Sentences with phrase «business climate challenges»

But the country has a number of business climate challenges that must be addressed before it can reach its full potential as an investment destination.

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The native Canadian faces a tough business climate as letter volumes continue to decline and her plans to boost revenue through package growth have been challenged by Amazon's launch of its own delivery network.

Amid this volatile economic climate, small business owners may be facing a number of challenges, such as holding too much inventory or sluggish receivables, which can send a business's cash flow into the red.

Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key global challenges of our time, from climate change to sustainable development.

While businesses are increasingly taking steps to assess risks and prepare for future climate changes, many companies face internal and external challenges that hinder efforts...

As the Obama administration pushes a new plan to fight climate change, many businesses, from start - ups to multinationals, already are adapting to ensure their businesses can grow and profit amid sustainability challenges.

In today's climate of business consolidation, increased competition and regulatory changes, the food and beverage industry is facing some of its toughest challenges in years.

«Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while still growing as a company is one of the defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.

In today's business climate, it is difficult to put aside daily work challenges to look out for others — but Fred always went above and beyond to fight for his people.

In my capacity as chairman of the Senate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business committee, I hear every day how challenging New York state's business climateBusiness committee, I hear every day how challenging New York state's business climatebusiness climate can be.

The lawsuits are the latest legal challenges against oil companies over climate change and come as the firms are searching for new business models amid pressure by governments and consumers for cleaner energy.

«As a former small business owner, Assemblyman Morelle knows the challenges that employers face on a daily basis and we look forward to working with him to advance measures that will improve New York's business climate and strengthen the future of our Upstate communities.»

Cuomo, who is running for re-election and apparently seeking to avoid publicity for perceived weaknesses — like a challenging state business climate — declined to engage.

«The individuals receiving our PAC's endorsement today have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving the business climate of New York State,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «While we will never agree on every issue, each of the endorsed candidates recognizes the challenges facing our state and is prepared to face those challenges with legislative solutions that will improve the lives of all New business climate of New York State,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «While we will never agree on every issue, each of the endorsed candidates recognizes the challenges facing our state and is prepared to face those challenges with legislative solutions that will improve the lives of all New Business Council of New York State, Inc. «While we will never agree on every issue, each of the endorsed candidates recognizes the challenges facing our state and is prepared to face those challenges with legislative solutions that will improve the lives of all New Yorkers.

Cuomo said clean energy is a business opportunity for the state, as well as an important step to address increasing climate challenges.

The plan is one of the most comprehensive yet from the Westchester County executive, who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a second term, and highlights an issue that both candidates say is a top priority: how to boost New York's business climate and increase jobs, particularly in upstate regions grappling with decades of economic malaise.

The World Economic Forum suggests climate change remains the most severe challenge to global business

Dr Jonathan Clarke, Head of Business Development at JIC said, «The continuity of food production is being challenged by changes in our climate.

The success of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica marks an important development in the philosophy of sustainable development, demonstrating how the climate challenge can be met through goodwill and collaboration between civil society, business and governments.

Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Chair of Judges of the awards, said: «The economic climate continues to present UK businesses with an unprecedented challenge.

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A closer alignment between business goals and employee performance is crucial in a challenging economic climate; schools are no different to other organisations in that respect.

How a school operates is integral to the sort of education it provides and by addressing the challenges of the current education climate with a social business framing in mind, that sort of education is a very exciting prospect indeed.

A statement from the publisher read: «The Consumer Business centered on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.

«The Consumer Business centred on Sega Corporation is expected to post operating loss in the year ending March 2012, due to the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home video game software market environment in the US and Europe.

And while it's easy to fill 100 «name here» slots on an ad questioning climate clarity, my guess is it'd be hard to find more than a handful of scientists working on the intertwined climate and energy challenges who would say that fossil - fueled business as usual is the best approach to getting humanity through its 21st - century growth spurt in great shape.

To really solve climate change and other serious environmental challenges we're going to need a joint and massive effort from business, government, non-profit organizations, and consumer - citizens.

Business is ready to play its role in meeting the climate challenge.

The wager was inspired by Wharton School of Business professor Scott Armstrong's similar $ 10,000 challenge to Al Gore over climate change, which the former vice president declined.

As part of his comments, DeGioia laid out to the gathered business leaders Georgetown University's three - part response to our energy and climate challenges (and opportunities)(GU's Sustainability homepage).

In Australia and around the world, many businesses are adapting to the challenges of climate change and moving towards a low carbon economy.

This brochure describes the Women's Green Business Initiative, which is a global programme that is turning climate change challenges into economic opportunities for women, by promoting women's employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy and in emerging climate change adaptation and mitigation industries.

The urgency of the challenge has prompted a number of new initiatives from business - oriented environmental groups that aim to reassess — and reimagine — the role of voluntary carbon offsetting in helping to generate the finance needed to protect the climate.

The Climate Solutions annual dinner has become the premier event in Oregon where business leaders, elected officials, and clean energy advocates gather to celebrate successes and discuss pending challenges.

Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group, is challenging all businesses around the world to set a science - based emissions reduction target ahead of this September's Global Climate Action Summit in California.

If this movement was to collapse under its own contradictions and corruptions, and a peaceful pushback could be engineered, then climate action and the green businesses that are driving it are perfectly positioned to build a new economic model that both tackles the environmental crisis and addresses the social challenges that gave rise to the new populists in the first place.

While businesses are increasingly taking steps to assess risks and prepare for future climate changes, many companies face internal and external challenges that hinder efforts to move toward greater climate resilience.

The announcement by the Mahindra Group responds to one of the five «Summit Challenges» being presented to sub-national governments, business and civil society worldwide in advance of the Global Climate Action Summit.

For example, mitigation of climate change or public - health legislation threatens people who cherish unregulated free markets because it might entail regulations of businesses (Heath & Gifford, 2006; Kahan, 2010; Lewandowsky, Gignac, & Oberauer, 2013; Rosenau, 2012); vaccinations threaten Libertarians» conceptions of parental autonomy (Kahan, Braman, Cohen, Gastil, & Slovic, 2010; Lewandowsky, Gignac, & Oberauer, 2013); and evolution challenges people's religious faiths (Rosenau, 2012).

This allows us to challenge business - as - usual approaches that we consider to be unsustainable in the face of the unprecedented challenge posed by climate change.

• Energy and Climate Change, Marco Baroni, Senior Energy Analyst, IEA • Coming challenges for Europe in meeting decarbonisation objectives, Geoff Blanford, Program Manager, EPRI and Ifo Institute • Resource adequacy forecasts to 2030 under different scenarios, Jean Verseille, Board member, ENTSO - E • Power plant retirements and mothballing, Tomas Björnsson, Head of Business Strategy, Vattenfall

We Mean Business — changing the climate challenge narrative The narrative for businesses on climate change is usually «it costs jobs and money».

Businesses are constantly reminded of the risks and challenges of climate change, most recently with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment reportclimate change, most recently with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment reportClimate Change's fifth assessment report (AR5).

The two day conference, bringing together participants from the world of science and business, aimed to discuss how Big Data can help with challenges in modelling and monitoring climate change.

Tim Doyle, vice president of policy for the conservative business organization American Council for Capital Formation, said the companies he works with have not expressed any interest in a public forum to challenge climate change science.

Learn how they made the business case for action, what challenges they faced and how offsetting your carbon emissions as part of your emissions management strategy can deliver an immediate impact for the climate and real value to your business.

People, governments and businesses are becoming increasingly aware of challenges and opportunities arising from a changing climate.

It reflects the real challenges in perceiving and communicating climate risk to individuals and to businesses, even though the societal risk case is clear.

In our opinion, it is less important how RWE proceeds with the generation business since this business model is focused on conventional generation which does not offer any solutions for the overall challenges from climate change.

One of the biggest challenges of climate change is the uncertainty and expense it is imposing on communities and businesses.