Sentences with phrase «of initiatives like»

It also sounds disingenuous, given that the Budget initiatives were developed without input from Indigenous groups and there has been no modelling of the impact of initiatives like the $ 7 GP co-payment on Indigenous people and the health care providers who serve them.

But wouldn't we prefer that they use their massive wealth in the support of initiatives like this over business as usual?

[xviii] Having any chance of hitting the 1.5 °C target requires drastic, immediate cuts in fossil fuel use, as indicated by the work of initiatives like Mission 2020.

Even with the proven success of initiatives like Bring Your Own Device, there are still schools and libraries who are reluctant to enter the tech sphere for young students due to concerns about privacy, effective use of instructional time, and concerns over appropriate content.

Through the work of initiatives like the Living for Sport mentor scheme, children from all socioeconomic backgrounds are seeing significant gains in fitness and their enjoyment of life both inside and outside the school gates.

She has been generally supportive of initiatives like the expansion of the bike - lane network, pedestrian plazas, and neighborhood slow zones.

This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

As for the unexpected benefits of an initiative like Great Big Story, Morse believes that his team will learn things that will benefit its big sister CNN.

Not exact matches

But even after leaving public office, her commitment to improving America's literacy continued — with initiatives like a partnership with NFL player J.J. Watt to encourage parents to read to their children — until the end of her life.

We also have monthly events like Fit for Fall, a fitness initiative that encourages employees to get active, eat healthy, and drink lots of water.

During a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated much of what he covered during those hearings by explaining recent initiatives like increasing the number of employees who handle reviewing content for security and safety to 20,000.

Apple is following the likes of Amazon with its new health care initiative for the tech giant's employees and their families.

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.

There are all sort of techniques to reduce the amount of time you spend in useless meetings, from team - wide initiatives like having employees «pay» for meetings and simple gizmos that nudge people to use their time more effectively, to personal strategies for winnowing the number of meetings you're obliged to accept.

Tell me about the economic impact that this kind of tech initiative can have on a mid-size city like Chattanooga.

Case in point: Birch Coffee's «ignition initiative» in which customers can take a sign from the wall of the store (samples include: «Ask Me What I Ate for Lunch Today» and «Ask Me About the Most Embarrassing Thing in My iTunes Library»), and place it in front of their table if they'd like to encourage random conversations with strangers.

While it looks like the days of big blockbuster games being created in Vancouver may be coming to an end, there is lots of activity going on with independent studios and various new game initiatives.

Johnson & Johnson has taken on supporting initiatives like American Corporate Partners, which assists veterans in their careers, and the Travis Manion Foundation, which provides assistance to veterans and families of the fallen.

And there are many who support the Google initiative, like Vox Media's director of product Trei Brundrett, who said he was optimistic about the results:

For every company like O2 or The Cut & Color Room embracing customer rewards initiatives, there are dozens of others still sitting on the sidelines.

Fink helped lead some of HPE's big technology projects like its muddled foray into cloud computing, and newer initiatives centered on open - source (in laymen's terms, free) technologies and the Linux operating system.

But now they're «frozen» because, like the parishioners at that Berkeley church, they're part of an organization where simply saying something, asking a question, pushing back on a planned initiative, turns heads.

Polman's defining initiative has been the 10 - year Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, which has included significant changes such as having 100 % of agricultural raw materials be sustainable by 2020, developing a framefork for fair pay, and investing heavily in hygiene promotion in developing markets like India.

Some also join industry - sponsored initiatives like Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production, or the more stringent Fair Labor Association, both of which afford some measure of independent validation.

Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

Trump met on Tuesday with around 20 executives of major companies like General Motors and IBM in an effort to ramp up support for the infrastructure initiative.

That includes initiatives in hot areas like blockchains, which many of IBM's biggest customers are dabbling in.

The struggling restaurant chain updated investors on its attempted turnaround and reported disappointing results despite a number of promising initiatives, like changing how it prepares burgers and streamlining its menu.

In a relatively short amount of time, Saujani has gotten the likes of Twitter, General Electric, Square and Google to sign on to her initiative: two - month long programs that teach young women to code and offers mentorships.

They were not from other initiatives like Tesla Powerwall, which is helping restore electricity to the residents of Puerto Rico now.

This obsession with metrics has led to initiatives like affirmative action hiring programs set up by some of the biggest names in tech, which, unfortunately, have failed to perform as hoped.

It may not seem like a formal certification can add much to your professional repertoire, but if your main goal is to become more valuable and earn a raise — every new certification counts as a concrete example of your initiative.

While his standing among troops has likely been burnished by some of his policies — like boosting spending and reducing executive - branch input in battlefield decision - making — he has faced public criticism on some initiatives, like raising the budget and expanding US involvement in Afghanistan.

It will be part of Marvel's All - New All Different Marvel» initiative kicking off this October, which will include new comics for Marvel's superhero characters like Iron Man and the Avengers.

«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.

Interestingly, the article's author outlined what a basic - income initiative would look like stateside, using political scientist Charles Murray (of the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank) as a guide.

«What we would like to ask investors to look at is our initiatives, some of the new things we're doing — investing in the online - to - offline space in local services, digital entertainment.

Initiatives like the finder's fee help everyone move on and not take the loss of a customer so personally.

Now, Google discloses revenue and profits within two categories: Google (comprised of the core ad business as well as revenue from cloud, hardware, and Android), and «Other Bets» (sales from businesses like Nest, investment returns, small contributions from its Verily life sciences business, and the secretive X innovation lab, among other initiatives).

If they are going to hire staff, purchase tools, and devote company energy towards an initiative like a new form of marketing, they have to be able to calculate the return on investment in real numbers.

«Tweaking the age like that is a very simplistic solution that won't work to a very complex problem,» Trudeau said of an initiative that was meant to save more than $ 10 - billion a year once fully implemented in 2030.

In its release describing the initiative, the Attorney General's office cited examples of pimps and sex trafficking rings who posted pictures of minors on websites like Backpage and Craigslist, describing the practice as «modern day slavery.»

Ambitious initiatives like Project Wing, which is trying to invent a drone that can deliver packages, is by definition a risky undertaking with no guarantee of success.

Not surprisingly, the highest - ranked brands on our Canadian list fared well in these two categories — Canadian Tire, for instance, earned high marks for citizenship, likely because of community - focused initiatives like Jumpstart, its charitable - giving program.

A survey conducted by WeSpire, an employee engagement platform provider, shows that although only 33 % of employees over 60 and only 44 % of employees over 50 say they'd like to get more involved in their organizations» volunteer, sustainability, well - being or social responsibility initiatives, a whopping 71 % of employees under 30 say they do.

New initiatives like nation - wide delivery are a clear source of execution risk, but precedents are in place for investors to be optimistic.

Every step of the way, we have focused on making Government work better for business through initiatives like Startup America and BusinessUSA — groundbreaking programs that connect entrepreneurs to resources that can spur their success.

It is an initiative of OMERS Strategic Investments (OSI), an investment entity with a mandate to build long - term strategic relationships with like - minded partners.

But given the impending fruits of Pandora's growth initiatives, the disconnect between Kinder Morgan's stock price and its strong results, and Bitauto's enviable position at the center of multiple growth trends, we like their chances of doing just that.

By supporting initiatives like NextAI, Magna has the opportunity to help create a preeminent AI ecosystem which will ignite a new wave of opportunity for the Canadian industry, society, and entrepreneurs.»