that have been included in these policy analyses include fuel economy standards, appliance and equipment standards, energy efficiency tax incentives, building energy codes, and industrial energy efficiency.
These programs and policies may include financial incentives, funding for research and development, and other measures to accelerate the deployment of alternative energy technologies.
Two economists made a similar argument in Issues, adding that other useful tax - related policies include an end to energy supply subsidies, a green tax swap, a tightening of the gas guzzler tax, and conservation incentive programs.
The report includes multiple policy recommendations to reduce transportation's impact on the environment, including incentives for consumers to purchase electric cars and creating more paths for pedestrians and bikers.
Many important elements of policy support for renewable energy are common across all regions and incomes, including renewable energy targets and action plans, primary legislation and legal private ownership of generation, and financial and regulatory incentives like feed - in tariffs or competitive tenders.
Policies are being implemented to encourage development of net zero buildings, including: increased energy requirements in the BC Building Code, the development of Stretch Codes, and creating innovation opportunities and financial incentives for advanced, energy efficient buildings.
These policy actions include new legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into account.
While serving as governor, Rick Perry was quite instrumental in delivering strong incentives, innovative policies, and significant infrastructure investments for the wind energy industry, which included a $ 7 billion «Competitive Renewable Energy Zone» initiative that featured a 3,600 - mile network of transmission lines.
They find optimal an adaptive policy strategy that includes both taxes (carbon taxes or general energy taxes to promote efficiency) and «technology incentives».
Policy options include financial incentives to grow trees, reduce deforestation and develop renewable energy sources.
Other compelling reasons to begin taking action include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.
• Flexible approaches to motivate achieving CO2 emission limits that may vary by economic sector, and could include, depending on the sector, market - based incentives; governmental loan guarantees; investment tax credits; performance standards; tax reform; incentives for technology research, development and deployment; and other appropriate policy tools.
Strategies will include policies such as benchmarking and incentives; programs such as challenges; and private sector engagement models.
NY - BEST has been coordinating industry input into the Roadmap and a range of policy and regulatory options have been raised by our, including: long term contracting mechanisms, new tariff and rate structures, financial incentives as well as other innovative ideas, such as a clean peak standard.
Obama: I have always been in favor of an «all of the above» climate policy, including a carbon price with cap and trade, crippling EPA regulatory restrictions on the coal plus oil and gas industries, fewer incentives for exploratory drilling, no further drilling on government lands, no Keystone pipeline, more taxes on the rich, etc..
It calls for policy measures, including fiscal, financial and economic incentives, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, and pricing carbon.
By these criteria, promising approaches across both industrialized and developing countries include policies that combat the loss of public forests to natural disturbance agents, and «Payment for Environmental Services» (PES) systems that provide an incentive for the retention of forest cover.
Our letter highlighted the importance that any attempt to improve existing regulation must align with the U.K.'s overall policy objectives, including the potential misuse of tax incentives available on to companies on alternative markets.
Key policy instruments to support this switch have included carbon taxes and investment incentives, often coupled with regulatory measures.
However, ISO New England's estimates of future distributed solar and energy efficiency continue to have known deficiencies, including problematic assumptions regarding the discounting of state policy requirements, future technology costs trends for both solar and efficiency measures, disappearance of tax credits, and other state - specific incentives.
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