Sentences with phrase «international initiatives on»

I am hopeful that the pool of qualified practitioners that combine the necessary technical and legal expertise for sector specific disputes would benefit from the new international initiatives on diversity to enable more global inclusion and better generational and ethnic representations.

The program includes updates about several regional and international initiatives on the use of transgenic animals in research and the innovative use of targeted nucleases and their applications in transgenic animals.

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Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

«By combining HuffPost with AOL's network of sites, thriving video initiative, local focus, and international reach, we know we'll be creating a company that can have an enormous impact, reaching a global audience on every imaginable platform,» she writes.

Delaying U.S. compliance with international anti-corruption effort March The Department of the Interior halted work on a related effort to make sure U.S. transparency rules for the energy industry comply with an international anti-corruption initiative.

Our general and administrative expenses increased sequentially in absolute dollars during 2009 and 2010, as we invested in our infrastructure to support our growth in operations by hiring employees and utilizing outside consultants on project initiatives, including international expansion efforts.

Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.

At meeting, the United States and Morocco announced agreement on three new initiatives: a Trade Facilitation Agreement, Joint Principles for International Investment, and Joint Principles for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Services.

Ukraine can take the lead on fighting corruption by picking up the Irish initiative in 2013 and appointing top international experts to supply guidance as well as by inviting these experts to take on corruption in Ukraine itself as a first - order challenge.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

She serves on the advisory committees of several corporations, including the Ernst & Young Winning Women program, the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network, Walmart's Women Owned Business Advisory Council, Shell Diversity & Inclusion Collaboration Partners, MGM Resorts International Diversity Advisory Board, as well as the Coca - Cola Company's 5by20 initiative.

She serves as a member of the U.S. Department of State's International Council on Women's Business Leadership (ICWBL) Subcommittee on Access to Markets; is an active collaborator on Small Business and Women & Girl's initiatives through the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

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Further, in 2013, there were over 300,000 international students attending Canadian universities and other post-secondary institutions, providing a valuable resource on which to model this country's own PIB initiative.

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...

These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.

While organisations such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors take the lead in setting global standards, we contribute to global regulatory initiatives by participating in their task forces and committees to work on implementing financial regulatory reforms, enhancing standards and facilitating market development.

Director of Industry Development Kenya Kondo has over ten years of experience in international marketing and strategic planning focused on initiatives for Canadian based interests in a number of countries in the Middle East, Africa, and South East Asia.

Turkey is on course to attract more French golfers and boost international property sales thanks strong golf resort growth potential and a new initiative, says a top agent.

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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.

Local media in the state, tonight, is reporting that ballot initiative SQ755, which bars state courts from using Islamic or international law, is on the path to approval — Yes votes outweighing Nos by more than two - to - one, with about 40 - percent of the precincts in.

To facilitate more organic products on the market by promoting and protecting the KAMUT ® trademark, Kamut International's other initiative is to help farmers convert to organic agriculture.

Leading folding carton manufacturer, Graphic Packaging International (GPI), has successfully implemented a number of initiatives to ensure that its commercial vehicle drivers are amongst the safest on the UK's roads.

FAO can coordinate, at global level, the initiatives, activities and projects on food losses waste reduction by partnering with UN agencies, other international organizations, and worldwide stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society.

IFOAM - Organics International was amongst the first to join this initiative on the sidelines of the COP 21 Climate Conference.

Notably, there is a multistakeholder initiative for each of those four commodities — the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Bonsucro, the International Cocoa Initiative, and the Roundtable on Responsible Soy — which KnowTheChain suspects is a key driver behind companies» efforts.

One key Travel Trail initiative we are trialling for Jacob's Creek Expedition is a digital campaign targeting Qantas Frequent Fliers with forward international flights from Australia booked on dates aligned to coincide with the launch of product on shelf and in - airport activity.

NEPCon is an international non-profit organization that promotes and delivers sustainability certification services and has been working collaboratively on certification and other initiatives with the Rainforest Alliance since 1998.

CCN is embarking on an environmental initiative that will see it use technology from international green energy leader Global Water Engineering to harvest biogas (methane) energy from waste water to replace fossil fuels and provide reliable base load energy while simultaneously achieving much cleaner effluent.

Vinexpo organises wine and spirits events for industry professionals acting as the sector's international partner since its establishment, in 1981, on the initiative of Bordeaux Gironde's Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Here you can find updates on our Members» activities, product recalls and international initiatives.

«International brand owners are not waiting until every single chocolate lover starts to fully appreciate the resources they spend on sustainable sourcing; they are making extensive efforts to run their initiatives, and these efforts in sustainable sourcing should be celebrated and applauded,» Lee notes.

It will be interesting to see what kind of team Wenger puts out and if he takes the initiative to rest our players who were on international duty, what with the up and coming champions league game in midweek.

Kaspersky Lab's speakers will take part in international events organized by FOSI and cooperate with the Institute on joint research initiatives.

In celebration of International Women's Day on March 8th, Ann Taylor is giving their support to the HERLead initiative which is a fellowship that provides leadership training to young women, empowering them to become the next generation of global trailblazers.

Much has been achieved in 22 years, such as the adoption of the revised International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 183 and Recommendation 191 on maternity protection in 2000 — enacting stronger maternity entitlements, more country initiatives, and improving national laws and practices.

Shedd Aquarium is teaming up with an international research project called Global FinPrint, a Paul G. Allen initiative, to engage Chicagoland teens with a hands - on STEM application through citizen science.

For a while, it seemed as if the ongoing debate about online safety, and all the expertise engaged with that, was obscured by simplified «panic button» coverage in the spat between Facebook and Ceop, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.In the meantime, the Family Online Safety Institute had been collaborating on something far more worthwhile - an international directory of online safety initiatives.

Keeping reproductive health on the agenda The MSI Partnership welcomes European and international initiatives, including the Global Fund, to address the world's three most prevalent communicable diseases: HIV / AIDS, TB and Malaria.

If Hungary wants to regain its positions as a strong player on the stage of international politics it should not head in the direction showed by Fidesz and MSZP, the clownish antics exhibited within the EU, but instead membership in a Turanic alliance, or if needed, its leading role and initiative in forming such an alliance.

Post-Brexit, British trade policy ought to be centred on efforts to bridge regulatory divides by championing global initiatives (like UNECE's Single Window) in regulatory forums and international conventions covering sectors we have significant expertise and clout in.

Marie Stopes International calls on the UK Government not to support G8 maternal health initiative.

General News of Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Source: Nestle Ghana Ltd Nestlé launched a programme to help improve lives of children in the families On the United Nations International Day of Families, Nestlé announced its global «Nestlé for Healthier Kids» initiative.

In a keynote address, titled, «Job Creation and Social Protection Initiatives in States,» the Country Manager of International Finance Corporation, Mrs. Eme Lore, said the Nigerian private sector must lead efforts on job creation in order to achieve success.

Even as these students were forming their new network, NSF was developing an initiative to fund projects that connect far - flung research departments focusing on the same problems, with a special emphasis on international collaboration.

Jagger Harvey is an American scientist currently working in Kenya on crop research at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, an initiative hosted and managed by the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi.

Other targets of the initiative have focused on instituting ways to build collaboration among academic, nonprofit and private sector efforts, including international groups and to increase federal funding, an effort that spurred Congress to pass in December 2016 the 21st Century Cures Act that authorized $ 1.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute.

De Groot chairs the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), which took the initiative to find a new, widely accepted name.

For this month's feature on international science, we head up to some of the most northern European countries — Norway and Finland — to see what kinds of initiatives are in place to promote international science.