Sentences with phrase «adapts to changing economic»

C - FACT methodology adapts to changing economic conditions, changes in business, and inevitable deviations of real performance versus intended financial and GHG targets.

But is is clear he believes that it will be seen as increasingly irrelevant as time moves on and the world adapts to changing economic conditions.

What we can try to do is focus on supporting workers as they adapt to changing economic realities.

Although it's speculated that Canada's currency value won't be improving any time soon, businesses need incentives to adapt to changing economic conditions.

Fathering practices have changed significantly over the past two decades in order to adapt to the changing economic, social, and cultural needs.

If you want a say in how your local community should adapt to the changing economic circumstances caused by the global financial meltdown, make sure you write to your councillors today.

CreditCards.com «Taking Charge» graphs, part 2: People adapt card use to changed economy — These graphs show how Americans are adapting to a changed economic landscape.

Yet they mostly remain confident that their firms will be able to adapt to the changing economic landscape.

A highly experienced business development professional, Mr. Newton has a 30 + year career history of building businesses that deliver game changing programmes of work, including consultancy and software solutions, that have helped financial services organisations adapt to changing economic and regulatory environments.

Identified crucial market changes and provided leadership in adapting to changing economic concerns.

Fathering practices have changed significantly over the past two decades in order to adapt to the changing economic, social, and cultural needs.

Not exact matches

«With an ever - changing business environment, our economic plan aims to help our businesses adapt to the new technological reality and foster the competitiveness of Quebec to attract investment for leading players,» he said in a statement.

One is adapting to climate change and the other is the economic and well being of the Arctic people.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

Central banks and governments around the world must be able to adapt policy to changing economic circumstances.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

That means they have weathered enormous economic and technological challenges over the past century and are fully capable of adapting to further changes in the banking industry.

The socio - economic change in motion by the plantations, diseases and epidemics, created a crisis of confidence in adjusting to or adapting with existence and environment.

«So with economic pressures, we have adapted our product line with multiple quality levels to help support whatever changes they need.»

Helping farming communities build capacity and adapt to social, economic and environmental changes

In Ghana, the day will be commemorated under the adapted theme «Economic empowerment of rural women: A tool for sustainable development in a changing world of work,» which according to the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Otiko Afisah Djaba, was chosen to help rural women and girls to achieve their ambitions and also challenge the negative traditional and socio - cultural practices, discrimination and difficulties that confront the rural woman by changing the world of work for all women in Ghana.

Time will tell if the Swedish Social Democrats are able to adapt to the social and economic changes that made the distinction between insiders and outsiders so salient in the 1990s and 2000s.

«To avoid the kind of long - term economic disruption we are now facing, Government, engineers and the entire supply chain need to work together to make the infrastructure as a whole more resilient — and adapt it to cope with the anticipated increase in flooding as result of climate changTo avoid the kind of long - term economic disruption we are now facing, Government, engineers and the entire supply chain need to work together to make the infrastructure as a whole more resilient — and adapt it to cope with the anticipated increase in flooding as result of climate changto work together to make the infrastructure as a whole more resilient — and adapt it to cope with the anticipated increase in flooding as result of climate changto make the infrastructure as a whole more resilient — and adapt it to cope with the anticipated increase in flooding as result of climate changto cope with the anticipated increase in flooding as result of climate change.

Those arguments continue to gain nuance and force at every budget hearing, adapting to the makeup of the body and the changing economic landscape of the region.

The State of the World Population 2009 report says that population levels will affect countries» abilities to adapt to the immediate effects of climate change, although the longer - term influence of population growth on climate change will depend on future economic, technological and consumption trends.

The results, shown in the above map (red means total economic damage and blue is total economic benefit; projections are for 2080 - 2100), could guide states and the federal government toward the communities most in need of help adapting to the changed climate — should lawmakers choose to act.

Maintaining and restoring healthy ecosystems plays a key role in adapting to and mitigating climate change through biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and sustainable land management and yields multiple environmental, economic and social benefits.

Those who argue that reducing emissions will be too expensive ignore the costs of climate change - economic studies have consistently shown that mitigation is several times less costly than trying to adapt to climate change (Figure 7).

However, if we choose a different path — if we act aggressively to both adapt to the changing climate and to mitigate future impacts by reducing carbon emissions — we can significantly reduce our exposure to the worst economic risks from climate change, and also demonstrate global leadership on climate.

Add in the economic downfall and, well, things went south because the companies did not adapt to the changing times.

It makes more sense to adapt to changes in the economic environment.

Through nearly two centuries of history, New York Life has adapted its products to serve the ever - changing needs of Americans — proving that the insurance provider can succeed in all economic conditions and provide for their customers, even in tough times.

But after more than 30 years of many market and economic cycles, my investing strategy has adapted to changing times.

Over the last 25 years, the FICO ® Score has adapted to remaining the most predictive consumer credit score in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

However, soon after Parker's opened, the economic landscape changed, and owner Katie Pottenger had to adapt the store along with it.

With his leadership, and the leadership of every world leader, we need to establish the tools and financing to help developing nations embrace clean energy, adapt to climate change, and ensure that there's not a false choice between economic development and the best practices that can save our planet.

Likewise if a number of species fail to adapt to the rapidly changing climate, the loss associated with this reduction in biodiversity goes beyond whatever small economic impact is modeled in these studies.

In this context, it is refreshing to see a new paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research by Alan Barreca et al., titled, «Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature - Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century.»

For every nation, this coerced energy and economic deprivation will make it increasingly difficult to adapt to future climate changes that nature inevitably will bring our way.

From these studies, a complex range of factors, including behavioural economics (Grothmann and Patt, 2005), national aspirations and socio - political goals (Haddad, 2005), governance, civil and political rights and literacy, economic well - being and stability, demographic structure, global interconnectivity, institutional stability and well - being, and natural resource dependence (Adger and Vincent, 2005), are all emerging as powerful determinants of vulnerability and the capacity to adapt to climate change.

In an interview with e360's editor Roger Cohn and senior editor Fen Montaigne, Yohe discussed his ideas on how to use economic tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to environmental changes as the world warms.

(And how can there possibly be a scientific consensus that we can not adapt to any changes that might occur, or that controlling greenhouse gas emissions would not cause economic harm?)

WRI's CAIT Equity Explorer incorporates criteria such as historical emissions, levels of economic development, capacity to adapt to climate change, and potential to reduce emissions.

These training manuals consists of five complementary modules, which aim to enhance the capacity of Arab Governments to incorporate Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) tools into economic strategies, policies and plans in order to adapt to climate change.

The report shows how CICs can: develop and deploy appropriate technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change; catalyse competitive domestic industries in clean technologies for job creation and economic growth; and deliver ancillary climate technology benefits such as energy security and access, and reduced local pollution.

In the judgment of this report's authoring committee, the environmental, economic, and humanitarian risks posed by climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for adapting to its impacts.

Those who argue that reducing emissions will be too expensive ignore the costs of climate change - economic studies have consistently shown that mitigation is several times less costly than trying to adapt to climate change (Figure 7).

This won't bring an end to economic growth [but]... will require that we gradually change the way we live, adapting our economy and our lifestyles to the reality of more expensive resources.»

Urban economic growth has caused climate change (think of the billions of people who are achieving the «American Dream») but it will also help us to adapt to climate change.