The results should emerge soon, but in its evidence to the Select Committee, Scottish and Southern Electricity plc said that, while shale gas was a viable if relatively small option for the UK (compared to the US), «there is a concern that with limited capital for investment in the energy industry, significant development
of policy incentives to encourage development of shale gas resources in the UK, alongside uncontrolled growth in gas - fired generation could decrease investor certainty on UK policy direction towards renewables, CCS and / or nuclear.
What we need are the kinds
of policy incentives that are equivalent to air mail,» such as a cost for CO2 emissions and a subsidy for captured and stored CO2.
From feed - in tariffs to risk guarantees, she said, governments need to talk out the different types
of policy incentives that could unlock private capital in various parts of the world.
Not exact matches
The U.S. has taken a number
of policy approaches aimed at increasing the country's innovation output, from boosting STEM education programs to offering tax
incentives on R&D research.
The Gallop Government's decision in June to provide a $ 3 million
incentive package to US defence contractor Raytheon, which is relocating its naval systems division headquarters from Sydney to Jervoise Bay, may also have run foul
of the new
policy.
That's led to a slew
of calls for government intervention and new
policies designed to juice startup activity: savings accounts to finance new companies; immigrant entrepreneurial visas; programs to facilitate startups» access to capital; and expanded tax
incentives for new businesses.
Such
policies might include providing more
incentives for companies (both large and small) to invest in R&D and capital infrastructure, encouraging post-secondary institutions to better tailor their programming to meet market demand in terms
of subjects and skills, and making Canada a more attractive country for foreign or start - up companies to invest in by deregulating industries that have no business being as regulated or as protected as they are, such as telecommunications, airlines, and broadcasting.
A new
incentive policy backed by Federal and State governments, combined with tangible initiatives such as the Jervoise Bay industrial complex, holds out the promise
of more progress in future.
Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's
policy offers emitters less
of an
incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel
of oil produced would also remain constant.»
An
incentive compensation award paid in stock, restricted share rights, or restricted stock pursuant to this Policy shall be governed by the provisions (other than provisions with respect to the computation of such award) of the Company's Long - Term Incentive Compensat
incentive compensation award paid in stock, restricted share rights, or restricted stock pursuant to this
Policy shall be governed by the provisions (other than provisions with respect to the computation
of such award)
of the Company's Long - Term
Incentive Compensat
Incentive Compensation Plan.
If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election
of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement
of our 2013 Equity
Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination
of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption
of a
policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).
Although the Company's performance for 2007 was in the top quartile compared to its Peer Group and met one
of the alternative goals under the Performance
Policy, the HRC considered in making its
incentive award decisions the fact that the Company did not meet its EPS goal
of $ 2.49 (2006 EPS, as originally reported) under the Performance
Policy and therefore did not improve upon the EPS results
of the prior year.
This confluence
of forces has led China to implement a wide range
of policies supporting a transition to clean energy — from feed - in - tariffs for renewable power, to electric vehicle
incentives, to market - based
policies to reduce carbon pollution.
As rates creep higher overseas in response to the gradual removal
of policy accommodation in Europe and Asia, foreign buyers will have less
incentive to hunt for yield in U.S. bonds.
Deferral
of an
incentive compensation award paid in cash under this
Policy shall be made pursuant to the provisions
of the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.
While writing broadly about economic issues, Rosalie's research interest focuses on the implications
of technology and innovation with the goal
of identifying
policy gaps, misaligned
incentive mechanisms, and assessing potential causes and solutions.
This area covers the impact
of policies affecting Canadians» health and long - term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality
of care, funding arrangements and
incentives, pharmaceuticals
policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact
of these choices on the public purse.
The following benefits are not subject to the HP Severance
Policy, either because they have been previously earned or accrued by the employee or because they are consistent with Company Practices: (i) compensation and benefits earned, accrued, deferred or otherwise provided for employment services rendered on or prior to the date
of termination
of employment pursuant to bonus, retirement, deferred compensation or other benefit plans, e.g., 401 (k) plan distributions, payments pursuant to retirement plans, distributions under deferred compensation plans or payments for accrued benefits such as unused vacation days, and any amounts earned with respect to such compensation and benefits in accordance with the terms
of the applicable plan; (ii) payments
of prorated portions
of bonuses or prorated long - term
incentive payments that are consistent with Company Practices; (iii) acceleration
of the vesting
of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or long - term cash
incentives that is consistent with Company Practices; (iv) payments or benefits required to be provided by law; and (v) benefits and perquisites provided in accordance with the terms
of any benefit plan, program or arrangement sponsored by HP or its affiliates that are consistent with Company Practices.
Concerning the BICE, «a lot
of focus will be on the litigation and
policies and procedures to eliminate
incentives.»
Because the CNGC already regularly analyzes whether our
incentive compensation programs provide proper
incentives to our NEOs to achieve our Company's strategic priorities (including ROI) and because our shareholders already receive annual reports on those matters in the CD&A s in our annual proxy statements, we believe the adoption
of the
policy requested by the proposal is unnecessary, duplicative
of practices already followed by the CNGC and our Company, and would result in an expenditure
of Walmart's resources and our management's and directors» time that ultimately would not be in our shareholders» best interests.
The HRC has reaffirmed the
policy of deferring a portion
of annual
incentive compensation for the Company's highest earners in the form
of long - term awards whose vesting terms take into account longer risk - emergence periods, and has overseen the implementation
of standard performance objectives for the Company's control function staff to further prevent or discourage excessive risk - taking.
Such a
incentive to borrow may be undesirable, which is why the 2005 Tax Reform Panel recommended accompanying full expensing with the elimination
of the interest deduction (Howard Gleckman
of the Tax
Policy Center recently explained this point in more detail).
Roper and other consumer advocates argue that conflicted advice is deeply engrained in the brokerage business model, echoing the concerns outlined in a recent leaked White House
policy memo in which officials concluded that «the current regulatory environment creates perverse
incentives that ultimately cost investors billions
of dollars a year» in the form
of unnecessary rollovers
of 401 (k) plans into costly IRAs, and «excessive churning (repeated buying and selling)
of retirement assets.»
Biofuels don't help, but biofuels are the result
of high oil prices, which are the result
of poor
incentives to bring oil up (both because
of low yielding U.S. assets and political resentment over U.S. foreign
policy).
Let me briefly mention a few steps that could be taken to increase the economy's potential over time — immigration
policies that attract workers with scarce skills to the United States; education
policies and job retraining programs that build and replenish human capital; spending on infrastructure to remove bottlenecks; tax simplification and the elimination
of tax
policies that distort investment and saving decisions; regulatory
policies that are attentive to costs and benefits and that emphasize getting the
incentives right.
Specifically, benefits subject to the HP Severance
Policy include: (a) separation payments based on a multiplier
of salary plus target bonus, or cash amounts payable for the uncompleted portion
of employment agreements; (b) any gross - up payments made in connection with severance, retirement or similar payments, including any gross - up payments with respect to excess parachute payments under Section 280G
of the Code; (c) the value
of any service period credited to a Section 16 officer in excess
of the period
of service actually provided by such Section 16 officer for purposes
of any employee benefit plan; (d) the value
of benefits and perquisites that are inconsistent with HP Co.'s practices applicable to one or more groups
of HP Co. employees in addition to, or other than, the Section 16 officers («Company Practices»); and (e) the value
of any accelerated vesting
of any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock or long - term cash
incentives that is inconsistent with Company Practices.
This
policy allows the Company to recover
incentive compensation paid to any executive officer on the basis
of having met or exceeded performance goals if that performance was due to fraud or other intentional misconduct.
Start by removing some
of the
policies that shield Canadian companies from competition and give them less
incentive to innovate
«When you look at how much money somebody could make by turning a rental unit — particularly something that's rent - controlled, where the city is trying to keep rent low — into what is essentially a hotel room, you see there's a powerful
incentive there,» said Ed Lazere, executive director
of the D.C. Fiscal
Policy Institute, which helped oversee the report.
These headwinds were then amplified by anti-growth
policy choices such as excessive regulation, fiscal austerity, a lack
of pro-growth private investment
incentives combined with growing income inequality.
This mix
of public
policies (
incentives, infrastructure and investment) must be ambitious, to drive clean innovation — which is the key to generating climate solutions and securing Canadian competitiveness and jobs in a low - carbon world.
The US's own experience in introducing diversity targets illustrates the time lag that many times characterizes
policy implentations from time
of inception, underscoring the need for effective
incentives from the start.
Given the introduction
of several new ECB
policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases
of nonfinancial, investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs;
incentives to reduce the impact
of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European credit and equities is quite constructive.
The legislation thus offers corporations «a perverse
incentive» to shift assembly lines abroad, said Steve Rosenthal
of the Tax
Policy Center.
Other specific duties and responsibilities
of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation
of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and
incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation
policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level
of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.
The following benefits are not subject to the HP Severance
Policy, either because they have been previously earned or accrued by the employee or because they are consistent with Company Practices: (i) compensation and benefits earned, accrued, deferred or otherwise provided for employment services rendered on or prior to the date
of termination
of employment pursuant to bonus, retirement, deferred compensation or other benefit plans, e.g., 401 (k) plan distributions, payments pursuant to retirement plans, distributions under deferred compensation plans or payments for accrued benefits such as unused vacation days, and any amounts earned with respect to such compensation and benefits in accordance with the terms
of the applicable plan; (ii) payments
of prorated portions
of bonuses or prorated long - term
incentive payments that are consistent with Company Practices; (iii) acceleration
of the vesting
of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or long - term cash
incentives that is consistent with Company Practices; (iv) payments or benefits required to be provided by law; and
While the program may create some useful
incentives for technology adoption, it was Paradis» reference to a digital economy strategy that attracted the attention
of policy watchers.
At any rate, it's an economic view
of liberty as a means that brings with it a political commitment to an activist, interventionist tax
policy of incentives and disincentives.
Most
of the freer Asian countries at one time or another adopted
policies penalizing large families or offering
incentives to small families, whether through the tax code or through benefits like preferential housing and jobs.
Like her husband before her, Clinton is trying to forge a new consensus and is unashamed to pile up
policy proposals: on family leave, child care, college affordability,
incentives to employers for higher wages, immigration reform, clean energy and limits on the power
of wealthy campaign donors.
The
Policy subcommittee focuses on the public
policies in various parts
of the country that create
incentives for food donation to those in need or that result in robust infrastructure for landfill alternatives, such as composting facilities.
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This toolkit, to be released in 2016, will bring together lessons from our research and
policy work in date labeling, tax
incentives, liability protections, as well as other food waste
policies, to provide
policy makers with a comprehensive menu
of policy options.
TOUGH: Well, I think part
of it has to do with education
policy, that we've been so focused on standardized tests as the measure
of whether a school is doing well that we're not giving schools the time and the
incentive to work on these other skills.
[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption
incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed
policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk
of being, a victim
of sex trafficking or a severe form
of trafficking in persons.
B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community
of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all
of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth
of the impact investing asset class through use
of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public
policies, including creation
of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment
incentives for sustainable business.
That is what political scientists call a «competency» or «valence» issue, meaning that political parties have an
incentive to prove their ability to contain such costs irrespective
of their different
policy positions on other issues.
On the other hand, it seems likely that the prospect
of being rescued in this way provides an
incentive to migrants to embark on journeys that are visibly unsafe, and that where states have broken the link between rescue and access to their territory — as the Australian government has done by adopting a
policy whereby migrant boats are either towed back to their point
of embarkation, or else their occupants are assessed in offshore detention centres, with those qualifying for refugee status placed in third countries — the stream
of boats rapidly dries up, and with it the loss
of life.