Sentences with phrase «country focus on sustainability»

As cities and towns around the country focus on sustainability, bike share systems can play an important role in safety and livability efforts by making it easier for people to get around.

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Last year, for example, a study conducted by Unilever — a company that does have an admittedly vested interest in knowing this kind of information — polled 20,000 consumers in five countries and 33 percent said that given the option, they would choose to buy from brands that are focused on sustainability.

Terry is a researcher, course instructor, director at Forefront, a non-profit focused on innovative solutions to sustainability in underdeveloped countries, and a Ph.D. student studying historical approaches to understanding the racial inequalities in education in the U.S. I am an education policy consultant, writer, and co-founder of Guardians of Our Sons, a Philadelphia based non-profit for boys of color.

To meet these needs, the new Climate Services for Resilient Development partnership will harness the experience, unique capabilities, and resources of a broader set of societal actors and institutions, relying on collaboration between the partners and local stakeholders to ensure long - term ownership and sustainability of the partnership's impact in focus countries.

Since then, Global Gap Year has evolved somewhat (it's now six countries in 28 weeks), and TBB has launched semester - long programs as well, one focused on food security and public health in Asia and another focused on empowerment and sustainability in South America.

«A group of financial experts has set out its vision for hardwiring sustainability goals into the European Union's financial system, calling on the 28 - country bloc to stop pouring public money into polluting fossil fuels and focus spending on clean energies instead.

The review conducted in this study indicates that, in general terms, when it comes to leveraging the potential of broadband to promote environmental sustainability, high - income countries tend to focus on carbon abatement strategies, whereas developing nations envisage the use of broadband to reinforce the preservation of biodiversity and promote eco-friendly development.

We have been at the bargaining table with some of the country's largest employers and, in every negotiation, focus on helping clients maintain positive working relationships with union representatives while preserving our clients» economic sustainability.