Sentences with phrase «development policy we adopted»

The hybrid vehicle premium reduction is part of the sustainable development policy we adopted and shows our commitment to meeting environmental targets.

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It is also possible that, even if not legally required, public companies may adopt alternative advisory vote policies in the future and adopting this proposal as a permanent policy could impair the ability of the Company to react to such future developments.

While the prime minister and the premiers work to develop a national clean growth and climate action plan, some provinces have already adopted policies that are cutting carbon pollution and driving clean economic development.

It is for this reason that SPUC has launched The Mayisha Campaign (Mayisha meaning Life in Swahili) to raise awareness about maternal mortality, dispel the myths put about by abortion groups and lobby the Department for International Development to adopt an ethical foreign policy which respects the lives of both mothers and their babies.

Recounting an official meeting with the new central minister for food processing industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Arora says: «Government is going to adopt positive and liberal policies and will provide incentives to the food industry especially in skill development.»

IFOAM has always criticized this policy, and asked for international aid to support rural development in particular adopting organic agriculture as an efficient tool for food security.

We had turned round our performance and reputation and pioneered innovative approaches like our planning policy, the «Merton Rule», requiring on - site renewables in new development, which was eventually adopted by 140 other councils and the UK Government.

Ghana adopted a comprehensive population policy in 1969 with the aim to synchronize population management and economic development.

The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, has led the development and implementation of new infection control policies to reduce the risk of transmission, now adopted across the UK and elsewhere.

A Fit and Healthy Childhood Last autumn, the All Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood made a clarion call to put play at the heart of government policy on child health and well - being, and to adopt a holistic strategy to support child development.

Such a dataset would have many uses for research, but it could also be used in policy and practice to pair schools or districts adopting the same curricula for purposes of professional development or sharing resources.

Within a short period of time, district administrators had developed a new curriculum guide for reading, adopted new curricular materials, revised their student assessment policies, and organized an extensive professional development program about reading that went beyond state policy.

The revised CCR Determination Policy and Policy - Level PLDs, adopted in October 2012, was used by PARCC to guide the development of items and tasks for the PARCC assessments in both English language arts / literacy (ELA / literacy) and mathematics and also served as a guidepost for setting the performance levels for the PARCC assessments.

Through information and outreach, our goal is to generate policy that prohibits any state authority from adopting education programs, standards, or assessments that are national in nature, that infringe upon local district authority, or which may be used to coerce the development of local curricula or instruction.

Adopt a local professional development policy, one that embraces the vision outlined in this article.

The University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs describes how Illinois legislators adopted policies that led to the development of the state's K - 12 SEL standards.

These actions influence the practices in the field, the continuing professional development of beginning and career educators, and the policies that are adopted at local, state, and national levels.

However, at least 10 states are already transitioning to new tests for the 2015 — 16 school year and beyond.41 Earlier in their development, every state that had adopted Common Core was also involved in some way with one of these groups.42 But concerns with Common Core - related assessments — and over-testing of students more broadly — have led some states to reassess their testing policies and reconsider their participation in PARCC and SBAC (Figure 3).43 44 45

Supporters of the portfolio district model argue that districts which adopt this policy are constantly focusing on «talent management» with regard to the hiring, development, and retention of high - quality teachers.

Togneri and Anderson (2003) associate more successful districts with school boards that have adopted a policy governance role that emphasizes policy development, goal and standards setting, strategic planning and monitoring of system / school progress in relation to district plans, priorities and accountability systems.

The Secretary may waive the application of standards established under subsection (a) to a State that has adopted a law or policy that provides for the safe and adequate accommodation as certified by the State (or other grantee), in all phases of project planning and development, of users of the transportation network on federally funded surface transportation projects, as determined by the Secretary.

This policy is to ensures that the kittens we rescue, nurture, and love are adopted into homes that offer the best possible environment for their social development and life.

Sony adopted similar policies such as its Pub Fund and supplying more free development kits.

Facing increasing flooding from increasing development, climate change, etc., several European countries have adopted an official policy of «Room for the Rivers» — retreating from their floodplains rather than continuing to develope upon them.

Hundreds of companies are adopting Cradle to Cradle - inspired approaches for product development and now even countries are advancing their policies based on being inspired by the concepts of biological and technical nutrition instead of the concept of waste.

Climate change policy aspects can also be linked to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that were adopted as major policy targets by the WSSD.

Forest Trends, a non-profit organization that tracks global forest developments, recommends that the Myanmar Government adopt firm policies to reform the forest sector and scale up the national reforestation policy.

This manual provides guidance on how to conduct sound analysis for the development of national policies and activities that would — if adopted — accelerate the transfer and diffusion of selected mitigation and adaptation technologies in a particular country.

This policy brief highlights that under Millennium Development Goal 1, Asia - Pacific governments are committed to halving extreme poverty by 2015 and many have adopted poverty - related measures in national forestry policies and programs.

UN News Center: The water, sanitation and sustainable energy crises are the among the world's pre-eminent development challenges, senior United Nations officials warned today, urging Member States to adopt coherent integrated policies and innovative strategies to tackle these issues, which take a tragic toll on the lives of millions of poor people, especially women and young [continue reading...]

Given the policy focus of this chapter and the need to distinguish regions by their levels of economic development, this chapter adopts regional definitions that are based on a combination of economic and geographic considerations.

In addition the report says countries must adopt policies that put a price on carbon emissions and provide incentives to spur the development of energy - efficient technologies.

Number of policy instruments or action plans adopted by Governments pursuant to the post-2015 development framework that incorporate environmental objectives, as a result of UN Environment Programme efforts

Number of policy instruments or action plans adopted by United Nations bodies pursuant to the post-2015 development framework that incorporate environmental objectives

It claims that socially and environmentally sustainable economic development can be realized by adopting an appropriate mix of technologies, policies, and practices that explicitly recognize the inextricable linkages among the environmental systems and the basic human needs.

This seminal report, which was published by the UK's Institute for Public Policy Research, established the risk - analysis methodology that the Greenhouse Development Rights team subsequently adopted in order to define its reference «emergency pathway.»

In particular, Marrakech has adopted national policies for environmental protection, energy efficiency, and sustainable development with the goal of optimizing national resources and improving standards of living.

The resolution called for one panel discussion on identifying challenges and ways forward towards the realization of all human rights for all, including the right to development, in particular those in vulnerable situations, as well as the measures and best practices to promote and protect human rights that can be adopted by States in addressing the adverse effects of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, and another panel discussion on how climate change has had an adverse impact on States» efforts to progressively realize the right to food, and policies, lessons learned and good practices.

Ahmedabad, India, leads the pack as cities in developing nations race ahead of their richer counterparts in adopting eco-friendly transit solutions, according to the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), which last week gave the western Indian city its 2010 Sustainable Transport Award.The award has been given out since 2005 to a city that best «uses transport innovations to increase mobility for all residents, while reducing transportation greenhouse [gas] and air pollution emissions and increasing cyclist and pedestrian safety and access.»

Two new studies of the Hudson Landing development proposed for the City of Kingston reveal the planned project violates policies adopted by the city in its Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and also is inconsistent with state coastal management guidelines.

This includes the development of policies, retention schedules, procedures, records management organizations, and training materials to ensure employees understand and adopt changes to their records management practices.

Many developments have been underway to help the country adopt a new policy of utilizing digital currencies for the benefit of the country.

Career Objective: To work as a business consultant and help small and big scale companies in adopting and implementing progressive development policies.

The University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs describes how Illinois legislators adopted policies that led to the development of the state's K - 12 SEL standards.

I commend the approach adopted by the South Australian Government as an approach consistent with important human rights standards, in particular, that there be effective participation by Indigenous peoples in the development of policies that affect their rights.5 Moreover it is consistent with General Recommendation VIII of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the CERD Committee) which states that «group membership shall, if no justification exists to the contrary, be based upon self - identification by the individual concerned.»

This emphasises the importance of «stakeholder management» and emphasises the importance of adopting a consultative and participatory approach to policy development.

Read in the context of the current federal Government policy development approach as outlined in chapters 2 and 3 of the report, this chapter vividly demonstrates the shortcomings of the current approach being adopted by the federal government and shows how out of step this approach is with international developments.

adopt a people - centred approach which values the full participation of Indigenous peoples in the process, from the very beginning of policy development, through to service delivery and monitoring and evaluation;

This whole - of - government approach, adopted in Cape York as part of the COAG trials, ensures that the policies that apply to Indigenous people in that region are consistent across government agencies and directed to their economic and social development.

Queensland, through utilising an agreement - making approach to policy development, ensures a greater level of participation than the consultation model adopted in policy reviews.