Sentences with phrase «social impacts associated»

We were the first organisation to work with leading measurement experts at the London Benchmarking Group to develop a methodology allowing the quantification of lives improved and social impacts associated with carbon reduction projects.

We know that many of the environmental and social impacts associated with our business are in our supply chain, and we try to reduce these impacts at all stages of our product lifecycle.

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Clearly convey to your employees the risks associate with social media sites, share recent news articles about Facebook and Twitter cyber-attacks, help them understand the potential impact to both the business and to their personal data.

Whether or not an individual engages in environmentally sustainable behavior or criticizes the government can impact their score, along with their education level, purchase history and even the social credit scores of people with whom they associate, Wired reports.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

«We are delighted to work with our partners to support high - potential, high - impact entrepreneurs developing enterprising solutions to our most pressing social and environmental problems,» said Adam Spence, Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Inveimpact entrepreneurs developing enterprising solutions to our most pressing social and environmental problems,» said Adam Spence, Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact InveImpact Investing.

«A fake story claiming Pope Francis — actually a refugee advocate — endorsed Mr. Trump was shared almost a million times, likely visible to tens of millions,» Zeynep Tufekci, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina who studies the social impact of technology, said of a recent post on Facebook.

Another commentary, written by associates of the Impact of Equity Engagement (IE2), tells of that initiative's efforts to «understand the nature of impact within public equities — where investors» engagement activities have generated meaningful social and environmental impacts.&Impact of Equity Engagement (IE2), tells of that initiative's efforts to «understand the nature of impact within public equities — where investors» engagement activities have generated meaningful social and environmental impacts.&impact within public equities — where investors» engagement activities have generated meaningful social and environmental impacts.»

Adam Spence Associate Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing and CEO and CoFounder, Social Venture Connexion (SVX)

«We hope that by continuing to share our methodology and tools we can lower the barrier for other institutions looking to incorporate social and environmental indicators into their due diligence or impact measurement,» Root Capital Senior Associate for Environmental Performance Elizabeth Teague wrote in a March 3 announcement.

Promote the reduction of food loss and waste through policies, guidance and other tools that will strengthen communities and reduce the associated environmental, social, and economic impacts.

Understanding the impacts home visiting programs have had on children's social and emotional development begins with identifying those programs that have affected antecedent risk and protective factors associated with child and emotional development in addition to specific social and emotional outcomes.

Child abuse, neglect, and excessively harsh treatment of children are associated with both internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems and later violent behaviour, 3,4,12 but again, the impact of child maltreatment on severe antisocial behaviour appears to be greatest in the presence of genetic vulnerability.13 Family dependence on welfare, large families with closely spaced births, and single parenthood are all associated with compromised social and emotional development in children.5, 6

«Adopting an R - SEA planning process is a way of building consensus around where, when, and in what form development is appropriate as opposed to our current processes that ask communities — social and ecological — to bear the long - term impacts of new development,» said Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Associate Conservation Scientist with WCS Canada.

The 193 signatories to the convention agreed to outlaw such geoengineering projects «until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts».

«We know alcohol outlets can be associated with unsafe nuisance activities in urban areas, but this study appears to be the first to suggest U.S. tobacco shops may also impact public health,» said Andrew Subica, Ph.D., an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, who led the study that focused on South Los Angeles, Calif. «Our analyses show that in South Los Angeles tobacco shops as well as liquor stores were associated with high levels of violent and property crime around their locations.

«With the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which expanded Medicaid coverage to many low - income Americans, it's important to gauge the impact it might have on low - income children and on associated social costs,» said lead author John Myers, PhD, MSPH, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

«Nicaragua should prepare and publicly vet a detailed economic assessment that includes not only a cost - benefit analysis but also considers externalities associated with national economic development, environmental impacts, social equity, human rights and legal and national security issues,» they wrote.

With widespread social and economic impacts associated with a cyclone's power, improving the accuracy of tropical cyclone forecasts is of paramount importance for mitigating damage.

Few empirical data have been gathered to understand the characteristics of consumers, the psychological, behavioral, and health impact, and the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with personal genomic testing services.

linking probabilistic simple climate models, complex Earth system models, and econometric analyses of historical weathering and climate impacts to project future risks associated with climate change and improve estimates of the social cost of carbon.

Poverty is associated with a host of other social ills that have a negative impact on learning.

Get answers to the top 8 questions on Gamification covering the basics (definition, benefits, application areas and so on) success factors, impact, how Gamification can leverage emerging trends of Social Learning and Microlearning and the cost and lead time associated with Gamification based solutions.

Highlights this fall include a conversation with Claude Steele, social psychologist, executive vice chancellor and provost for University of California, and author of Whistling Vivaldi, about how stereotypes can impact education; a discussion about the use of race in college admissions with Economic Policy Institute Research Associate Richard Rothstein and Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin; and a forum about education leadership.

«When we talk about empathy, perspective - taking, and mindfulness, those things are circulating around a broader framework of social - emotional learning,» says Associate Professor Stephanie Jones, who researches the developmental impact of school - based interventions targeting children's social - emotional skills and aggressive behavior.

Recent findings from the U.K. reveal that modern pressures associated with social media are negatively impacting our children's confidence and self - esteem.

Farmer, T.W., Dawes, M., Alexander, Q. and Brooks, D.S. (2016) «Challenges associated with applications and interventions: correlated constraints, shadows of synchrony, and teacher / institutional factors that impact social change.»

«We've been fortunate to receive the Refugee School Impact Grant from the Department of Social Services, but the $ 128,000 grant we received this year barely scratches the surface of addressing the unique needs of this population,» said Donna O'Neil, associate superintendent of the San Juan Unified School District, located in Sacramento.

Zero Tolerance & Alternative Strategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators & Policymakers (National Association of School Psychologists) Prevalence of; problems associated with zero tolerance policies; impact on students; alternatives including violence prevention, social skills training and positive behavioral supports, early intervention strategies.

2012 - 2013 syzygy, project space in a social housing flat in Elephant and Castle, hosting 8 residencies, workshop programs and curated exhibitions with invited UK and international artists, London 2011 - 2016 In The Company of Elders, reflections and performance with a group of Elders, London / Bath AWARDS AND GRANTS 2014 FreeSpace, awarded for impact and participation in The Big Lottery National funding Awards Wenlock Barn TMO, winners of national TMO Awards for involving community through Fourthland projects Awards for All funding, Wenlock Barn Estate, Meeting House 2011 - 2013 Big Lottery Funding, The Back Garden and Public Program, Wenlock Barn Estate 2010 - 2011 Big Lottery Funding, The Growing Kitchen Community, Wenlock Barn Estate 2008 - 2010 Shoreditch Trust Commission, The Growing Kitchen, Wenlock Barn Estate 2009 University of East London, Funding, Making architecture TEACHING 2015 Visiting Artists, Bergen Academy of Art and Design Norway Visiting Artists, CASS School of Art and Design Louise isik Sayarer (1982, British / Turkish) EDUCATION 2007 - 2011 BA Fine Art part time, Sir John Cass school of Art and Design, London 2006 Foundation in Art and Design, Sir John Cass School of Art and Design, London 2002 - 2005 BSc / BA Environmental Science and Development Studies, University of Sussex 2000 BTEC level 3 Tropical Habitat Conservation Madagascar Recent Training 2016 - 2017 Shakti dance 2015 - 2016 Dancing Tao - Movement Medicine circle Previous work 2008 - 2015 Artist associate SASA Works Architecture 2010 - present Bow Arts Trust, Education Artist 2007 - 2008 Education Officer Chelsea Physic Garden 2006 - 2007 Education Officer The Wildlife Trust 2005 Research associate Ethnomedica, Kew Gardens Eva Knutsdotter Vikstrom (1985, Norwegian / Swedish) EDUCATION 2009 - 2011 BA Fine Art, Sir John Cass school of Art and Design, London 2004 - 2005 Foundation in Art and Design, Einar Granum School of Art, Oslo Recent training 2015 - 2016 Kundalini Yoga teacher training Previous work 2014 - 2016 Art director for Ale Tarraf's feature film «Yupanqui» 2009 - 2011 The Readers performance Group LANGUAGES English Norwegian Swedish Spanish

If the drama arises primarily from social, political, or economic impacts, then it is crucial that the associated risk be understood fully, and not discounted.»

Ray's answer makes it obvious (for me) that reality is very complex and far from being explainable by simple, hand - made arguments for the general audience; that's why I think that trying to explain «simply» the very complex phenomena involved in radiation transfer is just lost time - and in my opinion the REAL issues associated with social impacts of GW are not primarily associated with the detailed physics of the phenomenon.

The «social cost of carbon» (SCC) is a metric used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify the economic impact associated with carbon emissions.

This report provides a synthesis and analysis of the impacts of ocean fertilization on marine biodiversity, and considers the possible impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural considerations, and on gaps in the regulatory mechanisms for climate - related geoengineering relevant to the CBD.

Researchers have tried to derive the true social costs of, for instance, fossil fuels and the economic setbacks associated with specific climate events such as heat waves in single countries, or even the possible costs in lives and income of multiple impacts across a continent.

Project types that may cause, or be associated with, significant negative social and environmental impacts will be avoided.

As far as CO2 «signatures» go, it is hard to verify that CO2 is having any warming, as in Global Warming» impact and the black carbon associated with «the Social Cost of Carbon» has a more easily verified impact which is to reduce snow fields which are the lead in to glaciation.

We will have to deal more and more, on a daily basis, with the uncertainties and vulnerabilities associated with climate phenomena and its economic, social, ecological and environmental impacts.

As Skeptical Science has discussed, the costs associated with climate change impacts are calculated through the «social cost of carbon» (SCC), which is a very difficult value to estimate.

Climate - related geo - engineering activities [should not] take place until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts.

Few issues have had a greater impact on modern e-discovery than the proliferation of mobile devices, social media, and the Internet of Things (IoT) as well as the associated data privacy and protection issues.

In addition to firm - wide and small - group social events, we provide our Summer Associates with projects and experiences that have a real impact in ongoing cases in all areas of litigation.

To quantify the extent of personal injury, Mr. Padove factors in all aspects associated with the injury, including: current and forecasted medical expenses, pain and suffering, current and future lost earnings, the impact that the injury has had on the marriage (if the party is married), and the loss of lifestyle habits such as recreational activities, school, professional and social life.

«There's been a systematic failure of responsibility» on Facebook's part, said Zeynep Tufekci, as associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies social media companies» impact on society and governments.

In a world - first, nib foundation's funding support will enable Smiling Mind to conduct the largest evaluation of an app - based mindfulness intervention program - to measure the impact of their program on increasing the protective factors associated with mental health and wellbeing such as social connection, sleep quality, and developing personal coping skills and resilience to deal with the stresses of everyday life.

The clear social gradient associated with children's vocabulary, emerging literacy, well - being and behaviour is evident from birth to school entry.1 These trajectories track into adolescence and correspond to poorer educational attainment, income and health across the life course.2 — 10 Neuroimaging research extends the evidence for these suboptimal trajectories, showing that children raised in poverty from infancy are more likely to have delayed brain growth with smaller volumetric size of the regions particularly responsible for executive functioning and language.11 This evidence supports the need for further effort to redress inequities that arise from the impact of adversity during the potential developmental window of opportunity in early childhood.

When seeking to reconcile with your estranged father, it may be helpful to tell him he has a role in your current life, advises associate professor of social work Edward Kruk in his Psychology Today article, «The Impact of Parental Alienation on Parents.»

Information regarding the theoretical foundations of MF - PEP has been published previously.21 Pilot studies indicate that MF - PEP is associated with the following: increased knowledge of mood disorders; increased positive family interactions; increased efficacy in seeking treatment; improved coping skills; improved parental attitude toward the child and the treatment; increased social support from parents; and a trend toward increased social support from peers in children.22, 23 To assess the impact of MF - PEP on children's mood symptoms, this full - scale randomized trial was conducted.

Adolescence is a critical period for the development of depression with prevalence rates rising sharply from childhood to early adulthood.1 Many adult depressive disorders have their first onset in adolescence2 with longer episode duration being the strongest predictor of future problems.3 In addition to increasing the risk of later mental health problems, adolescent depression is associated with significant educational and social impairment and is a major risk factor for suicide.1 Providing effective early interventions to shorten the duration of episodes and potentially reduce the impact on later life is therefore important.3 This study explores this question and compares the effects of...

Child abuse, neglect, and excessively harsh treatment of children are associated with both internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems and later violent behaviour, 3,4,12 but again, the impact of child maltreatment on severe antisocial behaviour appears to be greatest in the presence of genetic vulnerability.13 Family dependence on welfare, large families with closely spaced births, and single parenthood are all associated with compromised social and emotional development in children.5, 6