Synapse performs operational and planning modeling analyses of electric power systems using industry - standard models such as Strategist, EnCompass, Market Analytics, PROMOD, and PLEXOS to evaluate long - term energy plans, assess the environmental and economic
impacts of policy initiatives, and review utility system modeling.
You argued that you had included implicit prudence by not including the second round effects of
the impact of the policy initiatives on the economy.
Not exact matches
«Like many
of our social
impact initiatives, the innovation and inspiration comes from our partners who are volunteering in and contributing to their communities,» said John Kelly, senior vice president, Starbucks Global Responsibility, Community and Public
Policy.
Prior to that, Matt worked in
policy development, assessing the
impact of various tax and economic
initiatives on competitiveness and investment attraction.
Award recipients are selected based on their
impact on the growth
of WBEs; creation
of policies, procedures or
initiatives that increase opportunities for WBEs; and innovative and inspirational leadership on behalf
of women business owners and their companies.
One would have to go through the individual budgets to derive estimates for the
impact of the new
policy initiatives — tax and spending changes.
Thereafter, the positive
impact of the higher level
of nominal GDP and the saving measures more than offset the fiscal cost
of the
policy initiatives, resulting in lower deficits than those forecast in the October 2010 Update to 2014 - 15, and a somewhat higher surplus in 2015 - 16.
Higher revenues and lower expenses resulting from the improvement in nominal GDP, coupled with the saving measures implemented in the Budget are just sufficient to offset the
impact of the new
policy initiatives.
These improvements were partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the
impact of new
policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).
In addition, improved market transparency and monitoring - for example, via more detailed disclosures
of market - maker inventories and risk - taking - could help market participants better understand which market segments or trades are likely to be crowded.12 In addition, policymakers may want to assess how the combined
impact of regulations and other
policy initiatives affect market - making and overall market robustness.
There is also a residual (total difference less
impact of new
policy initiatives and restraint measures).
This improvement
of $ 2.1 billion was primarily due to somewhat better - than - expected economic conditions and an increase in the lapse ($ 3.2 billion) partially offset by provisions for anticipated Cabinet decisions ($ 0.9 billion) and the
impact of new
policy initiatives proposed in the March 2017 Budget ($ 0.3 billion).
In addition, we highlight global best practices such as
policies, programs and breakthrough
initiatives that jumpstart the growth
of high -
impact female entrepreneurs.
Research shows that a majority
of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental
impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water
initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water
policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water
initiatives, including its adoption
of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both
of which were commended for their water
policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.
Sylvia Rowe
of SR Insights, the Resource Specialists for the
Policy Working Group, led a discussion
of how changing politics and dynamics in Washington, D.C. are
impacting various nutrition, food labeling, and menu labeling
initiatives.
Research shows that a majority
of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental
impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water
initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water
policy support.
In February, SNS worked with the Academy's
Policy Initiatives and Advocacy staff in Washington, D. C.in development
of a survey sent to SNS members February 21 to help assess the
impact implementation
of the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) had on school nutrition programs.
In India — where the Maggi Noodles controversy continues to rage — and the law forbids promotion
of any products for babies under 2 years, Nestlé is boasting about its new Maternity Protection
Policy, describing its Start Healthy Stay Healthy campaign as «a science - based educational
initiative by Nestlé which, in partnership with doctors, focuses on the lifelong
impact of breastfeeding and the first 1,000 days
of life.»
B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated
initiatives: 1) building a community
of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all
of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth
of the
impact investing asset class through use
of B Lab's GIIRS
impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public
policies, including creation
of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.
At 1 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor for Strategic
Policy Initiatives Richard Buery will provide an update regarding the
impact and accomplishments
of ThriveNYC at a NYC Council hearing, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.
Speaking at the launch
of that programme, the Tory leader David Cameron promised that all Tory ministers in any government he may one day form will have to assess the
impact of every
policy and
initiative on the poor.
I have worked together with Marc Molinaro on programs and
policies that have had a positive
impact on our community: providing affordable senior housing, preserving important farmland and open space, promoting sound healthcare
initiatives, and investing in innovative economic
policies,» said Supervisor Sue Crane, Town
of Red Hook.
Maria Fitzpatrick, and Michael Lovenheim, both assistant professors
of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, researched the
impact of early retirement
initiatives in public education.
Developed for the Commonwealth Marine Science Event 2018, this publication is an
initiative by UK scientists and international partners, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, providing evidence - based science for
policy making on the
impacts of increasing concentrations
of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases on the ocean and human systems.
This issue is at the heart
of transformational teaching — finding ways to move effective educational practices and
initiatives past the tipping point into the realm where teachers, administrators, and
policy makers acknowledge their positive
impact and agree on the need to integrate them into school systems.
Having helped create LACEA's
Impact Evaluation Network (IEN), an initiative that aims to increase knowledge about impact evaluation of different policies, he has been a member of their executive board since
Impact Evaluation Network (IEN), an
initiative that aims to increase knowledge about
impact evaluation of different policies, he has been a member of their executive board since
impact evaluation
of different
policies, he has been a member
of their executive board since 2007.
IEN is an
initiative based at the Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association aimed to advance the state
of knowledge and expertise regarding
impact evaluation
of different
policies.
The
initiatives we have emphasized in
policy discussions — class - size reduction, curriculum revamping, reorganization
of school schedule, investment in technology — all fall far short
of the
impact that good teachers can have in the classroom.
-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public
Impact Update:
Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early
Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach
of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public
Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture
initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?
Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits
of higher levels
of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak
impact of state
policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own
policies and
initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296
Her research reflects urban school reform
initiatives such as the community school model, democratic community engagement, culturally relevant family engagement, and the intersection
of housing and educational
policy, particularly as it
impacts vulnerable families.
Week 1: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader Week 2: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader (Continued) Week 3: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team Week 4: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team (Continued) Week 5: Unjumbling the Schoolhouse Week 6: Assessing School Culture and Climate Week 7: The
Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate
Initiatives Week 8: The
Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate
Initiatives (Continued) Week 9: Leading Organizational Change to Improve School Culture and Climate Week 10: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 1) Week 11: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 2) Week 12: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 3)
Since Eskolta's founding, we have worked extensively with the New York City Department
of Education to understand the
impact of City
initiatives and
policies on educators in the City.
CIERA Inquiry 3:
Policy and Profession What is the
impact of implementing federal, state, or local program
initiatives in high - poverty schools?
And, you know, speaking to education and justice, in 2011, the u.s. department — the departments
of education and justice launched a supportive school discipline
initiative to reduce exclusionary discipline
policies, practices and their
impact on youth
of color and youth with disabilities.
In this blog, LPI Research and
Policy Associate Anna Maier highlights two community school
initiatives successfully bridging the gap between home and school and shares the compelling evidence
of the
impact of effective engagement on student and school success.
Dramatic changes may be necessary for principalships since schools need principals who value learning and who implement
policies and practices that positively
impact a school's performance, especially when new
initiatives may take an average
of five years to come to full implementation.
Drs. Elisa Harvey and Jill Lynn are among only four veterinarians worldwide that were selected for this year's expedition, the second such trip organized by the Homeward Bound program, a leadership, strategic and science
initiative for women that aims to heighten the influence and
impact of women with a science background in order to influence
policy and decision making as it shapes our planet.
The goal
of the paper I have just written is to «restart» the discussion
of climate change, which, as I see it, is on the verge
of disappearing from view, putting into cold storage both 1) the
policy initiatives like carbon prices and regulations that could have short - term
impact on wedge technologies like conventional renewables, efficiency, and CCS, and 2) commitments to the advancement
of a climate - change - driven research frontier.
It is being pointed out to you that the department's planning and programming
policy commits the department to leadership in substantial emissions reductions to «reduce greenhouse gas emissions in support
of U.S. climate change
initiatives» and «to foster efforts to assess, adapt to, and mitigate the
impacts of climate change».
Develop and implement communication and
policy initiatives: Work with ABC staff, NGO partners, and other leaders to identify, develop, and implement a high - profile national campaign to minimize the
impact of wind turbines on birds.
This is a more narrow
initiative and an example
of executive
policy that will
impact energy performance in a particular sector, in this case higher education.
The effect
of these
initiatives and
policies on mitigation is currently also small, but there is some evidence that trade pacts that are accompanied by environmental agreements have had some
impact on reducing emissions within the trading bloc.
It includes a growing number
of initiatives at the international and European level, from research networks
of data providers, operational services,
impact assessments, to coordination
of government
initiatives and provision
of policy - relevant recommendations; all provided on a wide range
of timescales, from few years to decades and more, referring to the past, the present and the near to far future.
The Panel serves as the voice
of the industrial gases sector participating in public
policy initiatives that
impact the industry and communicating advocacy positions for industrial gases.
Therefore, the exact nature and the pace
of GHG
policy initiatives will likely be affected by their
impact on the economy, economic competitiveness, energy security and the ability
of individuals to pay the related costs.
This thought piece will explore the
impact of increasing diversity and inclusion
of thought and action in energy - related programs,
initiatives, decisions and
policies that will influence and encourage a more connected and sustainable society.
Adam Markham directs UCS's special
initiative on climate
impacts and works with a broad array
of stakeholders to focus the attention
of policy makers and others on local climate
impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and
policy solutions.
February 17, 2010 Joint IEPR and Electricity and Natural Gas Committee Workshop on Incremental
Impacts of Energy Efficiency
Policy Initiatives Relative to the Adopted Demand Forecast.
Incremental
Impacts of Energy Efficiency
Policy Initiatives Relative to the 2009 Integrated Energy
Policy Report Adopted Demand Forecast.