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China's investments in the wind and solar industries are driven by a multitude of factors including macroeconomic conditions; industry conditions; policies (both general and specific to the wind and solar industries) that «push» Chinese companies to invest overseas; policy incentives in host countries that «pull» Chinese investors; and financial support from Chinese banks that «enables» these investments.

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Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

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.

The Court Government's 2000 decision to provide a $ 900,000 incentive package to Mediterranean Shipping Company, to relocate its Australasian shipping office from Sydney to Fremantle, is a third policy initiative in WA that appears to run counter to the new agreement.

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 Compensatincentive 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 CompensatIncentive 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.

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.

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.»

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 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.

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.

A report by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute noted that European nations included offshore wind in national energy policies and established feed - in tariffs to provide incentives for deployment.

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 China succeeded in reigning in this growth, India's half hearted policies which failed to provide promised incentives turned their people against family planning programs, and poor economic plans left traditional structures that led people to have large families.

These policies won't solve our problems, but they will shift the incentives in our system so that people in the lower - earning segment will become a bit more likely to enjoy the relatively higher family stability and higher employment that other Americans take for granted.

Recounting an official meeting with the new central minister for food processing industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Arora says: «Government is going to adopt positive and liberal policies and will provide incentives to the food industry especially in skill development.»

(Nevermind that New Zealand dairy exports to the U.S. will be assisted by government policies in New Zealand such as a state - mandated monopoly on exporting — just as U.S. exports to Mexico were assisted by U.S. government subsidies such as the Dairy Export Incentive Program.)

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.

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.

The policies must also address foods in school for classroom parties, celebrations and incentives.

[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.

In low - and middle - income countries, these latter views have led to policy initiatives and incentives towards universal institutional birth [29 — 31].

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.

Although it is not entirely clear how this will work in Scotland, there is precedent for including such incentives in migration policy, particularly in Canada.

These incentives and policy instruments could be financial, but they could also be lighter - touch regulatory and market mechanisms that help SMEs (unlike mechanisms such as auctions that are barriers to small players who do not have corporate back - up and who need to know the value of their product in advance if they are to raise funds).

Given various policy options, this line of thought asserts, military force stands alongside many competing actions as but one policy option among many, whether economic sanctions, political incentives, alliance building, political pressure, or shame in the court of public opinion.

In the intervening years, the energy policy would give utilities an incentive to use power generated by nuclear plants, which are considered clean sources, though not renewable.

• Redesigning Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion of our education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency policies.

The other scary part is, in relation to the government backed homes incentives, it sounds remarkably like the policy that started the crisis: asking people to buy property they can't realistically afford.

In Venezuela there was inadequate incentive to increase production of valued goods and services under government policies.

The IET makes a number of recommendations in its policy paper, including that the government encourages greater use of the SBRI via financial incentives for public bodies and that a similar scheme should be explored at the EU level.

In the United States of America, people back candidates who will initiate policies — lower taxes, or embark on healthcare reforms or other programmes that will further free enterprise, in Nigeria everyone wants lucrative appointments and not incentives for manufacturing, because they have never manufactured and have no plans of manufacturing anything in their lifIn the United States of America, people back candidates who will initiate policies — lower taxes, or embark on healthcare reforms or other programmes that will further free enterprise, in Nigeria everyone wants lucrative appointments and not incentives for manufacturing, because they have never manufactured and have no plans of manufacturing anything in their lifin Nigeria everyone wants lucrative appointments and not incentives for manufacturing, because they have never manufactured and have no plans of manufacturing anything in their lifin their life.

ECIDA policy states that a company must have created or retained at least 80 percent of job projection totals for incentives to remain in place.

In addition to the tax incentive programs often related to the IDA, I continue to advocate for new policies for local businesses to help them expand and thrive here in Erie CountIn addition to the tax incentive programs often related to the IDA, I continue to advocate for new policies for local businesses to help them expand and thrive here in Erie Countin Erie County.

In the context of systemic risk due to banking panics, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has the political effect of giving bankers an overpowering incentive to influence the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to implement system wide policies for extension of credit which socialize and cartelize the banking sector to work towards its own common purpose.

Political coalitions have very little incentive to keep people who want to join them out of their coalition, if they don't demand much in terms of the coalition's policies.

At noon, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy rallies with advocates in support of stronger policies and incentives to promote conversion of 126,000 homes per year to comfortable, efficient electric heat pumps, state Capitol, Albany.

Buffalo, NY — The Erie County Industrial Development Agency's Board of Directors approved the first step Wednesday in implementing a restrictive new policy that limits tax incentives on market - rate senior housing.

In 1979, when I became the director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, we began a research and policy development project aimed at reforming the state's Job Incentive Program.