Sentences with phrase «of corporate effort»

The US Chamber of Commerce has been a key part of the corporate effort to block federal action on climate change and undermine the scientific consensus on the issue.

Effective Coverage operates under a set of core values that serve to help us to both offer the best insurance products and services that renters need, but also to focus a significant amount of corporate effort on education.

But he acknowledges that governments, wary of controversy, have shied away from funding further ocean fertilization projects, and he's skeptical of corporate efforts to support them, fearing a lack of scientific objectivity.

Teaching and encouraging mindfulness in the workplace has become a part of corporate efforts to reduce the stresses that can lead to burnout.

Not exact matches

While there are now many virtual currencies, each with its own blockchain, there are also many government and corporate efforts looking at ways to use blockchain technology to securely record other kinds of data.

Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association says the effort to get more big - ticket listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange by allowing dual - class shares has more cons than pros and could set a standard for other countries.

The ruling potentially gives corporate parents more responsibility for the affairs of their franchisees, including their organizing efforts.

Corporate venture - capital efforts also have the advantage of involvement with startups at the early stages, when they can most benefit from access to a large, established customer base, credibility through brand association and a larger network of partner companies and advisors.

But the first of many boycotts against Nike was followed by corporate efforts at reform, and the company now has a history of holding suppliers to account and cutting off those that don't measure up.

Expanding the lifestyle element is an important part of its positioning, according to Molly Cashman, director of marketing for Pure Barre Corporate, and the company recently hired New York - based Likeable Media to amplify its reach and online efforts.

The keystone element of the effort was a parody music video, a fresh new take on corporate video production.

While corporate employees can afford to bury themselves in very specific, rigidly segmented responsibilities, small business employees succeed or fail based on the collective efforts of the entire group.

They see the efforts of big business to get Congress to reform the tax code and cut corporate income - tax rates as a diversion from the Tea Party's fight to lower personal income - tax rates.

Brown believes one of Napoleon's «secrets» is its commitment to its company culture, and its efforts to communicate corporate strategy and vision to every single employee.

By establishing a standard for measuring such efforts, B Corporations are a step in that direction — giving social entrepreneurs a place in the legal infrastructure of the corporate system and investors a framework for assessing their performance.

Another prong in No Ceilings» new program is an effort by the nonprofit Catalyst to create what's being billed as an annual list of CEO - endorsed female candidates who are ready to serve as directors on U.S. corporate boards.

Returns are adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, and corporate reorganizations as they occurred; however, no effort has been made to reflect the cost of brokerage commissions or of taxes.

She's a member of the Citi North American Corporate and Investment Bank Management Committee, Global Banking Diversity Steering Committee, Nextgen Recruiting Steering Committee, and Team Captain for Georgetown University recruiting efforts.

In 2011 she launched Uncharted Play in New York City and began selling the product to businesses as part of their corporate social responsibility and marketing efforts, as well as to schools and governments.

IBM, after energizing its efforts to license its thousands of technology patents a few years ago, now attributes $ 1 billion a year of its corporate sales to licensing.

The new tax law includes a corporate tax rate of 21 percent, down from 35 percent in an effort to make the U.S. more competitive globally.

«Intuitive puts a lot of effort into building and maintaining a positive corporate culture that emphasizes community, ethics, and commitment to the people within the organization.

Phelps said the effort goes beyond simple technology solutions that monitor trends, but like many corporate executives discussing the specifics of big data, he had trouble defining exactly what big data is in a typical corporate context.

But formalized corporate governance is designed to be executed by boards, investors, and government on behalf of the public good, and the active efforts of all three are required.

Dayen raised the issue recently in his analysis of controversial rule changes proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which coincide with SEC efforts that could water down already inadequate corporate disclosures.

Corporate marketers may feel a tinge of pride, knowing their efforts are being imitated to sell such a blockbuster... until they find out just what Trask Industries is up to.

Now, readers of The Uncanny X-Men comics in 1981 might know what it's all about but to everyone else it appears to be just another feel - good corporate marketing effort.

And after years of corporate tax cuts, the government continues to wrestle with flagging business innovation, introducing a series of new adjustments in an effort to promote manufacturing development.

The news is an encouraging milestone in an ongoing effort by JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank, to steer more of its corporate philanthropy toward revitalizing inner cities — particularly in Detroit, where the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund is part of a $ 150 million, five - year commitment by the bank.

In addition to featuring many individual mega-donors, we look at top leaders of both private and corporate foundations and explore women who are making an impact by catalyzing giving, through funding intermediaries or other efforts.

These steps include: efforts to simplify prospectus requirements for retail vanilla bonds and ease the personal liability of company directors; improving market transparency through the RBA's publication of new measures of corporate bond yields; the lengthening of the government bond curve; and the listing of certain fixed - income securities on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Susanne leads Novo Nordisk's efforts to be a sustainable business and is charged with management of corporate sustainability - driven programmes, the integrated Annual Report, stakeholder engagements and communication on the value of the company's Triple Bottom Line (TBL) business principle.

Historically, corporate involvement in the political sphere has consisted of narrow efforts to shape policy to benefit the bottom line, such as lobbying for a favorable regulation.

As a result of CPA's efforts, political disclosure has been adopted by 130 large companies and is becoming a mainstream corporate practice.In his work with CPA, which he founded in 2003, he has drawn on his three decades of experience in journalism, Congress, and strategic public affairs.

As government and corporate data - gathering efforts swelled over the last century, citizens largely accepted, without much discussion or protest, that their society would be fueled by the collection of personal information.

By leading the effort to re-confirm him, the Corporate Democrats (but not most of their colleagues who had to face voters this autumn) removed this albatross from the Republican neck and put it around their own.

Corporate has a lot of pride in Pure Barre and the franchisees and have put forth a serious amount of effort to continuously support owners in any way that they can.

He has drafted strategic corporate business plans, raised capital for startup organizations, defined new services portfolios, developed associated infrastructure requirements, and handled the redesign and redirection of sales efforts away from «commodity» sales towards value - based service sales.

How the Message of Diversity & Inclusion is Starting to Change the Conversation Learn how State Street Global Advisors «Fearless Girl» installation came to life and subsequent efforts to spotlight the need for greater gender diversity on boards and corporate leadership.

Legislative suspicion of the corporate form and fear of the concentrated economic power it represented probably motivated the early efforts to limit shareholder voting rights.

Not only are these corporate forms a powerful tool in the fight against inequality, but there is evidence that they provide the incentives for greater effort, more cooperation, more innovation and more sharing — all of which contribute to improvements in workplace performance and company productivity.

The company has also proposed several charter amendments as part of its efforts to adopt corporate governance best practices, including board declassification, providing for the removal of directors with or without cause, a reduced supermajority requirement to amend bylaws regarding special meeting rights and the elimination of supermajority requirements for certain provisions of the bylaws.

Corporate defined benefit plan sponsors have pulled many levers in recent years in an effort to reduce the financial risk of pension obligations.

A spate of corporate scandals has spurred investors to push for ways to make it easier to replace board members, but such efforts don't always work out.

Its goals are to create strong financial returns for its corporate Limited Partners, be a force multiplier for Greater Cincinnati's economic development efforts and to build an Active Network of investors that Cincinnati startups can utilize.

A report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers is the first official calculation of the tax framework's impact and its focus on cutting corporate rates underscores how central that effort is to the administration's overall plan.

Steven currently supports the firm's investment banking efforts, and has covered the origination, structuring, and execution of numerous transactions and served as strategic advisor to senior executives, providing advice on M&A, private equity, strategic relationships, and strategic positioning for capital - raising efforts and other corporate initiatives.

The company is committed to social responsibility through the volunteer service of associates, corporate contributions, in - kind donations and environmental conservation efforts.

Going back to the origins of personas and buyer personas as an ethnographic research effort to inform design and strategy, these meant involving multi-disciplinary groups from design, branding, corporate strategy, marketing, call centers, fulfillment, and service.

There is also a portion of their work involving corporate outreach, which does overlap more with other organizations» efforts.