Sentences with phrase «backed global initiative»

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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

LONDON, April 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Gglobal investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger GlobalGlobal.

Most Rev Justin Welby will join 17 other global leaders and experts to provide the Secretary - General with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific mediation efforts around the world.

Just like «succeeding in the global race», «march of the makers», «strivers», etc: they're just empty rhetoric if you can't back it up — and follow it up, unlike some of those previous initiatives.

«Harassment is an inherently disempowering experience, and giving survivors options allows them to move back into control,» says Emily May, co-founder and executive director of the global anti-harassment initiative Hollaback!

On 2 March, representatives from 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide or discuss abortions.

On 2 March, representatives of more than 50 countries met in Brussels at the invitation of She Decides, an initiative launched by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to push back against the so - called global gag rule, which denies US federal funding for non-governmental organisations that provide abortions or discuss the procedure.

Business Backs Education: Creating a baseline for Corporate CSR Spend on Global Education Initiatives, Report on Findings (Jan 2015)

Now that the most successful Global Pet Expo ever has come and gone, it is time to step back and take a look at what this industry has become, as well as a couple of initiatives that are critically important to its future success and growth.

After a fruitful initial visit to San Pedro, Arcadia plans to move forward with the global outreach initiative as they travel back to Belize in August, 2016 to begin educating the community in the areas of business, education, and healthcare.

This is part three of a multi-part series reflecting back on the games developed during the first year of the Singapore - MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, a five - year research initiative created to address important challenges faced by the global digital game research community and industry.

At the start of the campaign for California's Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would suspend the state's global warming law, opponents darkly warned that the Texas oil companies backing the initiative would spend as much as $ 50 million to win the election.

Coming home after the training, Harriet's first move was to step back from the global climate initiatives that had occupied her professional life and jump into local sustainability efforts in her own community.