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In this segment discussion of international initiatives around corporate responsibility, including MMSD, Global Reporting Initiative, Amnesty Mining Ombudsman.

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«I don't know if (the new initiatives) will turn around sales,» Doug Fisher, president of Toronto - based foodservice strategy consultancy FHG International Inc., said Tuesday.
Revealed today in an FSA press release, the talks covered such themes as «Standardization initiatives by [the] International Organization for Standards» and the «technical risks and opportunities around blockchain.»
2014.04.02 Double amputee Spencer West embarks on coast to coast road trip to celebrate Canadian students opening the doors to education around the world An initiative of international charity and educational partner, Free The Children, and supported by RBC and Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., the We Create Change Tour will run from April 11 - June 17, 2014...
With these concerns in mind, this initiative examines China's evolving life sciences sector and the implications for innovation and international harmonization around drug approvals, clinical trials, and market regulations.
As part of its new international outreach, the cathedral has opened the Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation, which describes itself as focusing on poverty, social justice and peacemaking initiatives around the globe.
Learn more about their programs and initiatives around the world and donate by visiting Heifer International.
On this day, governments around the world are reminded of their prior agreements of the agreements that they have made on an international level in order to sustain the initiative of fighting against poverty.
International initiatives included a faculty - student exchange with an elite Soviet math / science boarding school, a Young Science Scholars program for 11th Graders from around the globe, and assisting South African schools from Soweto to Capetown in their efforts to loosen the bonds of apartheid.
Program: International Education Policy Major ED Duties: Adviser to the secretary on strategic communications and policy; primary liaison with the White House on agency activities; cochair of the Advisory Council on Dependents Education; partner of Michelle Obama on the Joining Forces project; and aide on communications and engagement planning around the president's early learning initiative.
For 25 years, Grant worked on influential reform initiatives around the world, including Ted Sizer's Coalition of Essential Schools; the International Baccalaureate Program; the Advanced Placement Program; state reform initiatives in New Jersey, New York, and Delaware; and national reforms in China, the Philippines, and Thailand.
* The international expansion of major technology companies and ebook players * Preserving in - store discovery and improving online discovery * Cloud services: how SaaS (software as a service) will change publishing IT * New businesses initiatives from innovative publishers around the world
We continue to focus on our global impact with international initiatives like HarperCollins Mexico, Thomas Nelson Brasil, and others including working with many international publishing partners around the world.
Education is the key to dog bite prevention, and one international organization, Doggone Safe, promotes educational initiatives to increase child safety around dogs and prevent injuries associated with bites.
While the professionals around the table were not acting officially on behalf of the organizations with which they worked, — The AVMA, AAHA, AAFP, The Winn Feline Foundation, the Catalyst Council, the Association of Shelter Vets (ASV), the International Cat Associaton and the Cat Fanciers» Association, they were focused on creating a consensus document as a step towards a best practice initiative.
We also believe that this translation is one more important step towards making RECOVER a truly international initiative, and that it opens a path to collaboration with our Portuguese speaking colleagues around the world.
We also believe that this translation is one more important step towards making RECOVER a truly international initiative, and that it opens a path to collaboration with our Spanish speaking colleagues around the world.
The foundation's core initiatives include the long - running Sharjah Biennial, featuring contemporary artists from around the world; the annual March Meeting, a convening of international arts professionals and artists; grants and residencies for artists, curators, and cultural producers; ambitious and experimental commissions; and a range of traveling exhibitions and scholarly publications.
A new educational initiative launching this year as part of our annual Testing Ground for Art and Education, Testing Ground: Master Class invites leading international artists to share their expertise with a small group of emerging artists from around the country over a five day intensive, led by artist Doug Fishbone.
The second edition of Testing Ground: Master Class (30 January — 6 February 2014), an independent educational initiative developed with artist Doug Fishbone, offers a free, intensive programme for a small group of emerging artists from around the UK to discuss and develop their studio practice with leading international artists over the course of a week.
Recent projects include Sundown Schoolhouse, an itinerant educational program; Edible Estates, an international series of domestic edible landscapes; and Animal Estates, a housing initiative for native animals in cities around the world which debuted at the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
The foundation's core initiatives include the long - running Sharjah Biennial, featuring contemporary artists from around the world; the annual March Meeting, a convening of international arts professionals and artists; grants and residencies for artists, curators and cultural producers; ambitious and experimental commissions and a range of travelling exhibitions and scholarly publications.
A signature initiative of the New Museum, the Triennial is the only recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to early career artists from around the world.
David Adam of The Guardian reported over the weekend on the first international conference on «coal to liquids,» in Paris, at which a host of officials from around the world excitedly described a host of new coal - to - liquids initiatives aimed at securing flows of transportation fuel in a world facing high oil prices for a long time to come.
Mr. Bush's initiative was criticized by some countries and environmental groups as kind of an end run around international climate - treaty negotiations that involved all countries, small and large.
The secretariat has set up a portal which presents information on cooperative initiatives undertaken around the world at various levels by governments, international organizations, civil society, and business to reduce emissions.
To provide support and timely information to policymakers worldwide, the Clean Energy Solutions Center harnesses expertise and resources around the world and collaborates with many organizations, countries and international initiatives.
In addition to engaging around the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, the International Climate Action Initiative also addresses climate policies in other contexts, including international cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships betweInternational Climate Action Initiative also addresses climate policies in other contexts, including international cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships betweinternational cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships between countries.
Highlights of the year include the emergence of green growth initiatives around the world, the innovative approaches to address climate change and ecosystem loss, and the renewed efforts to strengthen international environmental governance.
Speaking to Bitcoin Magazine, Perianne Boring, founder and president of the chamber said the Global Blockchain Forum is an international initiative that will coordinate efforts with leading blockchain industry trade associations around the world to establish global industry best practices and standards.
About Blog The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a daily basis to conduct research in macro and international economics.
Belfast About Blog Its principal aim is to organise a series of initiatives themed around issues relating to the international genres of crime fiction, in order to establish long - term collaborations with other UK and European scholars and Libraries.
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