Companies that didn't prepare for
regulatory changes phasing them out are going to face difficulties down the road.
Not exact matches
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate
change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the
phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and
regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
The IRS introduced
regulatory changes related to cost basis in 2011 and will continue to
phase in more
changes through 2016.
Municipal, regional, state and national governments as well as their
regulatory agencies, across the globe, are increasingly looking to plan,
phase - in and adopt measures that will meaningfully address climate
change, resilience and economic growth.
The only things that can
change that resultant point of temperature equilibrium significantly are
changes in solar radiance coming in and
changes in overall atmospheric density (a function of mass and pressure) which affect the radiant energy going out or a
change in the speed of the water cycle which, because of the unique characteristics of the
phase changes of water altering the speed of energy flow through the system is capable of exerting a powerful
regulatory effect.
Exxon has faced increasing pressure over the years to «disclose» the risks its business operations could face because of global warming and future
regulatory changes to
phase out fossil fuels.
PCOA will be implemented in
phases with many of the
regulatory changes to come into effect on July 1, 2017.