Sentences with phrase «governments and businesses around»

Controlling HFC emissions has become a priority for governments and businesses around the world,» stated Jeff Cohen, Senior Vice President of EOS Climate.
From peaceful protests to calls to action, individuals, governments and businesses around the globe took part in celebrating, supporting and empowering women.
The situation makes it hard for governments and businesses around the world to understand the forces behind the spending sprees.
At ClimateCare we have 18 years» experience of delivering robust and effective programmes to help governments and business around the world become Climate Neutral.

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Yesterday, I wrote about the shady role of a few start - ups in the government's bid to gather more and more intelligence about people and businesses around the globe.
Working from this nondescript campus and seven others around the country, Alutiiq raked in $ 533 million in revenue in 2006, virtually all of it from the government, won under contracts set aside for small disadvantaged businesses.
April 16 - The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators around the globe.
CB pulls together the latest developments in Canadian and global economics, marketing, managing, investing, government policy, innovation and retailing to help its audience develop a deeper understanding of the business world around them.
Nearly half of the businesses with black CEOs cluster around our nation's capital — in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia — and a third overall provide services to government agencies.
While we are still stuck with one government organization — the Small Business Administration — that tries to help both small businesses and startups, the language around this continues to evolve.
On April 8, business leaders and government officials from around the world will head to the scenic island of Hainan in southern China for the four - day Boao Forum.
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is concerned that the announcement by the B.C. government of a further regulatory process around spill response may send a chilling signal about British Columbia's openness for business, attractiveness for foreign investment, and predictability or reliability of our environmental regulatory system.
In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.
But ahead of the report launch on 24 January 2017, I'd like to share something that I discovered while researching and talking to [business, government and social] leaders around the world about one dimension of inequality: gender.
Standing in front of business and government leaders from around the world at what is being coined the «Asian Davos,» President Xi Jinping delivered China to the world stage but left little substance last night.
Even as Mr. Harper pledged Tuesday to steer clear of radical change, investors and businesses in Canada and around the world are waiting to see how his government handles a number of hot files, now that the Conservatives won't face voters for at least four years.
My reading of the episode is that the extraordinary financial events of September and October 2008 — several large financial failures, large - scale rescues of major institutions, enough incipient systemic concerns about banking systems to lead governments to issue guarantees, investor panic on share markets — were all observed in real time by households and businesses right around the world.
Nearly 200 delegates from around the world, representing governments and leading technology company executives, were in attendance at the annual conference and awards presentations to discuss and recognize ways that broadband communications is making a practical but profound impact on the infrastructure, economy, businesses, governments and social growth.
Alibaba Group in recent months has been aggressively promoting the growth of cross-border online shopping with government officials and business leaders around the world.
Christian and other faith communities around the world are hosting 120 events in 35 countries, all calling for governments, businesses and individuals to do more to reduce global warming.
If you are so religious and such a good Christian (Derp and other commentors) why would you do business with a company who then turns around and gives a part of that money to a hate group that has openly stated they would prefer the government take certain citizens of this country out and SHOOT them.
Seema Kennedy, a Tory MP and co-chair of the commission, said: «Today we are calling on the public, businesses and Government to consider what more could be done in their communities to tackle the problem - from starting their own men's activity to simply making time to chat to those around them.»
Champions 12.3 — which includes CEOs of major food companies Nestlé, Tesco and Unilever, along with government ministers, executives of research and intergovernmental institutions, foundations, farm organizations, and civil society groups — will work to create political, business and social momentum to reduce food loss and waste around the world.
The new publication, SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016 Progress Report, was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, a unique coalition of leaders from government, business and civil society around the world dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3.
The Rainforest Alliance's talented, multilingual, and diverse staff works hand - in - hand around the world with farmers, foresters, businesses, researchers, civic organizations, and governments to meet our shared mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods.
Geaux Culinary is a Louisiana - based food service business focused on providing world - class food operations to non-traditional markets, which include hospitals, airports, government installations and most importantly, military bases around the world.
The event, which is supported by the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and WNBA, will bring together representatives of more than 75 professional teams from around the world, along with league officials, business and government figures and grassroots entrepreneurs to share information, ideas and positive practices.
I mean how many females want to be Engineer or Tradesmen which build everthing we see around us without which we'd have cow paths; or, own their own very risky business... take away services especially Government run, and tons of women would be jobless.
The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons lagovernment, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons laGovernment · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.
At issue were comments O'Luck made on the Times» City Room blog in February 2009, in which he said that if government programs that benefit businesses owned by women and minorities weren't around «white men and the connected would have access to nearly 100 % of all city, state, and federal government dollars spent.»
This money nexus is already well - advanced — ranging from the appointment of unelected business leaders to ministerial posts, the various trade - offs with Murdoch, the tobacco companies over Formula 1 racing and others, down to the merging of the political apparatus around Blair and Mandelson with lobbyists selling access to government ministers.
The CEBR report found that if the Government raised the rate of corporation tax from 21 per cent to 26 per cent - the result of equalising the tax rate between big and small business - would cost around 100,000 jobs from the small business sector and reduce economic output by # 4.3 bn, while reducing the public sector deficit by only # 1.6 bn over 10 years.
«People down there are just besides themselves,» GOP Sen. Terrence Murphy said of business and government leaders in the area around the plant.
The documents center around a key part of the government's case — an alleged scheme by Edward Mangano and Venditto to have Oyster Bay provide restaurateur Harendra Singh with $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees for businesses.
«I've said that the government should never — never — be in the business of telling people how they should pray or where they can pray,» he said, «and I think we want to make sure that everybody from around the world feels comfortable coming here, living here and praying the way they want to pray.»
Under Labour small businesses would receive help should they want to export, and the government would be more involved in helping the British business around the world.
«In coalition Britain, big businesses and energy giants can laugh at the government's failure to rein them in and dance around their social responsibilities, while bankers can shower themselves in bonus cash.
The event will bring together around 25 - 30 invited senior level attendees from cities, business and policy with a senior speaker panel representing national and local government, and business.
Republicans around the country are grappling with Trump's candidacy, with «establishment» GOP leaders in business and government horrified by a populist insurgency, and the racist, previously out - of - bounds comments that is fueling it.
The services offered by UK Trade & Investment bring together a network of business sector specialists and support teams in British embassies and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) posts all around the world, as well as key experts in government departments across the UK.
The Comptroller's report includes several examples from around the state of significant exemptions granted for government - owned property; large exemptions for business and private power - generating facilities; and substantial exemptions for not - for - profit organizations.
This is a timely development, as cash strapped western governments reduce the amount of money they dedicate to international aid, and consumers show signs that they increasingly expect the brands they buy from to be ethically conscious, the changing funding environment around NGOs will make the role of businesses in achieving the goals fundamental.
We have right - wing talk show hosts praising corporate power over government control and big business trying to get around the law to meet their goals, regardless of the people they hurt.
We have a business model and we've been preparing for it with a team but still the bill is not passed yet, and even if the bill is passed this year, the local government will decide opening the first around the end of 2019 or in early 2020.
Today Kegan and Lahey's insight is being used by businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies around the world.
It has been created ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April, where leaders, business, civil society and young people from around the world will gather in London to focus on a common future and helping ensure every young person can access a world - class education.
This small business administration has a goal of teaching you how to set up your very own business, managing the business to make it grow, and government contracting and making your business popular overseas and, possibly, all around the world.
Ministers from across government are joining forces with engineers, industry experts and hundreds of businesses to change perceptions around engineering — and highlight the scale of opportunity that careers in the industry hold for young people in the UK.
As part of this, ministers from across the government are teaming up with engineers, industry experts and businesses in order to change perceptions around this area.
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