Sentences with phrase «increasingly challenging environment»

«Supporting our membership in an increasingly challenging environment is our highest priority,» says Geha.

«With this in mind, it is now time for the government and its agencies to work more closely with companies to manage their pension liabilities in an increasingly challenging environment.»

Four fifths now leave before retirement age and many blame this on working hours — high by international standards — and working conditions that have been made challenging by sweeping reforms to school curricula and an increasingly challenging environment of accountability.

Not exact matches

But there are other challenges to contend with in China, including native competitors like Baidu's spinoff CryptoDogs, and a regulatory environment that is increasingly hostile to cryptocurrency.

But sales are starting to falter, and in July, PepsiCo acknowledged the increasingly «challenging» environment there.

Furthermore, today's organizational environment is one with a rapidly evolving marketplace, dependent upon technological breakthroughs, shifting consumer habits, and the increasingly challenging talent shortage.

But the environment could become increasingly favourable for active management as challenges rise and volatility increases.

The good news is that GE's new leadership team recognizes that it has to manage its cash flow more conservatively and realistically, being mindful of an increasingly - challenging business environment.

In an increasingly global and virtual environment, challenges for employees and managers will be to cultivate these personal relationships.

RBC is the only Canadian financial institution with a national team of industry specialists serving clients in the manufacturing, wholesaling, and logistics sectors, helping to meet the challenges of an increasingly global and competitive business environment.

«As our first quarter results demonstrate, Lending Club's business was strong despite the increasingly challenging investor environment,» said Lending Club President and acting CEO Scott Sanborn.

They also understand that Asia is the source of, and increasingly a big part of the solution to, challenges to global security, the environment, health, and food safety.

Karen's knowledge, skills and leadership are a valuable addition as we advocate on behalf of the America's leading beverage companies in a constantly evolving and increasingly challenging political environment.»

Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children established the Office of Community Health Programs in 1992 to respond to the challenges of an increasingly complex health care delivery environment, to meet the changing needs of Tufts Medical Center's diverse patient population and to focus on public health and disease prevention.

It made a lot of sense in the world I grew up in, where new challenges, like in the economy and the environment, were increasingly calling into question the capacity of nation states to protect their citizens alone.

After making similar arguments for television, film and the Internet, he proposes that this increasingly challenging media environment may help explain the upward trend in IQ scores.

The increasingly diverse urban and suburban student population presents school boards with the challenge of creating positive learning environments to meet the needs of these diverse students.

As maker education becomes increasingly prevalent in schools and learning environments across the country, more and more work is being done to research the impacts, benefits, and challenges of this movement.

What we get is a profound insight into the creative - but sometimes destructive - tensions between a man and his environment, where once - held certainties are increasingly challenged, and what really matters in Perowne's life is underscored.

«In a retail environment that's increasingly challenging for new and emerging authors, digital publication and promotion allows us to continue to encourage author discovery and growth, bring books to market more quickly, leverage popular digital trends and offer authors an outlet for their nontraditional and ancillary streams.»

In particular, the challenges of mathematical and scientific formulae need to be solved, and technology providers need to respond to the educational market with increasingly cost - effective, end - user focused and school environment appropriate solutions.

Unfortunately, the reality of the current investment environment is that generating income is an increasingly difficult challenge.

And because we have more time, we'll get all those behaviors that much more reliable in increasingly busy, challenging environments.

Environment as the enemy isn't anything new, nor is the enemy taunting you as you pass through increasingly difficult challenges - that's very

Postcommodity works to forge new metaphors capable of rationalizing our shared experiences within this increasingly challenging contemporary environment; promote a constructive discourse that challenges the social, political and economic processes that are destabilizing communities and geographies; and connect Indigenous narratives of cultural self - determination with the broader public sphere.

These environments serve as spaces for individuals of different social, economic, and cultural backgrounds to exchange ideas and experiences, spurring the development of new artistic disciplines and approaches.In today's New York City, artists working in this social practice find themselves increasingly challenged in their search for logistical and financial backing.

«Tourism in the state is increasingly challenging our livelihoods, environment and culture,» said Magline Peter, a leader of the Coastal Women's Front that led the demonstration.

Health eff ects from changes to the environment including climatic change, ocean acidification, land degradation, water scarcity, overexploitation of fisheries, and biodiversity loss pose serious challenges to the global health gains of the past several decades and are likely to become increasingly dominant during the second half of this century and beyond.

Build and maintain outside support for the administration's commitment to meeting the climate and clean energy challenge despite an increasingly difficult political environment to pass legislation.

Adapt or Fade Just as the traditional news media has found itself increasingly challenged by a decentralized network of participatory media, so too the financial and political pillars of yesterday are finding themselves in a new and discombobulating environment where participation is more powerful than control; where access is more important than ownership; and where collaboration and cooperation is replacing competition.

As I write about in ECOpreneuring, in an increasingly challenging business environment and economy, not only will the triple bottom line enterprises tend to thrive, they will also be even more profitable than their more conventional competition due to their carefully and sustainably crafted workspaces.

Innovative companies fueled by creative ideas and rapidly evolving technology are challenged by an increasingly complex regulatory and security environment.

To survive and thrive in today's challenging business environment, all contractual parties need to increasingly make commercial contractual risk management a very high priority — in this workshop you learn how to manage risk with contract management.

Added to this, the global business environment is becoming more competitive and challenging, giving rise to a greater number of increasingly complex and expensive disputes.

Global competition, advances in technology and an increasingly complex regulatory environment present significant challenges to this important sector of the U.S. economy.

We help address these intricate compliance challenges while providing solutions for today's increasingly competitive environment.

According to Leitch and Wilson, «The firm's growing footprint in London is a reflection of client demand that is fueled by the increasingly challenging regulatory and compliance environment,...

«By taking a driver refresher course you'll learn the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today's increasingly challenging driving environment,» AARP says.

Given the increasingly complex legal environment, employers in 2014 will be faced with the challenges of ensuring that a background screening provider utilizes best practices to be in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance for the use of criminal records, and applicable state laws as well as accuracy.

Given the increasingly complex legal environment, employers in 2015 will be faced with the challenges of ensuring that a background screening provider utilizes best practices to be in compliance with laws for screening.

I am a creative artist with hands - on experience in increasingly responsible and challenging positions in both in - house advertising and agency environments.

«In today's increasingly competitive economy, our children deserve more than an academically challenging environment — they need the 21st century skills of creative thinking and problem solving,» said Congressman Kildee, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education.

Because of an increasingly restrictive legal environment and clinic closures across the country, abortion patients are facing new barriers to care, including the need to travel greater distances to access services.2, 20 Overcoming these challenges can be difficult or impossible, especially given that 75 % of abortion patients are low - income, and 59 % have already had a child and may have other family obligations.21 Whether a provider offers same - day contraceptive services is irrelevant if a patient can not access abortion care in the first place.

One of the greatest challenges for kids in a school environment is the increasingly peer oriented nature of their classrooms.

Australians are now faced with challenges including creating financial security in an increasingly uncertain economic environment, managing increasing rates of chronic disease, and securing a dignified and healthy retirement.

Over the last decade rates and taxes have consistently increased at a faster rate than inflation and has increasingly come under the microscope as landlords focus on preserving their net income in a challenging trading environment.

The respected industry leaders at this event will share their insights into a selection of topics that are immediately relevant to Engineering and Construction companies in the current, increasingly challenging construction environment.