Sentences with phrase «economic impacts»

Food waste has come under high scrutiny in recent years due to the negative environmental and economic impacts; but could a key solution lie in the overturning our negative perceptions of the frozen food?

I think that the high level of compliance with the shade and other biodiversity and environmental criteria as well as the positive economic impacts outlined in the report (which, despite my criticisms, I believe are both considerable and meaningful) demonstrate that RA certification is both achievable, profitable, and beneficial to the environment... at least for the currently certified farms.

• An assessment of what volumes can actually be physically and safely delivered in the Murray, Goulburn and Murrumbidgee Rivers without causing negative social or economic impacts.

FiBL's research team works together with farmers to develop innovative and cost - effective solutions to boost agricultural productivity while never losing sight of environmental, health and socio - economic impacts.

The conference also served as venue to the launching of the «Socio - economic Impacts of Genetically Modified Corn in the Philippines,» a study on the 10 - year commercialization of GM corn and its economic impacts among poor farmers.

Dan is a Los Angeles - based musician, writer, and veteran passionate about science and technology, current events, human rights, economic impacts, and strategic calculus.

By reducing these distortions, the negative economic impacts of the carbon tax are partially or fully offset.

It is not clear enough to permit the kind of careful quantitative analysis of budget costs, economic impacts and distributional implications that precedes legislation in a serious country.

Economic data for the next few quarters are likely to be noisy given the disparate economic impacts of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

In a carefully timed intervention coming shortly before Finance Ministers meet to discuss retirement income reform, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business today released an econometric study by Peter Dungan of the University of Toronto on the economic impacts of the CLC proposal to double the Canada Pension Plan replacement rate,

Concerns over negative economic impacts, such as a widening trade deficit with China, increased control of certain sectors by Chinese state - owned enterprises (SOEs), and intensified competition in the labour market for mid-skilled and less educated Canadian workers in particular; [1]

It does a good job of introducing the technology at a high level, discussing the potential social and economic impacts of bitcoin, weaving in the story of a few bitcoin startups, and telling the personal story of an early bitcoin miner.

The focus on Canadian gas was natural given the location of the Summit, the first to be held outside Asia, but it also reflected the lively debate going on in Canada over industry developments, environmental issues, and potential economic impacts.

«The worst part [of the NDP plan],» Mintz added, «is that it doesn't have good economic impacts because small business deductions contribute to a wall of taxation, so if they grow, they lose some of their benefits and get hit with higher taxes....

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Council unanimously passed the pro-moratorium Resolution on Marcellus Shale Drilling Environmental and Economic Impacts.

In «Aftershocks: Quantifying the Economic Impacts of...

To estimate economic impacts, the report uses publicly available economic data from announced pipeline projects, energy demand forecasts, and announced retirements of nuclear generators.

As long as the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs do not trigger an all - out trade war, the economic impacts will be minimal, according to an analysis by Barclays Research.

The latest economic impacts of the pipeline constraints come amid an intensifying spat between Alberta and British Columbia over the construction of the Trans Mountain project, pitting arguments of economic impact against the importance of protecting coastlines and limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Nora Leary, co-founder and head of marketing and business development at marketing firm Launchway Media, says that — due to her work with an international internship company — she's always looking into the economic impacts of spoken language skills.

«Major (cloud) infrastructure service providers are now also critical points for systemic failure, and any data breach or significant downtime can have a cascading effect impacting thousands of businesses, with a great potential for economic impacts,» Goddjin observes.

While models that attempt to forecast potential economic impacts provide useful insights regarding potential risks when exploring policy choices, the Commission is of the view that it must also consider the potential upsides of greater choice, including the retention of subscribers in the system, as well as the risks associated with maintaining the status quo in a context of increased demand for more choice.

«People who live at least another few decades will likely be affected by diminished funding of Social Security, and also the economic impacts that impact the broader economy, including rising interest rates and inflation,» Hamrick said.

The tourism organization Visit Indianapolis told Forbesthat the economic impact is more than $ 70 million.

GenCon is the city's «largest convention in attendance and economic impact,» the Indianapolis Star reports.

Instead, the startup program should be seen as just one part of Google's emerging efforts to remake the economic impact of patents in the tech industry.

For more about the economic impact of the almighty buck, read How a Spike in the Value of the Dollar is Hurting the U.S. Economy.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Tuesday even as commodity prices lost ground amid questions about the economic impact from a looming U.S. government fiscal fight.

That's not to say that businesses aren't feeling the economic impact.

Thanks in part to the craft beer boom, the beer industry has a bigger economic impact than that of wine or video games, studies show.

Mayor Berke and Skuid founder and CEO Ken McElrath sat down with Fortune to discuss the economic impact of Chattanooga's city - wide tech initiative.

Sterling could decline further against the euro to offset the economic impact of losing trade links with the European Union, the president of the Peterson Institute told CNBC on Tuesday.

Fox is also responsible for preparing the ground for trade deals with other countries in the world and attempt to offset the economic impact of leaving the EU's single market.

Tell me about the economic impact that this kind of tech initiative can have on a mid-size city like Chattanooga.

Monthly reports are published on the economic impact of leaving the union — and they are all negative.»

And female business ownership appears to be growing fastest among businesses without employees, which have less economic impact than other companies.

But at very least, it seems to me that a rough assessment of the economic impact of a vacation is a pretty good starting point.

Not only are the figures for women - owned companies very low, relative to the female fraction of the labor force, but also the growth of women's business ownership seems to be greatest among non-employer businesses, which have little economic impact.

He said the long - term plans in the budget should have a positive economic impact, but it remains to seen by how much.

Napa County Supervisor Bill Dodd says that since 80 per cent of the region's 500 wineries were unaffected, the long - term economic impact to businesses should be modest.

The federal government approved the expansion in 2016 but the project faces significant opposition in B.C. Thousands of people have been rallying to protest the project and Horgan has raised concerns about the pipeline's possible environmental and economic impact.

And will the economic impact — in memorabilia, baby items, tourism and even booking fees — of the arrival of this unnamed child, the «spare to the heir,» be anywhere near what it was for Prince George's birth?

For this reason, most economists advocate that spending by local residents be excluded from any economic impact estimates.»

What worries D'Alessandro most isn't so much the economic impact of disappearing head offices but the less measurable effect it has on the nation's pride and self - esteem.

External greed will force you to lose customers and community (pricing, extra services, economic impact, etc.).

«I think at the end of the day that virtually all of the «trade war» effects will be negotiated away and the true economic impact on industries as well as specific companies will be very small, so I haven't factored the impact of any trade war considerations into my portfolio,» she said.

Marijuana interdictions at the Mexican border are down substantially, youth use has not increased in states with legal access to cannabis, and responsible cannabis businesses are contributing tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact to their communities.»

Sentiment was buoyed by developments on the Korean Peninsula, but «the devil is in the details (or nuclear disarmament) and economic impact may be slow to follow,» Vishnu Varathan, head of economics and strategy and Mizuho Bank, said in a morning note.

«The direct economic impact on Japanese producers may be limited — only 2 percent of Japan's steel exports go to the U.S. — but Tokyo's failure to convince Washington to spare it from the new measures could be a sign of a more contentious turn in the bilateral relationship,» he said.

According to the report, the two markets where drone technology could make the biggest economic impact are precision agriculture and public safety.