Sentences with phrase «financial business climate»

In modern competitive financial business climate, the value of our credit reports and scores has increased significantly and in the case of any traditional finance, a poor credit score can be awful for you.

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I believe these companies have the technical skills, the financial scale, and the business savvy to successfully address climate change, if governments and investors step up as well.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Indeed, five of the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 cited growing business risk from climate change in their financial filings in 2014.

But coming off a year in which financial markets and the real economy both performed quite well, extended commentary from Buffett on the American business climate is a notable absence.

Improving financial and business performance is particularly important given the continued climate of declining terms of trade, increasing land prices, tightening credit and rapid national and global economic and policy influences affecting beef enterprises.

«It's smart business to incorporate the latest weather and climate knowledge into financial decisions,» said Thomas Bogdan, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

They've also helped us network with other local businesses and organizations that provide support for our climate, instruction, student needs, and financial literacy.

Credit repair is a high growth, unlimited income potential, business with a high degree of automation and the current financial climate is the perfect time to start!

When the economic climate is bad, small businesses can land in deep financial trouble.

The inevitable uncertainty associated with planetary climate declarations is being exploited by those who have financial incentives to continue business as usual, mostly the fossil fuel and power companies.

The FT / IFC Transformational Business Awards by The Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, last week honored the Block Island Wind Farm with one of two Overall Awards for Excellence in Climate Solutions.

Cf.. This on shareholder activism at Ensia: «In 2010, a coalition of investor advocates convinced the SEC to require all public companies to acknowledge what financial risks climate change could pose to their business.

The summit brought together Heads of States and Government, businesses, financial actors and institutions, cities, civil society, local and regional authorities as well as celebrities to discuss and share efforts towards scaled up climate action.

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Shell has gone farther than many of its peers in analyzing what a 2 °C or lower scenario would mean for its business, addressing mainstream investor expectations such as the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

In his book 2008 book Red Hot Lies, author and climate realist Chris Horner noted that DeSmogBlog's financial backer, John Lefebvre, is «currently a guest of the federal government's correctional officers as a consequence of certain business transactions, a fact that certainly would be of great interest had he instead cast his lot with the climate optimists.»

The launch of the financial think - tank's first roadmap comes as BP adopts a shareholder resolution on the risks climate laws pose to its business and as Royal Dutch Shell gives its backing to a similar resolution to be voted on at its forthcoming AGM.

Climate Shock is a Top 15 Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2015.

A 2017 disclosure by San Francisco reads: «The city is unable to predict whether sea level rise or other impacts of climate change or flooding from a major storm will occur, when they may occur, and if any such events occur, whether they will have a material adverse effect on the business operations or financial condition of the city and the local economy.»

First — About the phrases you used in your post «A considerable amount of climate skepticism has been fueled by big business, attempting to protect their personal financial interests (e.g. the Koch brothers, ExxonMobil).

Printing products, clothing, food, technical equipment, financial services; whatever your business, First Climate can help you switch to climate neutral prodClimate can help you switch to climate neutral prodclimate neutral production.

The choice of three titans from the financial world as chairs of the report serves rhetorically to reach out to the business community and get them on board with the climate policy intervention agenda.

Every business has to be able to answer the question that soon will be heading their way thanks to Mark Carney's Financial Stability Board climate disclosure recommendations: what is your plan for a scenario where full decarbonization occurs over the coming decades?

Financing from the CIF is channeled through the Bank and other multilateral development banks, with approximately 25 percent of its financing allocated to the private sector to stimulate markets, increase investment potential, and enable financial gain in climate - friendly enterprises and businesses.

In 2010 Terry co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a public - private partnership bringing together subnational governments, businesses, financial markets, NGOs, and academia to implement measurable, large - scale, low - carbon and climate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global eClimate Action, a public - private partnership bringing together subnational governments, businesses, financial markets, NGOs, and academia to implement measurable, large - scale, low - carbon and climate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global eclimate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global eclimate crisis and build a sustainable global economy.

If successful, the new international climate agreement forged in Paris will send strong signals to financial markets — and therefore to businesses and investors — about the direction of energy for the foreseeable future.

«Before long, we will see every Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois made with 100 % renewable power», said Sam Kimmins, Head of RE100 at The Climate Group, «and it makes business sense, with financial savings, job creation and emissions cuts on offer.

A report called Risky Business: A Climate Risk Assessment for the US, released June 24 by former Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and entrepreneur Tom Steyer, provides a comprehensive valuation of financial risks the United States faces from climate Climate Risk Assessment for the US, released June 24 by former Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and entrepreneur Tom Steyer, provides a comprehensive valuation of financial risks the United States faces from climate climate change.

Public / Private sector partnerships are much discussed, but for many years our work has relied on connecting private business, financial markets, policy makers, NGOs and project partners worldwide, to design and deliver integrated climate and development projects.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change allows the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insights on issues critical to climate Climate Change allows the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insights on issues critical to climate climate change.

Due to short - term business and policy cycles, he said they were failing to prepare for slow - burning trends: «Once climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it may already be too late.»

Investors are increasingly interested in how climate change will impact a company's long - term financial position and business strategy.

Mahindra Rise Chairman Anand Mahindra told a World Economic Forum crowd that climate action is «the next century's biggest business and financial opportunity.»

I worry that the focus on business model / financial innovation will only take the cleantech field so far (or will delay its development considerably), preventing us from achieving the rates of decarbonization necessary to prevent climate change.

And while we environmentalists will no doubt find fault with any one of these corporations on aspects of their current business models, we ought to welcome their rhetorical (and financial) force behind robust climate action.

As a firm believer in the concept of additionality - basically, would the proposed renewable energy project have happened under «business as usual» conditions - he explained that offsets would only gain the upper hand through: «public perception (from closer press scrutiny of REC financial figures); possible consumer fraud lawsuits testing deceptive marketing statutes; and perhaps most importantly a thriving domestic offset market built around regional climate schemes such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, AB 32 in California, the Western Climate Initiative, and possibly a national cap - and - trade scheme down the road.climate schemes such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, AB 32 in California, the Western Climate Initiative, and possibly a national cap - and - trade scheme down the road.Climate Initiative, and possibly a national cap - and - trade scheme down the road.»

The International Energy Agency welcomes the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate climate change.

: Disclose the actual and potential impacts of climate - related risks and opportunities on business and financial planning where the information is material.

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius scenario on their business, strategy and financial planning.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors program will allow the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insight on issues critical to climate change.

'' Cities and businesses recognise the economic benefits that come with fighting climate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discclimate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discClimate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discClimate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discclimate risk disclosure.

As all the major organisations are doing in the current climate, solicitors need to adapt and to specialise to survive and in order to do that they need critically to review their business model and understand the financial and operational impact of their non-core activities.

Andriessen, whose firm provides collection services for all amounts of money, tells AdvocateDaily.com the current climate has small business owners realizing they are ultimately the ones who have to take control of their financial future.

Social media and digital media corporate law are two areas that can trip the unprepared business, leading to significant financial losses, while uncertainty about the climate, especially in a State such as Florida, impacts upon risk management strategies.

This obligation would likely impose a need to discuss the financial and operational impacts of environmental protection and climate change legislation on the issuer's business, which may include such things as the recent legislation and proposed legislation in B.C. (see a summary of climate change legislation here), Ontario (see, for example the proposed Environmental Protection Amendment Act) and in the U.S. (see, for example the draft American Clean Energy and Security Act colloquially known as Waxman - Markey) all, therefore, need to be taken to account.

Staff engagement should be a priority for your business, especially considering the current financial and skills climate in many large economies.

A well - educated labor force, good universities, a business - friendly climate, financial incentives, low taxes, and a vibrant social scene all help.

Villamil noted the three major drivers of the state's economy are: 1) Florida's business climate, including real estate sales; 2) the U.S. economy and financial market trends; and 3) the global economy.

Critical country criteria to consider — GDP growth, political stability, demographics, income levels, financial market maturity, business and legal climates